Mike Howland

Mike is all about the drawing and the funny(ish). After chronicling a number of hilarious (relatively speaking) drunken exploits of his misspent youth in Hat City Comic, Mike is now the creator of Rated AARGH! which allows him to draw zombies and other such things that go bump in the night on a weekly basis. This makes him an exceptionally happy guy, though he does have an odd penchant for speaking (and writing) in the third person.

Published on 07/16/2008

In which my favorite comic book character is mentioned, but not present.

RATED AARGH! #97 - GOOD REASON

I love Hellboy. I wanted to do a comic about him, but even if I wanted to make fun of him, which I don't, I couldn't, as he's just to cool. I was toying around with a comic where I explain that the first time I saw Mignola's art (in X-Force of all places), I thought it was crap and I bemoaned the fact Liefield had taken the month off. I'm such an idiot. This was obviously years ago mind you, but still, you would have thought I would've known better. Ah well, with age has come wisdom, and Hellboy is one of the few comics I will still read based on title alone. As long as Mignola's the writer of course. I don't even mind the new artist, who's really quite fantastic in his own right. Anyway, Hellboy would totally beat up both the X-men and Iron Man and maybe even Lobo in a fight. So there. </fanboy>

Ahh, the AARCHIVE!... Still coming along. It should be done just in time for the 100-weeks-in-the-waiting Rated AARGH! #100. Until then, check out all the old ones here.