Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm began to collect Märchen, short popular tales with magical elements (the term has a broader reach than the English «fairy tale,» which could be taken to involve only a particular
sort of supernatural creature), in 1806, the year in which Prussia was defeated by Napoleon and Hegel completed his The Phenomenology of Spirit.
He is given the moniker of Hellboy, and we flash forward to today, where a now adult demon (he ages in something akin to reverse dog years) is used as a government agent trying to take down all
manifestations of supernatural creatures while also trying to keep a low profile for the unsuspecting public.
The Underworld - like story, a «contemporary fantasy thriller in which the original monster of Victor Frankenstein stands between the human race and an
uprising of supernatural creatures determined to overthrow the world,» was originally going to be directed by Underworld: Rise of the Lycans director Patrick Tatopoulos.
A Korean born artist, he took inspiration from classical artists such as Van Gogh or even Michelangelo, using traditional motifs and shapes to create anamorphic landscapes
reminiscent of supernatural creatures hanging in negative space.