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When I did that first Hellboy miniseries
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Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters

When I did that first Hellboy miniseries, I thought nobody was goingto buy this fucking...

When I did that first Hellboy miniseries, I thought nobody was going
to buy this fucking thing

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When I did that first Hellboy miniseries,
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I thought nobody was going to buy this fucking thing.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:32:58
Uploaded
Apr 29, 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.
In fact, the first issue did not even break into the top 300 books. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:05
In fact, the first issue did not even break into the top 300...
But sometimes you got to forget the commercial concerns - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:05
But sometimes you got to forget the commercial concerns
I remember right at the very beginning of my comics career - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:08
I remember right at the very beginning of my comics career
He was simply the most evocative artist around. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:06
He was simply the most evocative artist around.
There's something so compelling about Mike's drawing. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:05
There's something so compelling about Mike's drawi...
The use of the heavy chiaroscuro black ink, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:10
The use of the heavy chiaroscuro black ink,
I see the darkness in Mignola's art as being very related to the sublime. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:06
I see the darkness in Mignola's art as being very relat...
It has more to do with the power of what you're not able to see - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:07
It has more to do with the power of what you're not abl...
I think Alan Moore once described - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:09
I think Alan Moore once described
I've seen guys try to imitate, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:11
I've seen guys try to imitate,
Just as I went to animation school at CalArts, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:07
Just as I went to animation school at CalArts,
I remember the teacher said, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:10
I remember the teacher said,
The teacher did a whole class on, "Look how smart this artist is, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:09
The teacher did a whole class on, "Look how smart this ...
It was like German expressionism." - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:18
It was like German expressionism."
Mike, the way he paces a page, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:13
Mike, the way he paces a page,
It's like, here's a little bit of the environment, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:06
It's like, here's a little bit of the environment,
It feels like the panels themselves are the dust hanging in the air - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:06
It feels like the panels themselves are the dust hanging in ...
And that really is him. Nobody else can really do it. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:05
And that really is him. Nobody else can really do it.
I'll just plant a variety of tomatoes and not know what I'm going to get. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:05
I'll just plant a variety of tomatoes and not know what...
A lot of times, without our significant others, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:07
A lot of times, without our significant others,