As part of Mark Mignola’s Hellboy franchise’s 30th anniversary celebration, RBmedia, via its GraphicAudio brand, has released the Hellboy and the B.P.R.D: The Goddess of Manhattan audiobook. Written by Christopher Golden and Thomas E. Sniegoski, the original Hellboy audiobook features cover artwork by Mignola and award-winning colorist Dave Stewart.

GraphicAudio is also marking its 20th anniversary with Hellboy and the B.P.R.D: The Goddess of Manhattan, the publisher’s third original Hellboy universe audiobook. The new release connects Hellboy’s adventures in Hellboy: A Plague of Wasps and Lobster Johnson’s mysterious 1930s caper from Lobster Johnson: The Proteus Club. Hellboy and the BPRD: The Goddess of Manhattan follows Hellboy, Liz Sherman, and Abe Sapien as they help a strange community of bizarre humans living in secret beneath Manhattan for over 60 years. Someone claiming to be the ancient goddess Sem-Karul is stalking and killing its members. With help from the aging Cynthia Tynan, Hellboy, and the BPRD must face the Goddess of Manhattan and the monsters who serve her.

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Hellboy and the BPRD: The Goddess of Manhattan co-writer Golden discussed the new release, teasing the connection between it and GraphicAudio’s first two Hellboy universe audiobooks. “It’s been such a great adventure doing these projects with GraphicAudio. The Goddess of Manhattan is a wild tale of ancient goddesses and supernatural mutation that takes Hellboy and the BPRD into an environment we rarely find them in—New York City and beneath the city as well,” he said.

“You don’t need to have listened to the previous two stories, but if you have, you’ll find a rich connection to both, especially to Lobster Johnson: The Proteus Club. In fact, this adventure is so bizarre that I knew I had to bring in my old writing partner and Mignola-verse veteran Tom Sniegoski, who has the most bizarre mind I know,” Golden continued.

Golden’s writing partner Sniegoski loves the Hellboy franchise and was ecstatic to receive the opportunity to co-write the new project. “There is no other character universe I enjoy playing in more than the Hellboy universe. From the first time I encountered the big, red guy and his amazing cast of characters, I was hooked and couldn’t wait to read more,” he said.

The best-selling author continued, “To be part of that, as a writer, is an absolute dream come true. When Chris first told me about his initial ideas for the three Hellboy universe novels for GraphicAudio and how they would subtly connect, I was totally excited and couldn’t wait to hear them and when he asked me to join him in writing The Goddess of Manhattan I couldn’t say ‘yes’ quick enough. There’s something about the richness of the Hellboy universe and the strange characters that inhabit it that completely fires up my imagination. I couldn’t wait to add my special brand of weirdness to this latest audio adventure.”

GraphicAudio Creative Director and voice talent, Scott McCormick also shared his excitement about Hellboy and the BPRD: The Goddess of Manhattan and his collaborators. “I am excited to be bringing this chapter in the Hellboy GraphicAudio Universe Trilogy to life this year as we celebrate 30 years of the Big Red One and his friends,’ he stated. “Christopher Golden and Thomas E. Sniegoski are masterful storytellers and, when you add the audio magic of GraphicAudio, you get an adventure like no other, all beneath the mean streets of Manhattan.”

Hellboy and the BPRD: The Goddess of Manhattan is now available.

Source: GraphicAudio