B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth, Vol. 9 by Mike Mignola

folklore, B movies, ghost stories, monsters and pulp stories. Hellboy draws heavily on Mignola's own interests. He deviated from that practice in 1994, when Mignola's first Hellboy story, The Seed of Destruction, was published by Dark Horse Comics. Previously, Mignola had always worked on characters and properties owned by others. He also illustrated the comics adaptation for Bram Stoker's Dracula for Topps Comics, having assisted with design and storyboarding for the Francis Ford Coppola film. Craig Russell, he worked on Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser and Fires of the Revolution for DC.

Mignola did the art on The Jungle Adventure for Marvel, and, with Howard Chaykin and P. Through the early 1990s, Mignola worked on covers and backup features for various DC and Marvel comics. Mignola drew covers for several Batman storylines, including A Death in the Family and Dark Knight Dark City. The success of that 52-page one-shot inspired DC to launch the 'Elseworlds' concept. 1988 featured several high-profile assignments, including covers for A Death in the Family and pencilling Cosmic Odyssey, a galaxy-spanning 4-issue mini-epic featuring an ensemble cast of DC heroes, and Gotham by Gaslight, in which a Victorian version of Batman faces Jack the Ripper. In 1983, he accepted an inking spot 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.Īfter some initial work for DC Comics, such as 1987's Phantom Stranger and The World of Krypton, Mignola began to attract greater notice at DC. In 1982, he graduate from the California College of the Arts with a BFA in Illustration. His first published front cover was the Comic Reader #196 Dominic Fortune, the Spirit, and Doc Savage in November 1981. His first published piece was in the Comic Reader #183, a spot illustration of Red Sonja (pg. He began his career in 1980 by illustrating spots in the Comic Reader. Mignola was born in Berkeley, California.

B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth, Vol. 9 by Mike Mignola