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Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters

When the monster was done, I'd given him this bigweird-shaped belt buckle thing, and I...

When the monster was done, I'd given him this big
weird-shaped belt buckle thing, and I thought, "It needs
something," and I wrote Hellboy

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When the monster was done,
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I'd given him this big weird-shaped belt buckle thing,
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and I thought, "It needs something," and I wrote Hellboy.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:27:45
Uploaded
Apr 27, 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.
After I'd done this Batman book that I plotted myself, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:06
After I'd done this Batman book that I plotted myself,
I just needed the main character." - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:14
I just needed the main character."
If I could get away with that, that would be the end all, be all. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:06
If I could get away with that, that would be the end all, be...
I went in the studio, and I came out later and said, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:11
I went in the studio, and I came out later and said,
The look on her face said, "We're always going to live in a studio apartment." - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:09
The look on her face said, "We're always going to ...
I'm like, "If that makes you happy, go ahead and do it." - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:09
I'm like, "If that makes you happy, go ahead and d...
For Hellboy to be the kind of person that I wanted him to be, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:09
For Hellboy to be the kind of person that I wanted him to be...
His stories about the GIs and the people he spent time with, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:18
His stories about the GIs and the people he spent time with,
Not a mean guy, but he's physically strong and tough. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:05
Not a mean guy, but he's physically strong and tough.
I remember, I think one of the anecdotes of some of Hellboy's personality - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:11
I remember, I think one of the anecdotes of some of Hellboy&...
And he had a splinter coming out of his head or something, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:17
And he had a splinter coming out of his head or something,
His hands were always big and cracked from the glue at the shop. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:05
His hands were always big and cracked from the glue at the s...
It really served me well knowing what Hellboy's hand felt like. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:05
It really served me well knowing what Hellboy's hand fe...
I knew Hellboy could strike a match on his hand. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:05
I knew Hellboy could strike a match on his hand.
My dad always had a cigarette hanging out of the corner of his mouth, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:18
My dad always had a cigarette hanging out of the corner of h...
And so that very much went into what Hellboy was like. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:05
And so that very much went into what Hellboy was like.
Hellboy is very much like a blue-collar figure, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:06
Hellboy is very much like a blue-collar figure,
Monster hunting and occult investigation - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:07
Monster hunting and occult investigation
He really would rather sit there and watch Three Stooges - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:05
He really would rather sit there and watch Three Stooges
I think one of his advantages is that he is so basic, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:09
I think one of his advantages is that he is so basic,