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He was simply the most evocative artist around
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Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters

He was simply the mostevocative artist around

He was simply the most
evocative artist around

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He was simply the most evocative artist around.
Duration
6 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:33:40
Uploaded
Apr 29, 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.
There's something so compelling about Mike's drawing. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:05
There's something so compelling about Mike's drawi...
The use of the heavy chiaroscuro black ink, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:10
The use of the heavy chiaroscuro black ink,
I see the darkness in Mignola's art as being very related to the sublime. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:06
I see the darkness in Mignola's art as being very relat...
It has more to do with the power of what you're not able to see - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:07
It has more to do with the power of what you're not abl...
I think Alan Moore once described - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:09
I think Alan Moore once described
I've seen guys try to imitate, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:11
I've seen guys try to imitate,
Just as I went to animation school at CalArts, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:07
Just as I went to animation school at CalArts,
I remember the teacher said, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:10
I remember the teacher said,
The teacher did a whole class on, "Look how smart this artist is, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:09
The teacher did a whole class on, "Look how smart this ...
It was like German expressionism." - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:18
It was like German expressionism."
Mike, the way he paces a page, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:13
Mike, the way he paces a page,
It's like, here's a little bit of the environment, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:06
It's like, here's a little bit of the environment,
It feels like the panels themselves are the dust hanging in the air - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:06
It feels like the panels themselves are the dust hanging in ...
And that really is him. Nobody else can really do it. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:05
And that really is him. Nobody else can really do it.
I'll just plant a variety of tomatoes and not know what I'm going to get. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:05
I'll just plant a variety of tomatoes and not know what...
A lot of times, without our significant others, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:07
A lot of times, without our significant others,
There's so many creators out there - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:11
There's so many creators out there
I figured I would do Hellboy, and then I would bounce back to DC - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:07
I figured I would do Hellboy, and then I would bounce back t...
You could go do Batman, and you could make probably more money - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:07
You could go do Batman, and you could make probably more mon...
But I remember specifically my wife saying, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:16
But I remember specifically my wife saying,