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Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters

After that came out, this thing gets picked up allthe way across the country

After that came out, this thing gets picked up all
the way across the country

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After that came out,
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this thing gets picked up all the way across the country.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:20:49
Uploaded
Apr 30, 2025
Genres
documentary
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Movie Summary

A feature length documentary about Mike Mignola and the creation of his comic book universe centered around Hellboy.
At the time, Mike's dad was just watching us, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:23
At the time, Mike's dad was just watching us,
But it turned out, "Well, this was like two weeks ago." - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:04
But it turned out, "Well, this was like two weeks ago.&...
That apartment that we lived at was just a couple of blocks - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:10
That apartment that we lived at was just a couple of blocks
One of the other few healthy things we did, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:05
One of the other few healthy things we did,
Mountain View Cemetery, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:06
Mountain View Cemetery,
It's designed by the same fellow who designed Central Park in New York, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:06
It's designed by the same fellow who designed Central P...
I think probably that goes back to our mother dying when we were young. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:07
I think probably that goes back to our mother dying when we ...
Having an early exposure to death - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:10
Having an early exposure to death
That imagery Mike has used and used, there's so much great statuary. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:06
That imagery Mike has used and used, there's so much gr...
I came back from New York with my tail between my legs, '83. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:05
I came back from New York with my tail between my legs, ...
I thought, "I don't know how I'm going to be able to stay in comics." - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:12
I thought, "I don't know how I'm going to be ...
I think that Mike was ill-suited for most of the work he was given in the '80s. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:06
I think that Mike was ill-suited for most of the work he was...
Anytime that he was asked to draw a superhero book, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:07
Anytime that he was asked to draw a superhero book,
I wanted to be an illustrator, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:05
I wanted to be an illustrator,
But when I did Cosmic Odyssey, I was drawing a lot of Kirby characters. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:08
But when I did Cosmic Odyssey, I was drawing a lot of Kirby ...
I mean, you look at early 1960s Marvel Comics, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:08
I mean, you look at early 1960s Marvel Comics,
But I never really thought of him as an influence - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:11
But I never really thought of him as an influence
So when I did Cosmic Odyssey, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:09
So when I did Cosmic Odyssey,
That was the missing ingredient - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:06
That was the missing ingredient
The freedom to exaggerate - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:07
The freedom to exaggerate