Mike Mignola

Mike Mignola
Mignola in June 2011
Born	Michael Joseph Mignola September 16, 1960 (1960-09-16) (age 51) Berkeley, California
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Writer, Penciller, Inker
Notable works	Hellboy B.P.R.D. Cosmic Odyssey
Awards	Full list

Michael Joseph "Mike" Mignola ( /ˌmɪnˈjoʊlə/; born September 16, 1960) is an American comic book artist and writer who created the comic book series Hellboy for Dark Horse Comics. He has worked for animation projects such as Atlantis: The Lost Empire and the adaptation of his one shot comic book, The Amazing Screw-On Head.

Career

Mignola was born in Berkeley, California. He began his career in 1980 by illustrating spots in the Comic Reader. His first published piece was in the Comic Reader #183, a spot illustration of Red Sonja (pg. 9). His first published front cover was the Comic Reader #196; Dominic Fortune, the Spirit, and Doc Savage in November 1981. In 1982 he graduated from the California College of the Arts with a BFA in Illustration.^[1]

In 1983 he worked on inking at Marvel Comics, working on Daredevil and Power Man & Iron Fist for Marvel Comics, and later worked on titles such as The Incredible Hulk, Alpha Flight and the Rocket Raccoon limited-series.

Mignola drew covers for several Batman stories, inluding Batman: A Death in the Family and Dark Knight, Dark City.

Through the early 1990s Mignola worked on covers and backup features for various DC and Marvel comics.

Hellboy

Until 1994 Mignola had illustrated the work of others. In 1994 he illustrated his own work, his first Hellboy story, The Seed of Destruction, scripted by John Byrne, and published by Dark Horse Comics, followed by further stories, with associated merchandise. The Hellboy story Wolves of St. August and most later stories were scripted by Mignola, though other writers and artists have also worked on the character. All major story arcs were drawn by Mike Mignola, but in 2007 artist Duncan Fegredo took over drawing, with Mignola remaining on as writer and cover artist. He also writes the spin-off BPRD with John Arcudi, drawn by Guy Davis with Mignola as cover artist. The 2008 one-shot In the Chapel of Moloch was the first Hellboy comic he provided the script and art for since The Island in 2005.^[2]

Style

Mignola's style was called "German expressionism meets Jack Kirby" by Alan Moore, in an introduction to a collection of Mignola's Hellboy works.^[3] His style has also been likened to an amalgamation of Jack Kirby and Alex Toth.^[4]

Film and television

Mignola worked as an illustrator for Francis Ford Coppola's 1992 movie Bram Stoker's Dracula. He was also the production designer for the Disney feature film, Atlantis: The Lost Empire in 2001, and was a concept artist for 2002's Blade II, also directed by del Toro.

Mignola's design of the 1880s Batman costume from the comic Batman: Gotham by Gaslight appeared in Batman: The Brave and the Bold.

Hellboy was made into a feature film in 2004 by director Guillermo del Toro. Mignola was closely involved with the movie's production, and a sequel was released in 2008. Recently, Hellboy has been made into two direct-to-video animated films, Sword of Storms in 2006 and Blood and Iron in 2007.

Mignola's The Amazing Screw-On Head debuted in 2006 on the Sci-Fi Channel, starring the voices of Paul Giamatti and David Hyde Pierce.

Bibliography

Comics

• Rocket Raccoon (script by Bill Mantlo, inks by Al Gordon 4-issue limited-series, Marvel Comics, 1985)
• The Chronicles of Corum #1–6,9,11,12 (artist, with Mike Baron and Mark Shainblum, First Comics, 1987)
• Cosmic Odyssey (artist, with writer Jim Starlin and artist Carlos Garzon, 1988, DC Comics, TPB, 226 pages, Titan Books, ISBN 1840237155, DC Comics ISBN 1563890518)^[5]
• Batman:
  • Gotham by Gaslight (pencils, with writer Brian Augustyn, and with inks by P. Craig Russell, DC Comics Elseworlds, TPB, 48 pages, 1989, Titan, ISBN 1-85286-265-3, DC, ISBN 0-930289-67-6)
  • The Doom That Came to Gotham (writer, 3-issue mini-series, DC Comics Elseworlds, 2000)
• Ted McKeever's Metropol #9-11 (artist, with Ted McKeever "The Resurrection of Eddy Current", 3-part mini-series, Epic Comics, 1991)
• Bram Stoker's Dracula: official movie adaptation (artist) 4 issues mini-series Topps Comics 1992
• Hellboy:
  • Seed of Destruction (TPB collects Seed of Destruction #1–4, 1994, Titan, 2002 ISBN 1-84023-537-3, Dark Horse, 2004, ISBN 1-59307-094-2)
  • Wake the Devil (TPB collects Wake the Devil #1–5, 1996, Titan, 2002, ISBN 1-84023-540-3, Dark Horse, 1997 ISBN 1-56971-226-3, 2004, ISBN 1-59307-095-0)
  • The Chained Coffin and Others (TPB collects The Wolves of St. August, 1995, The Corpse and the Iron Shoes, 1996, Almost Colossus, Dark Horse Presents 100 #2, and Christmas Special, Titan, 2002, ISBN 1-84023-538-1, Dark Horse, 1998, ISBN 1-56971-349-9, 2004, ISBN 1-59307-091-8)
  • The Right Hand of Doom (TPB collects Dark Horse Presents #151, DHP Annuals 1998 & 1999, Abe Sapien: Drums of the Dead, Gary Gianni's The Monstermen, and Hellboy: Box Full of Evil #1–2, Titan, 2002, ISBN 1-84023-539-X, Dark Horse, 2004, ISBN 1-59307-093-4)
  • Conqueror Worm (TPB collects Conqueror Worm #1–4, 2002, Titan, ISBN 1-84023-541-1, Dark Horse, ISBN 1-56971-699-4)
  • Strange Places (TPB collects The Third Wish #1–2, 2002 and The Island #1–2, 2005, Dark Horse, April 2006, ISBN 1-59307-475-1)^[6]
  • The Troll Witch and Others (TPB collects stories from The Dark Horse Book of... The Dead, Witchcraft, Hauntings, and Monsters as well as Hellboy: Makoma, 144 pages, Dark Horse, October 2007, ISBN 1-59307-860-9)^[7]
  • Darkness Calls (with Duncan Fegredo, 6-issue mini-series, 2007, TPB, June 2008, ISBN 1-59307-896-X)
• ZombieWorld: Champion of the Worms (writer, with art by Pat McEown, 3-issue mini-series, 1997, Dark Horse, TPB, 80 pages, 1998, ISBN 1-56971-334-0, 2005, ISBN 1-59307-407-7)^[8][9]
• Jenny Finn: Doom Messiah (script, with art by Troy Nixey and Farel Dalrymple, TPB includes Jenny Finn #1–2, Oni Press, 1999, 128 pages, Boom! Studios, June 2008, ISBN 1934506141)^[10]
• Ironwolf: Fires of the Revolution (art, with writers Howard Chaykin and John Francis Moore, and artist P. Craig Russell, 104 pages, 2000, Titan Books, ISBN 1563890658, DC Comics, ISBN 1563890658)^[11][12]
• B.P.R.D.:
  • Hollow Earth and Other Stories (TPB collects Hollow Earth #1–3, 2002, Abe Sapien: Drums of the Dead: Abe Sapien versus Science and Lobster Johnson: Killer Inside My Skull, 2003, Titan, ISBN 1-84023-582-9, Dark Horse, ISBN 1-56971-862-8)
  • The Soul of Venice and Other Stories (TPB collects The Soul of Venice, Dark Waters, Night Train and There's Something Under My Bed, 2004, Titan, ISBN 1-84023-931-X, Dark Horse, ISBN 1-59307-132-9)
  • A Plague of Frogs (TPB collects A Plague of Frogs #1–5, 2005, Titan, ISBN 1-84023-931-X, Dark Horse, ISBN 1-59307-288-0)
  • The Dead (TPB collects The Dead #1–5, 2005, Dark Horse, ISBN 1-59307-380-1)
  • The Black Flame (TPB collects The Black Flame #1–6, July 2006, Dark Horse, ISBN 1-59307-550-2)
  • The Universal Machine (TPB collects The Universal Machine #1–5, January 2007, Dark Horse ISBN 1-59307-710-6)
• The Amazing Screw-On Head (32 pages, one shot comic book, Dark Horse, 2002)^[13]
• Lobster Johnson: Iron Prometheus (with Jason Armstrong, Dark Horse, 2007, TPB, June 2008, ISBN 1593079753)
• Sir Edward Grey, Witchfinder (script, Dark Horse):
  • "Murderous Intent" (with art by Ben Stenbeck, in Dark Horse Presents #16, November 2008)^[14]
  • In the Service of Angels (with art by Ben Stenbeck, 5-issue limited series, July–November 2009, TPB, April 2010, 152 pages, ISBN 1595824839)^[15]
  • Lost and Gone Forever (with co-author John Arcudi and art by John Severin, 5-issue limited series, Dark Horse Comics, February 2011 – present)^[16]

Novels

• Baltimore, or The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire, with Christopher Golden (ISBN 0553804715)

Covers

Action Comics Annual No. 6 (DC) Adventures Of Superman Annual No. 6 (DC) Aliens versus Predator No. 0 (Dark Horse) Alpha Flight #29–34,36,39 (Marvel) The American: Lost In America No. 3 (Dark Horse) Aquaman Vol. 2 (?) No. 6 (DC) Batgirl Special No. 1 (DC) Batman Annual No. 18 (DC) Batman/Judge Dredd: Vendetta In Gotham No. 1 (DC) Conan #29–31 (Dark Horse) Conan the Barbarian #236–237 (Marvel) Dark Horse Presents #88–91,107,142,151 (Dark Horse) Dark Horse Comics No. 2 (Dark Horse) Deadman #3–5 (DC) Death Jr. Vol. 1 (Image) Doctor Tomorrow No. 1 (Valiant) Dylan Dog #1-#6 + special number "Zed" (Dark Horse) Fallen Angels No. 6 (Marvel) Frankenstein Dracula War #1–3 (Topps) Incredible Hulk #302, 304–309, 311–313 (Marvel) Justice League Quarterly No. 14 (DC)

Kickers, Inc. #9, 12 (Marvel) Lobo: Unamerican Gladiators #1–4 (DC) Marvel Comics Presents No. 20 (Marvel) New Mutants #54, Annual No. 7 (Marvel) Power Pack No. 20 (Marvel) Quasar No. 15 (Marvel) Rocket Raccoon #1–4 (Marvel) Showcase '94 No. 3 (DC) Silver Surfer Vol. 3 No. 14 (Marvel) Solar Man Of The Atom No. 24 (Valiant) The Spectre #7–9 (DC) Starman #42–45 (DC) Strange Tales Vol. 2 No. 19 (Marvel) Strikeforce: Morituri No. 21 (Marvel) Superman Annual No. 6 (DC) Superman: The Man of Steel Annual No. 3 (DC) X-Factor #55, 70 (Marvel) X-Men Classic #57–70 (Marvel) Zorro No. 6 (Topps)

Awards

• 1995:
  • Won "Best Writer/Artist" Eisner Award, for Hellboy: Seed of Destruction
  • Won "Best Graphic Album: Reprint" Eisner Award, for Hellboy: Seed of Destruction
  • Won "Best Artist" Harvey Awards^[17]
  • Won "Best Achievement by an Inker" Don Thompson Award
• 1996:
  • Won "Best Artist" Harvey Awards^[18]
  • Won "Best Graphic Album of Previously Released Material" Harvey Awards, for Hellboy: The Wolves of Saint August
• 1997:
  • Won "Best Writer/Artist" Eisner Award, for Hellboy: Wake the Devil
• 1998:
  • Won "Best Writer/Artist" Eisner Award, for Hellboy: Almost Colossus, Hellboy Christmas Special and Hellboy Jr. Halloween Special
• 2000:
  • Won "Best Artist" Harvey Award, for Hellboy: Box Full of Evil
• 2002:
  • Won "Best Finite Series/Limited Series" Eisner Award, for Hellboy: Conqueror Worm
• 2003:
  • Won "Best Humor Publication" Eisner Award, for The Amazing Screw-On Head
  • Won "Best Short Story" Eisner Award, for "The Magician and the Snake"
• 2004:
  • Won "Favourite Comics Writer/Artst" Eagle Award
  • Won "Best Comics-Related Book" Eisner Award, for The Art of Hellboy
  • Received "Inkpot Award"
• 2006:
  • Won "Favourite Comics Writer/Artst" Eagle Award
• 2007:
  • Won "Roll of Honour" Eagle Award
  • Won "Favourite Colour Comicbook – American" Eagle Award, for Hellboy: Darkness Calls
• 2008
  • Won "Best Cover Artist" Harvey Awards^[19]
  • Won "Award for Favourite Colour Comicbook – American" Eagle Award
  • Won "Roll of Honor" Eagle Awards
  • Won "Best Horror Comic Book" Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards, for Hellboy: In the Chapel of Moloch^[20]
• 2009
  • Won "Best Finite Series/Limited Series" Eisner Award, for Hellboy: The Crooked Man
  • Won "Best Graphic Album: Reprint" Eisner Award, for Hellboy Library Edition, vols. 1 and 2
  • Won "Best Publication Design" Eisner Award, for Hellboy Library Edition, vols. 1 and 2
  • Won "All-in-One Award" Inkwell Awards
• 2010
  • Won "Best Cover Artist" Harvey Awards, for Hellboy: Bride of Hell^[21]
• 2011
  • Won "Favorite Writer/Artist" Eagle Award
  • Won "Favorite Artist:Inks" Eagle Award
  • Won "Best Single Issue (or One-Shot)" Eisner Award, for Hellboy: Double Feature of Evil

Notes

1. ^ Spotlight: Mike Mignola, http://www.cca.edu/alumni/profiles/mmignola 
2. ^ Manning, Shaun. "Going to the Chapel: Mignola Returns to Drawing Hellboy", Comic Book Resources, October 27, 2008
3. ^ Hellboy: Wake the Devil 1997
4. ^ Cooke, Jon B. "The Art of Arthur Adams", Reprinted from Comic Book Artist #17, November 15, 2001
5. ^ "''Cosmic Odyssey'' profile at DC Comics". Dccomics.com. April 21, 2010. http://www.dccomics.com/graphic_novels/?gn=3766. Retrieved September 9, 2011. 
6. ^ "Dark Horse Comics – Profile – Hellboy Volume 6: Strange Places TPB". Darkhorse.com. April 26, 2006. http://www.darkhorse.com/profile/profile.php?sku=13-394. Retrieved September 9, 2011. 
7. ^ "''The Troll Witch and Others''". Darkhorse.com. October 3, 2007. http://www.darkhorse.com/profile/profile.php?sku=14-716. Retrieved September 9, 2011. 
8. ^ "''Champion of the Worms''". Darkhorse.com. July 15, 1998. http://www.darkhorse.com/profile/profile.php?sku=47-790. Retrieved September 9, 2011. 
9. ^ "''Champion of the Worms'' second edition". Darkhorse.com. November 16, 2005. http://www.darkhorse.com/profile/profile.php?sku=10-925. Retrieved September 9, 2011. 
10. ^ Read Pages 1–29 of Mike Mignola's "Jenny Finn: Doom Messiah", Comic Book Resources, March 28, 2008
11. ^ "''Ironwolf'' trade profile at DC Comics". Dccomics.com. April 21, 2010. http://www.dccomics.com/graphic_novels/?gn=1372. Retrieved September 9, 2011. 
12. ^ "The Recreation Annex: The Empire Galaktika". Lastshortbox.blogspot.com. April 7, 2006. http://lastshortbox.blogspot.com/2006/04/empire-galaktika.html. Retrieved September 9, 2011. 
13. ^ "''Amazing Screw-On Head'' profile at Dark Horse". Darkhorse.com. May 15, 2002. http://www.darkhorse.com/profile/profile.php?sku=11-820. Retrieved September 9, 2011. 
14. ^ "Murderous Intent" at Dark Horse Presents on MySpace
15. ^ Manning, Shaun (June 19, 2009). "Mike Mignola Talks "Witchfinder"". Comic Book Resources. http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=21661. Retrieved March 28, 2011. 
16. ^ Montgomery, Paul (July 22, 2010). "SDCC 2010: Mignola, Arcudi, and Severin Head West for 'Witchfinder: Lost and Gone Forever'". iFanboy. http://www.ifanboy.com/content/articles/SDCC_2010__Mignola__Arcudi__and_Severin_Head_West_for__Witchfinder__Lost_and_Gone_Forever_. Retrieved March 28, 2011. 
17. ^ "1995". Harveyawards.org. http://www.harveyawards.org/awards_1995win.html. Retrieved September 9, 2011. 
18. ^ "Harvey Awards 1996". Harveyawards.org. http://www.harveyawards.org/awards_1996win.html. Retrieved September 9, 2011. 
19. ^ "Harvey Award 2008". Harveyawards.org. http://www.harveyawards.org/awards_2008win.html. Retrieved September 9, 2011. 
20. ^ "Rondo Awards 2008". Rondoaward.com. http://www.rondoaward.com/rondo/RondoVIIwinners.htm. Retrieved September 9, 2011. 
21. ^ "Harvey Award 2010". Harveyawards.org. http://www.harveyawards.org/awards_2010win.html. Retrieved September 9, 2011. 

References

• Mike Mignola biography on Lambiek Comiclopedia
• Mike Mignola biography on Encyclopedia of World Biography
• "Devil in the Deep Blue Sea", career synopsis by Fletch Adams, Broken Frontier, June 23, 2005
• Panel Discussions (by Durwin Talon, TwoMorrows Publishing, 2002, second edition 2007, ISBN 1-893905-14-4)

External links

• Official website
• Mike Mignola at the Internet Movie Database
• Mike Mignola at the Comic Book DB
• The Art of Mike Mignola
• The Hellboy Archive
• Review of Chaykin and Mignola's Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser adaptation at The Daily Cross Hatch, from May 17, 2007
• Fulcher, Robb. "Hellboy creator Mike Mignola of Manhattan Beach appears amidst climatic battle!" Easy Reader. August 3, 2011

Interviews

• Mignola on Hellboy's Extended Universe, Comic Book Resources, March 3, 2008
• NYCC: Hellboy Dominates 2008, Comic Book Resources, April 19, 2008
• InnerViews: Hellboy, a Monster Success—Mike Mignola Interview, Hemisphere Magazine, June 2008
• Mike Mignola Talks About 15 Years of Hellboy, B.P.R.D. & More, TFAW.com, October 12, 2009
• Mignola Interview Collection

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Date of birth	September 16, 1960
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