Mike Mignola and Rachele Aragno Reunite for Leonide The Vampyr: The House of Yonda

The New Two-Part Comics Event Explores Leonide’s Horrifying Heritage

Legendary Hellboy creator Mike Mignola is teaming up with fan-favorite artist Rachele Aragno (Yuletide, Mel: The Chosen) to return to the world of their critically acclaimed Leonide The Vampyr with a new two-part comics event, debuting on March 18, 2026. Written by Mignola with art by Aragno, colors from Dave Stewart, and letters from Clem Robins, Leonide The Vampyr: The House of Yonda will give readers terrifying new insight into Leonide’s origins and send her on an unpredictable new adventure. Both issues will feature covers by Aragno with issue #1 variant by Mignola and #2 variant by Márk Lászlo.

“I’m madly in love with Leonide and her story,” says Rachele Aragno. “When Mike and I created her, I didn’t believe she could have such a vast world behind her, filled with stories, ancestors, and a gothic castle. I could draw her for hours, guided by Mike’s words, which gives power to everything he does. These two comics will reveal a new backstory for this little vampire that will help us understand and love her even better.”

“Readers loved Leonide in her first two one-shots, and in this two-parter they’ll be pulled into her web even deeper,” adds Dark Horse Comics editor Katii O’Brien. “Mike and Rachele blend horror and fairytale seamlessly, and deliver a story that is as terrifying as it is charming.”

Fans first encountered Leonide in Mignola and Aragno’s 2022 stand-alone comics Leonide The Vampyr: Miracle at the Crow’s Head and Leonide The Vampyr: A Christmas for Crows, where the young vampyr charmed and terrorised unsuspecting villagers, pursued by an undead priest on a quest to save the world from her bloodthirsty machinations. Leonide the Vampyr: The House of Yonda begins after Leonide is chased off by her latest intended victims. An unwitting good samaritan finds her unresponsive and whisks her away by wagon to a doctor, but when the wagon arrives, the drivers are mummified and the girl is missing, with only a seed left in her place.This two-part story will follow a search for the missing girl’s ancestral home and expose her horrifying family history.

Leonide the Vampyr: The House of Yonda #1 is due out on March 18, 2026 from Dark Horse Comics. Follow Dark Horse Comics on social media for more news, announcements, and updates.

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