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Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters

It's just a remarkable success story because he wasn't the only personwho was trying to do...

It's just a remarkable success story because he wasn't the only person
who was trying to do that kind of thing, but he seems to be maybe the
only one who really succeeded

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It's just a remarkable success story
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because he wasn't the only person who was trying to do that kind of thing,
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but he seems to be maybe the only one who really succeeded.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
42
Timestamp in Movie
01:07:09
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.
And now the Hellboy Universe is - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:06
And now the Hellboy Universe is
We're talking about a world with a whole bunch of characters - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:08
We're talking about a world with a whole bunch of chara...
Abe Sapien, Lobster Johnson, all of these characters that he's created. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:05
Abe Sapien, Lobster Johnson, all of these characters that he...
We have done The Visitor, which is literally based on the alien - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:08
We have done The Visitor, which is literally based on the al...
Mike is very good at picking up the pieces that he's just thrown out there. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:04
Mike is very good at picking up the pieces that he's ju...
I'm always making up stories or chewing over ideas - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:06
I'm always making up stories or chewing over ideas
Oh, here's an idea that we didn't do, so let's do it. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:06
Oh, here's an idea that we didn't do, so let'...
One of my favorite characters to draw, Gruagach, the pig guy. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:04
One of my favorite characters to draw, Gruagach, the pig guy...
By his own admission, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:14
By his own admission,
One of the smartest, accidental things I did - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:20
One of the smartest, accidental things I did
But eventually, the whole thing became more complicated. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:06
But eventually, the whole thing became more complicated.
Obviously, expanding a comic book universe means bringing in more collaborators, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:07
Obviously, expanding a comic book universe means bringing in...
For the first 10 years, Hellboy was being drawn solely by Mike, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:11
For the first 10 years, Hellboy was being drawn solely by Mi...
One of the challenges that they would have had - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:06
One of the challenges that they would have had
There are certain things where I go, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:05
There are certain things where I go,
Maybe I can find an artist who can draw it." - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:13
Maybe I can find an artist who can draw it."
There's a thing in comics where he's considered a curmudgeon. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:05
There's a thing in comics where he's considered a ...
You don't create a multiverse without breaking a few eggs. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:04
You don't create a multiverse without breaking a few eg...
Mike has strong preferences, but I trust his opinions on things, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:12
Mike has strong preferences, but I trust his opinions on thi...
He'll listen and he'll nod thoughtfully and say, "Yeah, that's all wrong." - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:10
He'll listen and he'll nod thoughtfully and say, &...