Born a Storm: On Kohta Hirano’s “Hellsing”
Kohta Hirano’s “Hellsing” is a work at once too delightfully absurd to be believed and too believ-able to be absurd.
Austin Price’s criticism and journalism have appeared in The Comics Journal, PopMatters.com, The Fjords Review, and Unwinnable, among many other outlets; he is also, alongside artist Matthew Rainwater, the co-creator of the webcomic Batmonster, and the writer of the musical Rush to Die and the opera Feast (with composer Costantinos Dafnis).
Kohta Hirano’s “Hellsing” is a work at once too delightfully absurd to be believed and too believ-able to be absurd.
Inio Asano’s anime is rife with images of apocalypse longed for but deferred.