Works
Mike Mignola
- Author
- Cover Artist
- Artist
About Mike Mignola: No information yet
- Recently published by:
- Dark Horse Comics, DC Comics, Marvel Comics, D. D. P., and Image Comics
- Recently worked with:
- Guy Davis, Dave Stewart, and John Arcudi
- Most recently added work:
- Bprd Ectoplasmic Man One Shot
- Lists:
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Customer Reviews
Mike Mignola began his career in 1980, and quickly became an established artist despite his unusual style. Where other comic artists strove for polished idealized renderings, Mignola’s artwork incorporates an expressionistic rough texture, with blocky figures and shadowy backgrounds, without fine details. After doing work for both Marvel and DC Comics, including the DC miniseries Cosmic Odyssey with writer Jim Starlin, Mignola moved into independent comics, joining the fledgling Legend imprint at Dark Horse, where he launched his greatest creation to date, Hellboy.
While John Byrne wrote the first Hellboy miniseries, Seed of Destruction, Mignola took over the scripting himself with the follow-up miniseries, The Right Hand of Doom. Hellboy provided a perfect setting for Mignola’s dark and gloomy artwork and allowed Mignola to tap into his knowledge of and love for horror stories. Hellboy is a darkly humorous foil to various demons and characters from Eastern folklore, and Mignola has slowly crafted an intricate universe that incorporates Hellboy and his organization, the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Development, or B.P.R.D., along with other characters like the amphibious Ape Sapien and the pulp hero, Lobster Johnson.
In a sharp departure from normal comic book production, Mignola chose to tell Hellboy’s story as a series of miniseries, rather than attempting to maintain a monthly or bimonthly production schedule. This allows him to take the time to craft each story carefully, and fans are content to wait. Blending mythology, folklore, mysticism, occasional Nazis, and a large dose of Lovecraftian horror, Mignola’s Hellboy has proven to be both popular and enduring, spawning a live-action movie directed by Guillermo del Toro and two direct-to-video animated features. Another title set in the Hellboy universe, BPRD, is written by Mignola and John Arcudi, with art by Guy Davis.
Recommended:
Cosmic Odyssey, DC Comics
The Right Hand of Doom, Dark Horse
The Chained Coffin and other Stories, Dark Horse
Amazing Screw-On Head, Dark Horse
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