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Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters

I just thought, "I'm not tough enough tolive in a box with a plastic leg, so I'm just...

I just thought, "I'm not tough enough to
live in a box with a plastic leg, so I'm just going to die."

Full Transcript

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I just thought,
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"I'm not tough enough to live in a box with a plastic leg,
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so I'm just going to die."
Duration
6 seconds
Views
55
Timestamp in Movie
00:11:48
Uploaded
Apr 29, 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.
At the same time, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:05
At the same time,
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.