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Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters

How did you come up with that?" He goes, "I just didn't wantto draw the background."...

How did you come up with that?" He goes, "I just didn't want
to draw the background." Mignola's simplified design
just translate so well to animation

Full Transcript

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How did you come up with that?"
00:00:02.585 --> 00:00:05.171
He goes, "I just didn't want to draw the background."
00:00:05.463 --> 00:00:08.925
Mignola's simplified design just translate so well to animation.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:51:24
Uploaded
Apr 30, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
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Movie Summary

A feature length documentary about Mike Mignola and the creation of his comic book universe centered around Hellboy.
I think it was 1997, I met the romance model Fabio. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:06
I think it was 1997, I met the romance model Fabio.
He basically said, "I want to do an animated series." - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:05
He basically said, "I want to do an animated series.&qu...
So the next thing I knew, we're doing this animated series with Fabio. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:05
So the next thing I knew, we're doing this animated ser...
And Mike was like, "Yeah, it sounds like fun." - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:09
And Mike was like, "Yeah, it sounds like fun."
He wanted something more cartoony and more realistic - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:06
He wanted something more cartoony and more realistic
But also, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:06
But also,
It was very avant-garde and very daring. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:05
It was very avant-garde and very daring.
While the artists loved it, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:05
While the artists loved it,
However, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:07
However,
And we had teachers come in and go, "We got Mike Mignola to design Atlantis." - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:24
And we had teachers come in and go, "We got Mike Mignol...
It was just one of those, "Hey, what if this happened?" - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:07
It was just one of those, "Hey, what if this happened?&...
And then opening night, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:15
And then opening night,
I'm sure everybody there agrees that that movie should have looked better. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:06
I'm sure everybody there agrees that that movie should ...
We started to work on the Atlantis series before Atlantis was finished. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:05
We started to work on the Atlantis series before Atlantis wa...
I'm never going to get to do the Hellboy series, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:10
I'm never going to get to do the Hellboy series,
For whatever reason, Disney washed their hands of it immediately - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:05
For whatever reason, Disney washed their hands of it immedia...
We ended up laying off 85 people on Friday the 13th. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:06
We ended up laying off 85 people on Friday the 13th.
In retrospect, Disney's Atlantis was a significant movie. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:04
In retrospect, Disney's Atlantis was a significant movi...
You can still see its impact in contemporary pop culture. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:04
You can still see its impact in contemporary pop culture.
And a lot of that is now attributed to Mignola's contribution to the work. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:05
And a lot of that is now attributed to Mignola's contri...