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Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters

I said to Mike, "Would you like to design stuff for Blade?" It's not what I do. I'm not...

I said to Mike, "Would you like to design stuff for Blade?" It's not what I do. I'm not a
film designer, but I said yes

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I said to Mike,
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"Would you like to design stuff for Blade?"
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It's not what I do. I'm not a film designer, but I said yes.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
73
Timestamp in Movie
00:48:28
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.
I think I was there so Del Toro could see if we could do Hellboy together. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:08
I think I was there so Del Toro could see if we could do Hel...
I remember I was only in the office for like a week, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:30
I remember I was only in the office for like a week,
Mike and I scouted the sewers, we scouted factories, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:12
Mike and I scouted the sewers, we scouted factories,
We would have our driver driving us around to scout locations. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:06
We would have our driver driving us around to scout location...
And once, the driver, who was a really scary-looking guy, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:10
And once, the driver, who was a really scary-looking guy,
And I think we spent more time looking for puppets - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:05
And I think we spent more time looking for puppets
Blade was a great shoot. It was fun. I loved it. And it opened very big. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:07
Blade was a great shoot. It was fun. I loved it. And it open...
On the Monday, after the opening weekend, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:07
On the Monday, after the opening weekend,
And Del Toro called me and said, "Blade is number one at the box office. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:06
And Del Toro called me and said, "Blade is number one a...
If they don't say yes to Hellboy now, they never will." - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:04
If they don't say yes to Hellboy now, they never will.&...
In the early 90s, I was working in Warner Bros. Animation Studio, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:20
In the early 90s, I was working in Warner Bros. Animation St...
Mike was all about simplifying it down, and you can watch it through his career. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:07
Mike was all about simplifying it down, and you can watch it...
I had lunch with Mike, and I remember asking him, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:06
I had lunch with Mike, and I remember asking him,
That the absence of things, you're telling us things about that. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:04
That the absence of things, you're telling us things ab...
How did you come up with that?" - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:09
How did you come up with that?"
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