Mike Mignola (; born September 16, 1960) is an American

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and writer best known for creating ''

Hellboy Hellboy is a fictional superhero created by writer-artist Mike Mignola. The character first appeared in ''San Diego Comic-Con Comics'' #2 (August 1993), and has since appeared in various eponymous miniseries, one-shots and intercompany crossover ...

'' for

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, part of a

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of titles including ''

B.P.R.D. The Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense (the B.P.R.D. or BPRD) is a fictional organization in the comic book work of Mike Mignola, founded by the United States and United Kingdom governments, charged with researching the occult, paranormal ...

'', '' Abe Sapien'', '' Lobster Johnson'', '' Witchfinder'' and various spinoffs. He has also created other

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and

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themed titles for Dark Horse including ''

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'', '' Joe Golem'' and ''

The Amazing Screw-On Head ''The Amazing Screw-On Head'' is a one-shot comic book written and drawn by Mike Mignola and published by Dark Horse Comics in 2002, starring the character of the same name. ''The Amazing Screw-On Head'' stars a robot living during the Lincoln adm ...

''.

Early life

Mike Mignola was born September 16, 1960. He was raised

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Career

Marvel and DC

Mignola was born in

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. He began his career in 1980 by illustrating spots in ''

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''. His first published piece was in ''The Comic Reader'' #183, a spot illustration of

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(pg. 9). His first published front cover was ''The Comic Reader'' #196 in November 1981. In 1982 he graduated from the

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with a BFA in Illustration. In 1983 he worked as an inker at

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on ''

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'' and '' Power Man and Iron Fist'' and later became the penciler on titles such as '' The Incredible Hulk'', '' Alpha Flight'', and the '' Rocket Raccoon'' limited series. In 1987, he began working for

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as well. He drew the '' Phantom Stranger'' and ''

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'' limited series. With writer

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, Mignola produced the '' Cosmic Odyssey'' miniseries in 1988. Mignola drew covers for several Batman stories, including " Batman: A Death in the Family" and "Dark Knight, Dark City". Writer

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and Mignola crafted the ''

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'' one-shot in 1989. In an early 2000s interview, Mignola was asked if his 1988 cover art and cover text for ''Batman'' #428 anticipated the telephone vote for the death of the second Robin (

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). Mignola replied:

"It's so amazing to me that people are still talking about that damn thing. I didn't know if he was going to live or die, because I did the cover ahead of time. So the idea was: I'll draw him dead, and if he lives, then it's just a cover of him being badly hurt. I've gotta say---I don't think I was giving it a lot of thought. I never imagined I'd be talking about it all these years later."

When asked if fans continued to question him about that cover, he replied, "You know, it does crop up. When people talk about my career, that is one of the covers that a lot of people kind of go back to. I wish I had something profound to say about it. But at the time, it was just another job." In contrast, Mignola did not address his cover illustration of the Joker, and the accompanying cover text, for ''Batman'' #429. His visual depiction of the Joker anticipated prospective advertisements for his work in ''

'', yet the cover text still adhered to the " Death in the Family" storyline. This

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Joker is only briefly discussed in ''Gotham by Gaslight'' as a man who married ten wealthy widows, poisoned all ten with

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, and then ingested the poison himself when police attempted an arrest, resulting in partial facial paralysis. Mignola included a black-and-white police sketch in ''

'' that did not replicate his ''Batman'' #429 cover art, choosing instead to root that Elseworlds incarnation of the Joker in

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's 1928 portrayal of Gwynplaine for ''

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''. A scene from

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's ''

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'', released in June 1989 (United States), additionally featured

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's Joker in a

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, but without a

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. Two years later, Jack Shaheen published an assessment of

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pervasive in

's plot and

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's interior pencils for "Death in the Family," particularly ''Batman'' #429, which prompted debates over Mignola's intentions. Through the early 1990s Mignola worked on covers and backup features for various DC and Marvel Comics. He collaborated twice with writer

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. In 1990–1991, they produced the ''

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'' limited series for

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, with inker

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. This was followed with the '' Ironwolf: Fires of the Revolution'' graphic novel in 1992.

''Hellboy'' and related spinoffs

''Hellboy''

Prior to 1994 Mignola's career had been spent doing

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illustration for corporate publishers. That year,

released '' Hellboy: Seed of Destruction'', Mignola's creator-owned project. Though he wrote the story himself, it was scripted by John Byrne. The next ''Hellboy'' story, '' The Wolves of Saint August'', was completely written and drawn by Mignola. Since then all ''Hellboy'' stories have been written solely by Mignola with the exception of '' They That Go Down to the Sea in Ships'', which was co-written by Joshua Dysart. '' Makoma'' (2006) was the first ''Hellboy'' story not drawn by Mignola, featuring the art of

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. Corben would return to draw many flashback stories for the series. Other artists have also had a hand in drawing flashback stories including

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and

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. In 2007, following after 2005's '' The Island'', British artist Duncan Fegredo took over art duties on the ongoing story arc of ''Hellboy'' from '' Darkness Calls'' onwards. Mike Mignola returned as the full-time artist for ''Hellboy'' in 2012 for the series' conclusion, ''Hellboy in Hell''.

''Abe Sapien''

In 1998 the first ''Hellboy'' spinoff, '' Abe Sapien'', was launched. It was not written by Mike Mignola, but it did feature his ''Hellboy'' short story "

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" as a back-up. ''Abe Sapien'' did not take off properly until a decade later in 2008's ''The Drowning''. Since then it has had several short stories and beginning in 2013 it became an ongoing series with Scott Allie as the lead writer with Mignola.

''Lobster Johnson''

'' Lobster Johnson'' was the next spinoff, debuting as a back-up feature in 1999's '' Box Full of Evil''. The series got its own title later in 2007's ''Lobster Johnson: The Iron Prometheus''. It returned again with the

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''The Burning Hand'' in 2012, followed by various short stories.

''B.P.R.D.''

'' was the third spinoff, but it was the first one which was conceived to be more than just a one-off side story, but rather a series of stories. It began with 2002's ''

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'', which continued on from '' Hellboy: Conqueror Worm''. Beyond that followed a series of short stories designed to explore what the B.P.R.D. series could be. 2004's '' Plague of Frogs'' was the story that solidified what the series was, and would set the direction for future books to come, so much so that the first major story cycle is collected in omnibus editions titled ''B.P.R.D.: Plague of Frogs''. A vast majority of the stories in this era were co-written with John Arcudi and drawn by Guy Davis. '' B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth'' is the main series continuing after the catastrophic events at the conclusion of the ''Plague of Frogs'' cycle. Guy Davis left the series in 2011 with the conclusion of ''Hell on Earth: Gods''.

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became the new ongoing artist beginning with ''Hell on Earth: Monsters'', but he is joined by several regular artists, most notably James Harren and Laurence Campbell. Continuing where ''Hell on Earth'' left off, ''The Devil You Know'' is written by Mike Mignola and Scott Allie with Laurence Campbell serving as the regular artist.

''Sir Edward Grey, Witchfinder''

'' Sir Edward Grey, Witchfinder'' (more commonly known simply as "''Witchfinder''") began with a teaser story in 2008's ''MySpace Dark Horse Presents'' #16, followed by a full miniseries in 2009. It follows the stories of the occult investigator, Sir Edward, agent of

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''Frankenstein''

The ''Frankenstein'' began with ''Frankenstein Underground'' in 2015. Set in 1956, this miniseries follows Frankenstein (in the Hellboy Universe, the Frankenstein monster takes his father's name) as he ventures into the Pellucidar-like Hollow Earth. This also canonized Mary Shelley's novel '' Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus''. The series was further expanded in 2020 with ''Frankenstein Undone'', a direct sequel to Shelley's novel.

Spinoff miniseries

The Hellboy Universe also includes numerous spinoffs that only span a single book: * ''Sledgehammer 44'': Set in

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, this series is about the Epimetheus Vril Energy Suit created by Doctor Helena Gallargas. * ''Frankenstein Underground'': Set in 1956, this series follows the Frankenstein monster as he ventures into the Pellucidar-like Hollow Earth. * ''Rise of the Black Flame'': Set in 1923, this series explores how Raimund Diestel became the Black Flame. * ''The Visitor: How & Why He Stayed'': This series follows the life of an alien visitor set to kill the infant Hellboy in 1944. * ''Rasputin: The Voice of the Dragon'': Set in 1941, this series follows Trevor Bruttenholm as he becomes an agent for the allied forces in World war II. * ''Koshchei the Deathless'': Hellboy and Koshchei sit in a pub in Hell and chat.

The Outerverse

'' began with a 2007 illustrated novel, and continued as a comic book series. It was created by Mike Mignola and

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. Like ''Baltimore'', ''Joe Golem: Occult Detective'' began as an illustrated prose novel (2012's ''Joe Golem and the Drowning City'') and later continued as a comic book series. It was created by Mike Mignola and

and exists in a shared universe with ''Baltimore'' called "The Outerverse".

Style

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has described Mignola's style as "

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meets

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". His style has also been likened to an amalgamation of

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and

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Film and television

Mignola worked as an illustrator for

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's 1992 movie '' Bram Stoker's Dracula''. He was also the production designer for the

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feature film, ''

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'' in 2001, and was a concept artist for 2002's ''

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'', also directed by del Toro, and a concept artist for

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's '' Brave''. Mignola was hired by Bruce Timm to provide character designs for '' Batman: The Animated Series'' in 1991. His redesign of Mr. Freeze was used for the series. 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

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in 2004 by director

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. Mignola was closely involved with the movie's production, and a

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was released in 2008. ''Hellboy'' has been made into two direct-to-video animated films, '' Sword of Storms'' in 2006 and '' Blood and Iron'' in 2007. Mignola's ''

'' debuted in 2006 on the

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, starring the voices of

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and

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. Mignola worked on the script for the R-rated ''

'' reboot film (2019), that was directed by Neil Marshall, and starred

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as Hellboy. He ended up receiving only a "based on" credit in the film. Mignola was the subject of a documentary titled ''Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters'', and directed by Jim Demonakos and Kevin Konrad Hanna and was funded through

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Personal life

As of 2014, Mignola resides in Los Angeles with his wife and daughter. Regarding the influence of his religious upbringing on his artwork, Mignola explained in a 2014 interview, "No, I don't believe in anything, really. Not on a conscious level. That is the beauty of it. I was raised Catholic. I was taught a bunch of stuff. I find religion fascinating, but at no time does any of that tie my hands. I get to play with stuff without getting too reverential. There's some Miltonian stuff to the geography of my Hell, the Hell I'm doing is much closer to the world I created in ''

''. It's this pile, this jumble of old buildings for the most part. It's entirely made out of everything I want to draw."

Awards

* 1995: ** Won "Best Writer/Artist"

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, for ''Hellboy: Seed of Destruction'' ** Won "Best Graphic Album: Reprint" Eisner Award, for ''Hellboy: Seed of Destruction'' ** Won "Best Artist"

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** Won " Best Achievement by an Inker" Don Thompson Award * 1996: ** Won "Best Artist" Harvey Awards ** 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/Artist" Eagle Award ** Won "Best Comics-Related Book" Eisner Award, for ''The Art of Hellboy'' ** Received "

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" * 2006: ** Won "Favourite Comics Writer/Artist" 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 ** 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'' * 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'' * 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'' *2019 **

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inductee.

Bibliography

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, inks by

Al Gordon Alan Gordon (born June 22, 1953) is an American comic book creator primarily known as an inker and writer. He is best known for his 1990s work on DC Comics' ''Legion of Super Heroes'' and the ''Justice League of America'', Marvel Comics' ''Fanta ...

four-issue limited-series,

, 1985) *'' Amazing High Adventure'' #3 - Short Story "Monkey See, Monkey Die" (script by

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, anthology series, Marvel Comics, October 1986) *'' The Chronicles of Corum'' #1–6, 9, 11-12 (artist, with

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and

Mark Shainblum Mark Shainblum (born 1963 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian writer who now lives in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Though he has worked as a journalist and editor, Shainblum is best known as a science fiction and comic book writer. Early life Shainblu ...

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, 1987) *'' Phantom Stranger'' (artist, script by Paul Kupperberg, inks by P. Craig Russell four-issue limited series,

, 1987–1988) *''

'' (artist, script by John Byrne, inks by

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, four-issue limited series, DC Comics, 1987–1988) *'' Cosmic Odyssey'' (artist, with writer

and inker

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, 1988, DC Comics, TPB, 226 pages,

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, , DC Comics ) *''

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: Triumph and Torment'' (writer Roger Stern, art also by

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, 1989, Marvel Comics) *''

'': **''

'' (pencils, with writer

, and with inks by P. Craig Russell, DC Comics

, TPB, 48 pages, 1989, Titan, , DC, ) **'' Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight'' #54: "Sanctum" (pencils and story, with writer

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, with letterer Willie Schubert, and with coloring by

Mark Chiarello Mark Chiarello is an American illustrator, art director and comic book editor. Born on Halloween in 1960, he attended Pratt Institute in the 1980's. Career As a comic book illustrator, Chiarello painted the Batman graphic novel Batman/Houdini: T ...

, single issue, DC, 1993) **'' Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham'' (writer, three-issue mini-series, DC Comics

, 2000) *'' Wolverine: The Jungle Adventure'' (artist, with writer

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and inker

Bob Wiacek Bob Wiacek (born January 7, 1953) is an American comic book artist and writer, working primarily as an inker. Wiacek has inked over such pencilers as Carmine Infantino on ''Star Wars'', Paul Smith and John Romita Jr. on ''The Uncanny X-Men'', J ...

, single issue prestige format paperback,

, 1990) *''

'' (artist, with writer

and inker

, four-issue limited series,

, 1990–1991) *'' Ted McKeever's Metropol'' #9-11 (artist, with

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"The Resurrection of Eddy Current", three-part mini-series, Epic Comics, 1991) *'' Bram Stoker's Dracula'': official movie adaptation (artist, with writer

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and inker John Nyberg, four-issue mini-series

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1992) *'' Ironwolf: Fires of the Revolution'' (art, with writers Howard Chaykin and John Francis Moore, and artist P. Craig Russell, 104 pages, 1992, Titan Books, , DC Comics, ) *'' Ray Bradbury Comics'' #4 - Short Story "The City" (with letterer Willie Schubert, anthology series, Topps Comics, 1993) *'' ZombieWorld: Champion of the Worms'' (writer, with art by Pat McEown, three-issue mini-series, 1997, Dark Horse, TPB, 80 pages, 1998, , 2005, ) *'' Jenny Finn: Doom Messiah'' (script, with art by

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and

Farel Dalrymple Farel Dalrymple is an American artist and alternative comics creator. He is best known for his award-winning comics series '' Pop Gun War''. Career Originally from Oklahoma "by way of California",Ellis, Jonathan"Interview: Farel Dalrymple, Pop Gu ...

, TPB includes ''Jenny Finn'' #1–2,

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, 1999, 128 pages,

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, June 2008, ) *''The Amazing Screw-on Head and Other Curious Objects'' (Dark Horse, 2010) collecting: **''

'' ( one shot comic book, 2002) **''The Magician and the Snake'' (with Katie Mignola, published in ''Happy Endings'' anthology, 2002) **''Abu Gung and the Beanstalk'' (originally drawn 1998, redrawn and expanded for this collection) **''The Witch and Her Soul'' (drawn for this collection) **''The Prisoner of Mars'' (drawn for this collection) **''In the Chapel of Curious Objects'' (drawn for this collection) *''

'' (Dark Horse): **''The Plague Ships'' (with Christopher Golden and Ben Stenbeck, 2010) **''A Passing Stranger'' (with Christopher Golden and Ben Stenbeck for

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, 2011) **''The Curse Bells'' (with Christopher Golden and Ben Stenbeck, 2011) **''Dr. Leskovar's Remedy'' (with Christopher Golden and Ben Stenbeck, 2012) **''The Play'' (with Christopher Golden and Ben Stenbeck, 2012) **''The Widow and the Tank'' (with Christopher Golden and Ben Stenbeck, 2013) **''The Inquisitor'' (with Christopher Golden and Ben Stenbeck, 2013) **''The Infernal Train'' (with Christopher Golden and Ben Stenbeck, 2013) **''Chapel of Bones'' (with Christopher Golden and Ben Stenbeck, 2014) **''The Witch of Harju'' (with Christopher Golden and Peter Bergting, 2014) **''The Wolf and the Apostle'' (with Christopher Golden and Ben Stenbeck, 2014) **''The Cult of the Red King'' (with Christopher Golden and Peter Bergting, 2015) **''Empty Graves'' (with Christopher Golden and Peter Bergting, 2016) **''The Red Kingdom'' (with Christopher Golden and Peter Bergting, 2017) *''Joe Golem: Occult Detective'' (Dark Horse): **''The Rat Catcher'' (with Christopher Golden and Patric Reynolds, 2015) **''The Sunken Dead'' (with Christopher Golden and Patric Reynolds, 2016) **''The Outer Dark'' (with Christopher Golden and Patric Reynolds, 2017) **''Flesh and Blood'' (with Christopher Golden and Patric Reynolds, 2017) **''The Drowning City'' (with Christopher Golden and Peter Bergting, 2018) *''Mr. Higgins Comes Home'' (with Warwick Johnson-Cadwell, Dark Horse, 2017)

Hellboy Universe (Dark Horse)

*''

'' **'' Seed of Destruction'' (with John Byrne, 1994) **'' The Wolves of Saint August'' (1994) **'' The Corpse'' (1995) **'' The Chained Coffin'' (1995) **'' The Iron Shoes'' (1996) **'' Wake the Devil'' (1996) **'' Almost Colossus'' (1997) **'' A Christmas Underground'' (1997) **''

'' (1998) **'' The Baba Yaga'' (1998) **'' The Right Hand of Doom'' (1998) **'' The Vârcolac'' (1999) **'' Goodbye Mr. Tod'' (1999) **''

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'' (1999) **'' Box Full of Evil'' (1999) **'' The Nature of the Beast'' (2000) **'' King Vold'' (2000) **'' Conqueror Worm'' (2001) **'' The Third Wish'' (2002) **'' Dr. Carp's Experiment'' (2003) **'' The Penanggalan'' (2004) **'' The Troll-Witch'' (2004) **'' The Ghoul'' (2005) **'' The Island'' (2005) **'' Makoma'' (with

, 2006) **'' The Hydra and the Lion'' (2006) **'' They That Go Down to the Sea in Ships'' (with

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, 2007) **'' Darkness Calls'' (with Duncan Fegredo, 2007) **'' The Vampire of Prague'' (with P. Craig Russell, 2007) **'' The Mole'' (with Duncan Fegredo, 2008) **'' The Crooked Man'' (with Richard Corben, 2008) **'' In the Chapel of Moloch'' (2008) **'' The Wild Hunt'' (with Duncan Fegredo, 2008) **''The Bride of Hell'' (with Richard Corben, 2009) **''Hellboy in Mexico'' (with Richard Corben, 2010) **'' The Storm'' (with Duncan Fegredo, 2010) **''The Whittier Legacy'' (2010) **''Double Feature of Evil'' (with Richard Corben, 2010) **''The Sleeping and the Dead'' (with

, 2010) **''Buster Oakley Gets His Wish'' (with

, 2011) **''Being Human'' (with Richard Corben, 2011, collected in '' B.P.R.D.: Being Human'') **'' The Fury'' (with Duncan Fegredo, 2011) **''House of the Living Dead'' (with Richard Corben, 2011) **''Hellboy versus the Aztec Mummy'' (2011) **''The Midnight Circus'' (with Duncan Fegredo, 2013) **''Hellboy Gets Married'' (with Mick McMahon, 2013) **''The Coffin Man'' (with Fábio Moon, 2014) **''The Coffin Man 2: The Rematch'' (with Gabriel Bá, 2015) **''Into the Silent Sea'' (with

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, 2017) **''Krampusnacht'' (with

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, 2018) *''Hellboy in Hell'': **''The Descent'' (2012) **''The Three Gold Whips'' (2013) **''The Death Card'' (2014) **''The Hounds of Pluto'' (2015) **''The Exorcist of Vorsk'' (with Todd Mignola, 2015) **''The Spanish Bride'' (2016) **''For Whom the Bell Tolls'' (2016) *''Hellboy and B.P.R.D.'': **''1952'' (with John Arcudi and Alex Maleev, 2014) **''1953'': ***''The Phantom Hand'' (with Ben Stenbeck, 2015) ***''The Kelpie'' (with Ben Stenbeck, 2015) ***''The Witch Tree'' (with Ben Stenbeck, 2015) ***''Rawhead and Bloody Bones'' (with Ben Stenbeck, 2015) ***''Wandering Souls'' (with Chris Roberson and Michael Walsh, 2016) ***''Beyond the Fences'' (with Chris Roberson, and Paolo and Joe Rivera, 2016) **''1954'': ***''The Mirror'' (with Richard Corben, 2016) ***''Black Sun'' (with Chris Roberson and Stephen Green, 2016) ***''Unreasoning Beast'' (with Chris Roberson and Patric Reynolds, 2016) ***''Ghost Moon'' (with Chris Roberson and Brian Churilla, 2017) **''1955'': ***''Secret Nature'' (with Chris Roberson and Shawn Martinbrough, 2017) ***''Occult Intelligence'' (with Chris Roberson and Brian Churilla, 2017) ***''Burning Season'' (with Chris Roberson, and Paolo and Joe Rivera, 2018) *''Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense, B.P.R.D.'': **''

'' (with Christopher Golden, Tom Sniegoski, Ryan Sook and Curtis Arnold, 2002) **''B.P.R.D.: The Soul of Venice and Other Stories, The Soul of Venice'' (with Miles Gunther and Michael Avon Oeming, 2003) **''B.P.R.D.: The Dead, Born Again'' (with John Arcudi and Guy Davis, 2004) **'' Plague of Frogs'' (with Guy Davis, 2004) **''B.P.R.D.: The Soul of Venice and Other Stories, Another Day at the Office'' (with Cameron Stewart, 2004) **''B.P.R.D.: The Dead, The Dead'' (with John Arcudi and Guy Davis, 2004) **''B.P.R.D.: The Black Flame, The Black Flame'' (with John Arcudi and Guy Davis, 2005) **''The Universal Machine'' (with John Arcudi and Guy Davis, 2006) **''B.P.R.D.: Garden of Souls, Garden of Souls'' (with John Arcudi and Guy Davis, 2007) **''Killing Ground'' (with John Arcudi and Guy Davis, 2007) **''1946'' (with

and Paul Azaceta, 2008) **''Revival'' (with John Arcudi and Guy Davis, 2008) **''Bishop Olek’s Devil'' (with Joshua Dysart and Paul Azaceta, 2008) **''Out of Reach'' (with John Arcudi and Guy Davis, 2008) **''War on Frogs'' #1 (with John Arcudi, Herb Trimpe and Guy Davis, 2008) **''The Ectoplasmic Man'' (with John Arcudi and Ben Stenbeck, 2008) **''The Warning'' (with John Arcudi and Guy Davis, 2008) **''War on Frogs'' #2 (with John Arcudi and John Severin, 2008) **''The Black Goddess'' (with John Arcudi and Guy Davis, 2009) **''And What Shall I Find There?'' (with Joshua Dysart and Patric Reynolds, 2009) **''War on Frogs'' #3 (with John Arcudi and Karl Moline, 2009) **''1947'' (with Joshua Dysart, Gabriel Bá and Fábio Moon, 2009) **''War on Frogs'' #4 (with John Arcudi and Peter Snejbjerg, 2009) **''King of Fear'' (with John Arcudi and Guy Davis, 2010) **''The Dead Remembered'' (with Scott Allie, Karl Moline and Andy Owens, 2011) **''Casualties'' (with John Arcudi and Guy Davis, 2011) **''1948'' (with John Arcudi and Max Fiumara, 2012) **''Vampire'' (with Gabriel Bá and Fábio Moon, 2013) *''Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense, B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth'': **''New World'' (with John Arcudi and Guy Davis, 2010) **''Gods'' (with John Arcudi and Guy Davis, 2011) **''Seattle'' (with John Arcudi and Guy Davis, 2011) **''Monsters'' (with John Arcudi and

, 2011) **''Russia'' (with John Arcudi and Tyler Crook, 2011) **''An Unmarked Grave'' (with John Arcudi and Duncan Fegredo, 2012) **''The Long Death'' (with John Arcudi and James Harren, 2012) **''The Pickens County Horror'' (with Scott Allie and Jason Latour, 2012) **''The Devil’s Engine'' (with John Arcudi and Tyler Crook, 2012) **''The Transformation of J.H. O'Donnell'' (with Scott Allie and Max Fiumara, 2012) **''Exorcism'' (with Cameron Stewart, 2012) **''The Return of the Master'' (with John Arcudi and Tyler Crook, 2012) **''The Abyss of Time'' (with Scott Allie and James Harren, 2013) **''A Cold Day in Hell'' (with John Arcudi and Peter Snejbjerg, 2013) **''Wasteland'' (with John Arcudi and Laurence Campbell, 2013) **''Lake of Fire'' (with John Arcudi and Tyler Crook, 2013) **''Reign of the Black Flame'' (with John Arcudi and James Harren, 2014) **''The Devil's Wings'' (with John Arcudi and Laurence Campbell, 2014) **''The Broken Equation'' (with John Arcudi and Joe Querio, 2014) **''Grind'' (with John Arcudi and Tyler Crook, 2014) **''Flesh and Stone'' (with John Arcudi and James Harren, 2014) **''Nowhere, Nothing, Never'' (with John Arcudi and Peter Snejbjerg, 2015) **''Modern Prometheus'' (with John Arcudi and Julián Totino Tedesco, 2015) **''End of Days'' (with John Arcudi and Laurence Campbell, 2015) **''The Exorcist'' (with Camerson Stewart, Chris Roberson, and Mike Norton, 2016) **''Cometh the Hour'' (with John Arcudi and Laurence Campbell, 2016) *''Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense, B.P.R.D.: The Devil You Know'': **''Messiah'' (with Scott Allie and Laurence Campbell, 2017) **''Pandemonium'' (with Scott Allie, Sebastián Fiumara, and Laurence Campbell, 2018) *'' Lobster Johnson'': **''The Iron Prometheus'' (with Jason Armstrong (comics), Jason Armstrong, 2007) **''The Burning Hand'' (with John Arcudi and Tonči Zonjić, 2012) **''Tony Masso’s Finest Hour'' (with John Arcudi and Joe Querio, 2012) **''The Prayer of Neferu'' (with John Arcudi and Wilfredo Torres, 2012) **''Caput Mortuum'' (with John Arcudi and Tonči Zonjić, 2012) **''Satan Smells a Rat'' (with John Arcudi and

, 2013) **''A Scent of a Lotus'' (with John Arcudi and Sebastián Fiumara, 2013) **''Get the Lobster'' (with John Arcudi and Tonči Zonjić, 2014) **''A Chain Forged in Life'' (with John Arcudi, Troy Nixey, and Kevin Nowlan, 2015) **''The Glass Mantis'' (with John Arcudi and Toni Fejzula, 2015) **''The Forgotten Man'' (with John Arcudi and Peter Snejbjerg, 2016) **''Metal Monsters of Midtown'' (with John Arcudi and Tonči Zonjić, 2016) **''Garden of Bones'' (with John Arcudi and Stephen Green, 2017) **''The Pirate's Ghost'' (with John Arcudi and Tonči Zonjić, 2017) **''Mangekyō'' (with John Arcudi and Ben Stenbeck, 2017) *'' Abe Sapien'': **''The Drowning'' (with

, 2008) **''The Haunted Boy'' (with John Arcudi and Patric Reynolds, 2009) **''The Abyssal Plain'' (with John Arcudi and Peter Snejbjerg, 2010) **''The Devil Does Not Jest'' (with John Arcudi and James Harren, 2011) **''Dark and Terrible'' (with Scott Allie and Sebastián Fiumara, 2013) **''The New Race of Man'' (with John Arcudi and Max Fiumara, 2013) **''The Shape of Things to Come'' (with Scott Allie and Sebastián Fiumara, 2013) **''The Land of the Dead'' (with Scott Allie and Michael Avon Oeming, 2013) **''To the Last Man'' (with Scott Allie and Max Fiumara, 2014) **''The Garden (I)'' (with Scott Allie and Max Fiumara, 2014) **''The Healer'' (with Scott Allie and Sebastián Fiumara, 2014) **''Visions, Dreams, and Fishin’'' (with Scott Allie and Max Fiumara, 2014) **''Lost Lives'' (with Scott Allie and Juan Ferreyra, 2014) **''Sacred Places'' (with Scott Allie and Sebastián Fiumara, 2014) **''A Darkness so Great'' (with Scott Allie, and Max and Sebastián Fiumara, 2014) **''Subconscious'' (with John Arcdui and Mark Nelson, 2015) **''The Ogopogo'' (with Scott Allie and Kevin Nowlan, 2015) **''The Shadow Over Suwanee'' (with Scott Allie, Sebastián and Max Fiumara, and Tyler Crook 2015) **''Icthyo Sapien'' (with Scott Allie and Alise Gluškova, 2015) **''The Garden (II)'' (with Scott Allie and Max Fiumara, 2015) **''Witchcraft & Demonology'' (with Scott Allie and Santiago Caruso, 2016) **''The Black School'' (with Scott Allie and Sebastián Fiumara, 2016) **''Regressions'' (with Scott Allie and Max Fiumara, 2016) **''Dark and Terrible Deep'' (with Scott Allie and Sebastián Fiumara, 2016) **''The Garden (III)'' (with Scott Allie and Max Fiumara, 2016) **''The Desolate Shore'' (with Scott Allie and Sebastián Fiumara, 2016) *''Sir Edward Grey, Witchfinder'': **''Murderous Intent'' (with Ben Stenbeck in ''Dark Horse Presents'' #16, November 2008) **''In the Service of Angels'' (with Ben Stenbeck, 2009) **''Lost and Gone Forever'' (with John Arcudi and John Severin, 2011) **''Beware the Ape'' (with Ben Stenbeck, 2014) **''City of the Dead'' (with Chris Roberson and Ben Stenbeck, 2016) **''The Gates of Heaven'' (with Chris Roberson and D'Israeli (cartoonist), D'Israeli, 2018) *''How Koshchei Became Deathless'' (with Guy Davis, 2009) *''Baba Yaga's Feast'' (with Guy Davis, 2009) *''Sledgehammer 44'': **''Sledgehammer 44'' (with John Arcudi and Jason Latour, 2013) **''Lightning War'' (with John Arcudi and Laurence Campbell, 2013) *''Frankenstein Underground'' (with Ben Stenbeck, 2015) *''Broken Vessels'' (with Scott Allie and Tim Sale, 2016) *''Rise of the Black Flame'' (with Chris Roberson and Christopher Mitten, 2016) *''The Great Blizzard'' (with Chris Roberson and Christopher Mitten, 2017) *''God Rest Ye Merry'' (with Chris Roberson and Paul Grist (comics), Paul Grist, 2017) *''The Last Witch of Fairfield'' (with Scott Allie and Sebastián Fiumara, 2017) *''The Visitor: How & Why He Stayed'' (with Chris Roberson and Paul Grist (comics), Paul Grist, 2017) *''Rasputin: The Voice of the Dragon'' (with Chris Roberson and Christopher Mitten, 2017) *''Koshchei the Deathless'' (with Ben Stenbeck, 2018)

Novels

* ''Baltimore, or, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire'', with Christopher Golden, 2007, () * ''Nesting'', with Christopher Golden, 2010 * ''Joe Golem and the Drowning City'', with Christopher Golden, 2012, () * ''Father Gaetano's Puppet Catechism'', with Christopher Golden, 2012, () * ''Grim Death and Bill the Electrocuted Criminal'', with Thomas E. Sniegoski, 2017, ()

Covers

*''Action Comics'' No. 614 (DC) *''Action Comics Annual'' No. 6 (DC) *''Superman (comic book)#1986 revamp, Adventures of Superman Annual'' No. 6 (DC) *''Aliens versus Predator (comic book), Aliens versus Predator'' No. 0 (Dark Horse) *''Aliens versus Predator (comic book), Aliens versus Predator: Fire and Stone'' No. 1 (Dark Horse) *'' Alpha Flight'' No. 29–34, 36, 39 (Marvel) *''The American (comics), The American: Lost In America'' No. 3 (Dark Horse) *''Amazing Heroes'' No. 76 (Fantagraphics Books) *''Angel (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)#Comic books, Angel'' No. 12 (Dark Horse) *''Aquaman'' vol. 3 No. 6 (DC) *''Batgirl Special'' No. 1 (DC) *''Batman (comic book), Batman'' No. 426-429(DC) *''Batman (comic book), Batman Annual'' No. 18 (DC) *'' Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight'' No. 62, Annual 1(DC) *''Batman/Judge Dredd: Vendetta In Gotham'' No. 1 (DC) *''Bitter Root'' No. 1 (Image) *''Blue Beetle'' No. 19 (DC) *''Captain America Annual'' No. 10 (Marvel) *''Cheval Noir (comics), Cheval Noir'' No. 12 (Dark Horse) *''Conan (Dark Horse Comics), Conan'' No. 29–31 (Dark Horse) *''Conan the Barbarian (comics), Conan the Barbarian'' No. 236–237 (Marvel) *''The Creep (comics), The Creep'' No. 1 (Dark Horse) *''Critical Mass (comics), Critical Mass'' No. 1 (Epic) *''

Annual'' 1991 (Marvel) *''Dark Horse Presents'' No. 88–91, 107, 142, 151 (Dark Horse) *''

'' No. 2 (Dark Horse) *''Dark Horse 20 Years'' (Dark Horse) *''Deadman (DC Comics), Deadman'' No. 3–5 (DC) *''Death Jr.'' (Image) *''Death of Lady Vampire'' No. 1 (Black Out) *''Detective Comics'' No. 583 (February 1988)(DC) *''Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Disney's Atlantis: The Lost Empire'' (Dark Horse) *''Disney Pixar The Incredibles'' No. 1 (Boom) *''

'' No. 75 (Marvel) *''Doctor Tomorrow'' No. 1 (Valiant) *''Doom Force'' No. 1 (inks) (DC) *''Drawing On Your Nightmares Halloween Special'' RRP Variant Edition (Dark Horse) *''Dylan Dog'' No. 1-6 and special number "Zed" (Dark Horse) *''Fallen Angels (comics), Fallen Angels'' No. 6 (Marvel) *''Fantastic Four Ashcan'' (Marvel) *''Frankenstein Dracula War'' No. 1–3 (Topps) *''Freaks' Amour'' No. 3 (Dark Horse) *''Gutt Ghost'' No. 1 (Scout) *'' The Incredible Hulk'' No. 302, 304–309 (covers), 311–313 (covers and interiors) (Marvel) *''Justice League Quarterly'' No. 14 (DC) *''Kabuki: The Alcemy'' No. 6 (Icon) *''Kickers, Inc.'' No. 9, 12 (Marvel) *''Lobo (DC Comics), Lobo: Unamerican Gladiators'' No. 1–4 (DC) *''The Machine (comics), The Machine'' No. 2 (Dark Horse) *''The Man with the Screaming Brain'' No. 4 (Dark Horse) *''The Marquis: Danse Macabre'' No. 2 (Oni) *''Marvel Comics Presents'' No. 20 (Marvel) *''Marvel Fanfare'' No. 43 (Marvel) *''Marvel Team-Up'' No. 141 (inks) (Marvel) *''Escapist (character)#Comics adaptation, Michael Chabon Presents The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist'' No. 3 (Dark Horse) *''Michael Moorcock's Corum: The Bull and the Spear'' No. 1 (First) *''The Mighty Thor'' No. 26 (Marvel) *''Defenders (comics), The New Defenders'' No. 139, 141, 142(inks) (Marvel) *''New Mutants'' No. 54, ''Annual'' No. 7 (Marvel) *''New Warriors Annual'' No. 1 (inks) (Marvel) *''Nexus (comics), Nexus'' No. 28, (First) *''Out of the Vortex'' No. 2 (Dark Horse) *''Paper Museum'' No. 1 (Jungle Boy) *''Power Pack'' No. 20 (Marvel) *''Punisher'' No. 6 (Marvel) *''Quasar (comics), Quasar'' No. 15 (Marvel) *''Ragmop'' No. 4 (Planet Lucy) *''Ragnarok'' No. 8 (IDW) *''Randy Bowen's Decapitator'' No. 4 (Dark Horse) *''Rook (comics), Rook'' No. 1-2 (Harris) *''Rumble (comics), Rumble'' Vol. 2 No. 1 (Dark Horse) *''The Sandman: The Dream Hunters'' No. 2 (DC) *''Sea of Stars'' No. 1 (Image) *''Secret Origins'' No. 41 (DC) *''The Shadow Strikes!'' No. 31 (DC) *''Shaolin Cowboy'' No. 2 (Burlyman) *''Sherlock Frankenstein and the Legion of Evil'' No. 1 (Dark Horse) *''Ship of Fools (comics), Ship of Fools'' No. 1 (Caliber) *''Showcase (comics), Showcase '94'' No. 3 (DC) *''Silver Surfer (comic book), Silver Surfer'' Vol. 3 No. 14 (Marvel) *''Snake Moon'' A Novel (Night Shade Books) *''Solar (comics), Solar Man Of The Atom'' No. 24 (Valiant) *''Solomon Kane (comics), Solomon Kane: Castle of the Devil'' *''Spawn (comics), Spawn'' No. 100 (Image) *''Spectre (comics), Spectre'' No. 7–9 (DC) *''Starman (comics), Starman'' No. 42–45 (DC) *''Strange Tales'' Vol. 2 No. 19 (Marvel) *''Strikeforce: Morituri'' No. 21 (Marvel) *''Superman (comic book), Superman Annual'' No. 6 (DC) *''Superman: The Man of Steel Annual'' No. 3 (DC) *''Tales of the Unexpected (comics), Tales of the Unexpected'' No. 1 (DC) *''Trickster'' (Global & Trickster) *''Uncanny X-Men'' Annual No. 15 (Marvel) *''Whiteout (comics), Whiteout'' No. 2 (Oni) *''Will to Power (comics), Will to Power'' No. 10-12 (Dark Horse) *''Wolverine (comic book), Wolverine'' No. 28 (inks) (Marvel) *''X-Factor (comics), X-Factor'' No. 55, 70, Annual 6 (Marvel) *''Classic X-Men, X-Men Classic'' No. 57–70 (Marvel) *''Xena: Warrior Princess'' No. 1 (Dark Horse) *''Zorro'' No. 6 (Topps)

Media covers

*''Cronos (film), Cronos'' Criterion Collection Cover

Notes

References

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, )

External links

* *
The Art of Mike MignolaReview 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 ''(sic)'' 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
Hemispheres (magazine), 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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