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But I never really thought of him as an influence
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Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters

But I never really thoughtof him as an influence because Jack's stuff was so...

But I never really thought
of him as an influence because Jack's stuff was so exaggerated,
and I was still trying to be perfect

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But I never really thought of him as an influence
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because Jack's stuff was so exaggerated, and I was still trying to be perfect.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:24:10
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.
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
There were a couple of books, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:06
There were a couple of books,
There was an issue of Legends of the Dark Knight - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:05
There was an issue of Legends of the Dark Knight
The biggest breakthrough thing for God knows what reason, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:14
The biggest breakthrough thing for God knows what reason,
I don't know how to draw cars, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:08
I don't know how to draw cars,
I came up with basically a straight vampire/ghost Batman story. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:05
I came up with basically a straight vampire/ghost Batman sto...
Archie said, "Yeah, do that." - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:05
Archie said, "Yeah, do that."
Not just because it was my story, but it was all my visuals. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:05
Not just because it was my story, but it was all my visuals.
I thought, "If I could do this, this will work." - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:07
I thought, "If I could do this, this will work."
Sanctum. Batman in a graveyard, falls into the grave, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:07
Sanctum. Batman in a graveyard, falls into the grave,
All of a sudden, he goes full expressionistic. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:06
All of a sudden, he goes full expressionistic.
What I loved about the Legends of the Dark Knight comic - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:08
What I loved about the Legends of the Dark Knight comic
He really got the sense that this entire comic - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:08
He really got the sense that this entire comic
His use of shadows and silhouette are just fantastic. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:06
His use of shadows and silhouette are just fantastic.
The way that he's all trunk, he's just this big bruiser. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:05
The way that he's all trunk, he's just this big br...
It's frightening in how he clearly is in touch with a lot of that darkness. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:05
It's frightening in how he clearly is in touch with a l...
That's as close to a Hellboy story, as you can imagine. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:04
That's as close to a Hellboy story, as you can imagine.
That is my kind of story." - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:09
That is my kind of story."