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Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters

You probably won'twant it. It's called Hellboy." I said, "Let's do it." The way I...

You probably won't
want it. It's called Hellboy." I said, "Let's do it." The way I remembered, he went, "Okay." I mean, who the fuck does that?

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You probably won't want it. It's called Hellboy."
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I said, "Let's do it."
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The way I remembered, he went, "Okay."
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I mean, who the fuck does that?
Duration
8 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
00:32:33
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.
You have no giant track record of success - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:09
You have no giant track record of success
To me, that was a watershed moment in the comics industry. - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:04
To me, that was a watershed moment in the comics industry.
When I did that first Hellboy miniseries, - Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters 00:07
When I did that first Hellboy miniseries,
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 ...