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We land in New York, and this is '82
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Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters

We land in New York, and this is '82, so New York was still a kind of a scaryplace and it...

We land in New York, and this is '82, so New York was still a kind of a scary
place and it was one of those perfect New York City days you would see in movies

Full Transcript

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We land in New York, and this is '82,
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so New York was still a kind of a scary place and it was one of those perfect
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New York City days you would see in movies.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
41
Timestamp in Movie
00:10:37
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.
Everybody is sitting on the stoops, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:06
Everybody is sitting on the stoops,
I ended up in this loft, and I remember - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:11
I ended up in this loft, and I remember
It was that classic skeevy New York thing, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:07
It was that classic skeevy New York thing,
When you switched on the light, everything started crawling really fast. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:05
When you switched on the light, everything started crawling ...
I said, "Dude, I can't do this." - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:11
I said, "Dude, I can't do this."
There was a guy sitting in a half-collapsed cardboard box, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:12
There was a guy sitting in a half-collapsed cardboard box,
In my mind, it was a G.I. Joe leg, and his foot was pointed like that. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:05
In my mind, it was a G.I. Joe leg, and his foot was pointed ...
I just thought, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:06
I just thought,
At the same time, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:05
At the same time,
My first inking job was five pages of an issue of The Defenders, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:09
My first inking job was five pages of an issue of The Defend...
I inked five pages, and they were terrible. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:05
I inked five pages, and they were terrible.
But I remember Butch Guice did a pin-up for the Micronauts, penciled, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:17
But I remember Butch Guice did a pin-up for the Micronauts, ...
I said, "When do you need it?" - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:11
I said, "When do you need it?"
My portfolio was what my portfolio was, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:07
My portfolio was what my portfolio was,
I thought, "I'm going to die here." - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:07
I thought, "I'm going to die here."
My brothers said, that my father, who's a very tough guy, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:09
My brothers said, that my father, who's a very tough gu...
If he wasn't in New York and he wasn't in the doorway - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:11
If he wasn't in New York and he wasn't in the door...
So Mike got work just because he was standing in doorways. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:04
So Mike got work just because he was standing in doorways.
Because I wasn't any good and I was trying to get work, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:06
Because I wasn't any good and I was trying to get work,
Because somebody's like that poor bastard out there - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:10
Because somebody's like that poor bastard out there