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Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters

We would spend a fullday haunting the bookstores and the record stores andending up at the...

We would spend a full
day haunting the bookstores and the record stores and
ending up at the UC theater

Full Transcript

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We would spend a full day haunting the bookstores
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and the record stores and ending up at the UC theater.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
35
Timestamp in Movie
00:07:30
Uploaded
Apr 29, 2025
Genres
documentary
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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.
It was such a big period as far as education, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:11
It was such a big period as far as education,
Yeah, over there was supernatural, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:09
Yeah, over there was supernatural,
I was really into Conan, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:14
I was really into Conan,
I can never overstate how big those few years were, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:14
I can never overstate how big those few years were,
He was always sitting by himself at lunch with a book in front of his face, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:09
He was always sitting by himself at lunch with a book in fro...
At that point, I had a vague idea - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:08
At that point, I had a vague idea
But where do you go to draw monsters for a living? - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:05
But where do you go to draw monsters for a living?
I was thinking, "I gotta figure out how to make a living at this." - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:14
I was thinking, "I gotta figure out how to make a livin...
I didn't think that was something I would ever be able to do. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:04
I didn't think that was something I would ever be able ...
According to Chasing Amy, they're tracers. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:06
According to Chasing Amy, they're tracers.
No, you go over what he draws with a pen, all right? - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:05
No, you go over what he draws with a pen, all right?
Inkers are people who interpret what the pencil has put down - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:09
Inkers are people who interpret what the pencil has put down
I thought, "Well, maybe I could do that." - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:06
I thought, "Well, maybe I could do that."
I can break in as an inker, and that'll be my main income. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:07
I can break in as an inker, and that'll be my main inco...
Back in the '80s, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:07
Back in the '80s,
You can go to Marvel or DC, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:05
You can go to Marvel or DC,
Can you give me some work, please?" - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:10
Can you give me some work, please?"
It turned out, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:11
It turned out,
We land in New York, and this is '82, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:12
We land in New York, and this is '82,
Everybody is sitting on the stoops, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:06
Everybody is sitting on the stoops,