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Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters

Mountain View Cemetery, I think it's the largest above groundcemetery in Northern...

Mountain View Cemetery, I think it's the largest above ground
cemetery in Northern California

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Mountain View Cemetery,
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I think it's the largest above ground cemetery in Northern California.
Duration
6 seconds
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31
Timestamp in Movie
00:22:03
Uploaded
Apr 30, 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.
It's designed by the same fellow who designed Central Park in New York, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:06
It's designed by the same fellow who designed Central P...
I think probably that goes back to our mother dying when we were young. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:07
I think probably that goes back to our mother dying when we ...
Having an early exposure to death - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:10
Having an early exposure to death
That imagery Mike has used and used, there's so much great statuary. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:06
That imagery Mike has used and used, there's so much gr...
I came back from New York with my tail between my legs, '83. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:05
I came back from New York with my tail between my legs, ...
I thought, "I don't know how I'm going to be able to stay in comics." - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:12
I thought, "I don't know how I'm going to be ...
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...