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Mike Mignola

Mike Mignola

Mike Mignola is a comic book artist and writer who has worked with both DC and Marvel. He is best known for his creation of Hellboy published by Dark Horse Comics.

Name:
Mike Mignola
Aliases:
Birth date:
September 16th, 1962
Home town:
Berkeley, California
Country:
United States
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Hellboy

Mignola's arguably most well known work is Hellboy, which first appeared in the Hellboy: Seed of Destruction mini series published by Dark Horse in 1994. Through 2007, he was the writer and illustrator for Hellboy, with Duncan Fegredo taking over illustration duties after that. He also co-writes the Hellboy spin-offs B.P.R.D. and Lobster Johnson.

Other Media

Mignola was an illustrator for the Francis Ford Coppola movie, Bram Stroker's Dracula. He worked as a concept artist for Blade 2, and as a production designer on Disney's Atlantis: The Lost Empire. He also served as producer on two direct-to-video animated Hellboy movies, Sword of Storms and Blood and Iron.

Awards

  • Winner 1995 Eisner Award Best Writer/Artist for Hellboy: Seed of Destruction
  • Winner 1995 Eisner Award Best Best Graphic Album: Reprint for Hellboy: Seed of Destruction
  • Winner 1995 Harvey Award Best Artist
  • Winner 1995 Don Thompson Award Best Achievement by an Inker
  • Winner 1996 Harvey Award Best Artist
  • Winner 1996 Harvey Award Best Graphic Album of Previously Released Material for Hellboy: The Wolves of Saint August
  • Winner 1997 Eisner Award Best Writer/Artist for Hellboy: Wake the Devil
  • Winner 1998 Eisner Award Best Writer/Artist for Hellboy: Almost Colossus, Hellboy Junior Halloween Special, Hellboy Christmas Special
  • Winner 2000 Harvey Award Best Artist for Hellboy: Box Full of Evil
  • Winner 2002 Eisner Award Best Limited Series for Hellboy: Conqueror Worm
  • Winner 2003 Eisner Award Best Humor Publication for The Amazing Screw-On Head
  • Winner 2003 Eisner Award Best Short Story for The Magician and the Snake
  • Winner 2004 Eisner Award Best Comics - Related Book for The Art of Hellboy
  • Winner 2004 Inkpot Award
  • Winner 2007 Eagle Award Favourite Comics Writer/Artist
  • Winner 2008 Eagle Award Favourite Colour Comicbook - American for Hellboy: Darkness Calls
  • Winner 2008 Harvey Award Favorite Cover Artist
  • Winner 2009 Eisner Award Best Limited Series for Hellboy: The Crooked Man
  • Winner 2009 Eisner Award Best Graphic Album: Reprint for Hellboy: Library Edition
  • Winner 2009 Inkwell Award The All-in-One Award
  • Winner 2010 Harvey Award Best Cover Artist for Hellboy: The Bride of Hell
  • Winner 2011 Eagle Award Favorite Writer/Artist
  • Winner 2011 Eagle Award Favorite Artist: Inks
  • Winner 2011 Eisner Award Best Single Issue for Hellboy: Double Feature of Evil

Issues

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April 1983

May 1983

June 1983

August 1983

September 1983

October 1983

December 1983

February 1984

May 1984

December 1984

January 1985

February 1985

March 1985

April 1985

May 1985

June 1985

July 1985

August 1985

September 1985

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1985

Characters