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Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters

Because somebody's likethat poor bastard out there is pretty terrible, but we need this...

Because somebody's like
that poor bastard out there is pretty terrible, but we need this book tomorrow, so if that guy can hold
a pen, give him work

Full Transcript

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Because somebody's like that poor bastard out there
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is pretty terrible,
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but we need this book tomorrow,
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so if that guy can hold a pen, give him work.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:14:04
Uploaded
Apr 28, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

A feature length documentary about Mike Mignola and the creation of his comic book universe centered around Hellboy.
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...
Rocket Raccoon had been drawn, I think, only twice before I did it. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:06
Rocket Raccoon had been drawn, I think, only twice before I ...
It doesn't bear any resemblance to what's on the screen, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:05
It doesn't bear any resemblance to what's on the s...
Then from there, I went to the Hulk, which was like, "Oh, the Hulk's monster, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:14
Then from there, I went to the Hulk, which was like, "O...
I remember that just being one of those, "I'm not going to survive." - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:13
I remember that just being one of those, "I'm not ...
How long am I going to be able to hide in the fringes - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:14
How long am I going to be able to hide in the fringes
The way that corporate giants like Marvel and DC work - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:08
The way that corporate giants like Marvel and DC work
You may have as many as six or seven people - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:09
You may have as many as six or seven people
It's not the kind of system where a single creator - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:10
It's not the kind of system where a single creator
At Marvel, you gotta know where you fit in, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:09
At Marvel, you gotta know where you fit in,
I was making a living, and I was doing it, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:08
I was making a living, and I was doing it,
I was taking whatever jobs I could get, and I was not very good. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:06
I was taking whatever jobs I could get, and I was not very g...