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Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters

I thought, "I don't know how I'mgoing to be able to stay in comics." I'm not cut out to...

I thought, "I don't know how I'm
going to be able to stay in comics." I'm not cut out to draw cars and buildings, most of the stuff that comics are made of

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I thought, "I don't know how I'm going to be able to stay in comics."
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I'm not cut out to draw cars and buildings,
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most of the stuff that comics are made of.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
00:23:24
Uploaded
Apr 27, 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.
I think that Mike was ill-suited for most of the work he was given in the '80s. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:06
I think that Mike was ill-suited for most of the work he was...
Anytime that he was asked to draw a superhero book, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:07
Anytime that he was asked to draw a superhero book,
I wanted to be an illustrator, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:05
I wanted to be an illustrator,
But when I did Cosmic Odyssey, I was drawing a lot of Kirby characters. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:08
But when I did Cosmic Odyssey, I was drawing a lot of Kirby ...
I mean, you look at early 1960s Marvel Comics, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:08
I mean, you look at early 1960s Marvel Comics,
But I never really thought of him as an influence - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:11
But I never really thought of him as an influence
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