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Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters

Mignola clearly lovesreading and reads deeply; different folklore, different traditions,...

Mignola clearly loves
reading and reads deeply; different folklore, different traditions, Japanese, Middle
European, African, Icelandic

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Mignola clearly loves reading and reads deeply;
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different folklore, different traditions,
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Japanese, Middle European, African, Icelandic.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
00:42:16
Uploaded
Apr 30, 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.
He's just created this beautiful and tragic supernatural world. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:05
He's just created this beautiful and tragic supernatura...
I never read anything that analyzes fairy tales and folklore - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:08
I never read anything that analyzes fairy tales and folklore
I've tried to maintain and maybe focus on the strange rhythms to those stories - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:12
I've tried to maintain and maybe focus on the strange r...
I just always love whenever he's using folklore in his stuff, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:15
I just always love whenever he's using folklore in his ...
Even if later, you go like, "Wait, what?" - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:05
Even if later, you go like, "Wait, what?"
Del Toro and I would always refer to this fairytale logic, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:06
Del Toro and I would always refer to this fairytale logic,
But if you read enough of that stuff, you go, "This feels right." - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:11
But if you read enough of that stuff, you go, "This fee...
And I think Hellboy really speaks - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:07
And I think Hellboy really speaks
I was raised Catholic, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:09
I was raised Catholic,
It's clear Mignola is very well-read and very much in love with all this lore. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:06
It's clear Mignola is very well-read and very much in l...
Every demon from every narrative you've ever imagined - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:06
Every demon from every narrative you've ever imagined
He uses all these stories from all over the world - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:10
He uses all these stories from all over the world
Hellboy was always the kind of book - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:06
Hellboy was always the kind of book
So although it was not blowing anybody's minds in terms of its sales, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:09
So although it was not blowing anybody's minds in terms...
When I'd gotten Hellboy going, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:08
When I'd gotten Hellboy going,
A movie option just means somebody can make a movie. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:04
A movie option just means somebody can make a movie.
So it was a no-brainer to say, "Yeah, sure, I'll do the option deal." - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:08
So it was a no-brainer to say, "Yeah, sure, I'll d...
I was a follower of Mike since his DC Comics days. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:05
I was a follower of Mike since his DC Comics days.
I knew he was the big lips, little feet guy back then. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:05
I knew he was the big lips, little feet guy back then.
And then Hellboy came into my life in the mid-90s. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:05
And then Hellboy came into my life in the mid-90s.