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Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters

At the same time, I've gone up to Marvel thinking,"Oh, I'm going to be an inker."

At the same time, I've gone up to Marvel thinking,
"Oh, I'm going to be an inker."

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At the same time,
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I've gone up to Marvel thinking, "Oh, I'm going to be an inker."
Duration
5 seconds
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28
Timestamp in Movie
00:11:58
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.
My first inking job was five pages of an issue of The Defenders, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:09
My first inking job was five pages of an issue of The Defend...
I inked five pages, and they were terrible. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:05
I inked five pages, and they were terrible.
But I remember Butch Guice did a pin-up for the Micronauts, penciled, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:17
But I remember Butch Guice did a pin-up for the Micronauts, ...
I said, "When do you need it?" - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:11
I said, "When do you need it?"
My portfolio was what my portfolio was, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:07
My portfolio was what my portfolio was,
I thought, "I'm going to die here." - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:07
I thought, "I'm going to die here."
My brothers said, that my father, who's a very tough guy, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:09
My brothers said, that my father, who's a very tough gu...
If he wasn't in New York and he wasn't in the doorway - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:11
If he wasn't in New York and he wasn't in the door...
So Mike got work just because he was standing in doorways. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:04
So Mike got work just because he was standing in doorways.
Because I wasn't any good and I was trying to get work, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:06
Because I wasn't any good and I was trying to get work,
Because somebody's like that poor bastard out there - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:10
Because somebody's like that poor bastard out there
Thank God, Marvel was publishing so much back then. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:04
Thank God, Marvel was publishing so much back then.
I was in New York, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:06
I was in New York,
They just literally needed somebody, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:06
They just literally needed somebody,
Master of Kung Fu ended, and they were rolling me over - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:06
Master of Kung Fu ended, and they were rolling me over
I must have felt like, "Oh, okay, we're up and rolling," - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:09
I must have felt like, "Oh, okay, we're up and rol...
As soon as I moved back to California, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:23
As soon as I moved back to California,
Are you ready to try drawing comics now?" - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:11
Are you ready to try drawing comics now?"
So that's how I became a bad comic book artist. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:05
So that's how I became a bad comic book artist.
The first couple of things I did, I did a couple of short stories - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:09
The first couple of things I did, I did a couple of short st...