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Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters

It all began with just a guy sittingdown and just working on the book, and then it became...

It all began with just a guy sitting
down and just working on the book, and then it became this

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It all began with just a guy sitting down and just working on the book,
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and then it became this.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
35
Timestamp in Movie
00:02:44
Uploaded
Apr 27, 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 guess I never thought it would get this out of hand. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:04
I guess I never thought it would get this out of hand.
For whatever reason, I stall out around 1940 - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:08
For whatever reason, I stall out around 1940
I think I've got it covered as far as ghost stories, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:09
I think I've got it covered as far as ghost stories,
Oh, M. R. James, the greatest ghost story writer, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:12
Oh, M. R. James, the greatest ghost story writer,
There was a fantasy writer named Frank Stockton. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:04
There was a fantasy writer named Frank Stockton.
This sums up everything I've ever wanted the Hellboy world to feel like. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:05
This sums up everything I've ever wanted the Hellboy wo...
Yeah, I'm writing his stories for him - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:05
Yeah, I'm writing his stories for him
Stuff very much like this is in The Witchfinder and the Hellboy stuff. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:06
Stuff very much like this is in The Witchfinder and the Hell...
These are the characters that they're just footnotes - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:05
These are the characters that they're just footnotes
I have two brothers, and we were raised by a workaholic father. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:06
I have two brothers, and we were raised by a workaholic fath...
We grew up without a mother, so it's just our dad, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:05
We grew up without a mother, so it's just our dad,
You'd go to leave and you'd say, "I love you, dad." - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:07
You'd go to leave and you'd say, "I love you,...
He was of that generation where you can't speak your feelings. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:06
He was of that generation where you can't speak your fe...
I think his father did the best that he could, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:09
I think his father did the best that he could,
Mike, he was just a little, tiny kid. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:04
Mike, he was just a little, tiny kid.
He wasn't particularly well socialized, I don't think, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:06
He wasn't particularly well socialized, I don't th...
I don't think any teacher even knew I was in the classroom. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:05
I don't think any teacher even knew I was in the classr...
It's not like I wore a Halloween costume to class. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:05
It's not like I wore a Halloween costume to class.
He literally doesn't remember a lot of it, which I think is a safety mechanism. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:08
He literally doesn't remember a lot of it, which I thin...
He was very focused on what he wanted to do, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:07
He was very focused on what he wanted to do,