Mike Mignola was born September 16, 1960 in Berkeley, California and grew up in nearby Oakland. His fascination with ghosts and monsters began at an early age (he doesn't remember why) and reading Dracula at age 13 introduced him to Victorian literature and folklore from which he has never recovered. In 1982, hoping to find a way to draw monsters for a living, he moved to New York City and began working for Marvel Comics, first as a (very terrible) inker and then as an artist on comics like Rocket Raccoon, Alpha Flight and The Hulk. By the late 80s he had begun to develop his signature style (thin lines, clunky shapes and lots of black) and moved onto higher profile commercial projects like Cosmic Odyssey (1988) and Gotham by Gaslight (1989) for DC Comics, and the not-so-commercial Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser (1990) for Marvel. In 1992, he drew the comic book adaptation of the film Bram Stoker's Dracula for Topps Comics. In 1993, Mike moved to Dark Horse comics and created Hellboy, a half-demon occult detective who may or may not be the Beast of the Apocalypse. While the first story line (Seed of Destruction, 1994) was co-written by John Byrne, Mike has continued writing the series himself. There are, at this moment, 13 Hellboy graphic novel collections (with more on the way), several spin-off titles (B.P.R.D., Lobster Johnson, Abe Sapien and Witchfinder), three anthologies of prose stories, several novels, two animated films and two live-action films staring Ron Perlman. Hellboy has earned numerous comic industry awards and is published in a great many countries. Mike also created the award-winning comic book The Amazing Screw-on Head and has co-written two novels (Baltimore, or, the Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire and Joe Golem and the Drowning City) with best-selling author Christopher Golden. Mike worked (very briefly) with Francis Ford Coppola on his film Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), was a production designer on the Disney film Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) and was visual consultant to director Guillermo del Toro on Blade II (2002), Hellboy (2004) and Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008). He lives somewhere in Southern California with his wife, daughter, a lot of books and a cat.
Series
Books
Hellboy
The Bones of Giants
2001
Young Hellboy
The Hidden Land
2021
Hellboy
The Corpse and the Iron Shoes
2011
Hellboy
House of the Living Dead
2011
The Hellboy 100 Project
2015
Hellboy
Seed of Destruction #1
2019
Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.
1954
2018
The Goon, Volume 3
Heaps of Ruination
2005
B.P.R.D.
The Devil You Know, Vol. 1: Messiah
2018
B.P.R.D.
Being Human
2011
Hellboy
Weird Tales Omnibus
2014
Hellboy, Vol. 9
The Wild Hunt
2010
La bara incatenata e altre storie. Hellboy
1998
Hellboy, Vol. 11
The Bride of Hell and Others
2011
Crimson Lotus
2019
B.P.R.D., Vol. 4
The Dead
2005
Lobster Johnson, Vol. 3
Satan Smells a Rat
2014
Hellboy, Vol. 3
The Chained Coffin and Others
1998
Frankenstein
New World
2023
Baltimore, Vol. 8
The Red Kingdom
2017
The Art of Hellboy
2003
Hellboy Omnibus, Volume 3
The Wild Hunt
2018
Lobster Johnson, Vol. 1
The Iron Prometheus
2008
B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth, Vol. 5
2019
Baltimore, Vol. 3
A Passing Stranger and Other Stories
2013
Castle Full of Blackbirds #3
2022
Hellboy in Mexico
2016
The Amazing Screw-on Head and Other Curious Objects
2002
9-11, Volume One
Artists Respond
2002
Hellboy, Vol. 5
Conqueror Worm
2002
B.P.R.D., Vol. 1
Hollow Earth & Other Stories
2003
Hellboy Omnibus, Volume 4
Hellboy in Hell
2018
Baltimore, Vol. 7
Empty Graves
2016
Baltimore, Vol. 1
The Plague Ships
2011
Witchfinder, Vol. 5
The Gates of Heaven
2019
Joe Golem and the Drowning City
An Illustrated Novel
2012
B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth, Vol. 3
2021
Mr. Higgins Comes Home
2017
Clive Barker's Hellraiser
Collected Best I
2002
B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth, Vol. 1
2018
Hellboy
A Christmas Underground
1999
Clive Barker's Hellraiser Masterpieces Vol. 1
2011
Castle Full of Blackbirds #1
2022
Frankenstein Undone #1
2020
MySpace Dark Horse Presents, Volume 1
2008
Hellboy in Love
2023
Hellboy, Vol. 4
The Right Hand of Doom
2000
Hellboy
The Bones of Giants
2022
The Visitor
How and Why He Stayed
2017
Batman
The Doom That Came to Gotham
2015
Hellboy, Vol. 12
The Storm and the Fury
2012
B.P.R.D., Vol. 9
1946
2008
Frankenstein Underground
2015
Baltimore, Vol. 2
The Curse Bells
2012
Hellboy Omnibus, Volume 1
Seed of Destruction
2018
The DC Universe by Mike Mignola
2017
Baltimore, or, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire
2007
Baltimore, Vol. 6
The Cult of the Red King
2016
Hellboy
Almost Colossus #1
2015
Castle Full of Blackbirds #4
2023
Hellboy Winter Special 2019
2020
Leonide the Vampyr
A Christmas for Crows
2022
B.P.R.D., Vol. 7
Garden of Souls
2008
Jenny Finn
2006
Hellboy
The Midnight Circus
2013
Hellboy, Vol. 1
Seed of Destruction
1994
B.P.R.D., Vol. 6
The Universal Machine
2007
Baltimore, Vol. 5
The Apostle and the Witch of Harju
2015
Lobster Johnson, Vol. 2
The Burning Hand
2012
Hellboy
Library Edition, Vol. 2: The Chained Coffin and The Right Hand of Doom
2008
B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth, Vol. 2
2018
B.P.R.D., Vol. 5
The Black Flame
2006
Koshchei the Deathless
2018
Leonide the Vampyr
Miracle at the Crow's Head
2022
Hellboy, Vol. 7
The Troll Witch and Others
2006
Hellboy
The Complete Short Stories, Volume 2
2018
Castle Full of Blackbirds
2023
Hellboy
Almost Colossus #2
2015
B.P.R.D.
Plague of Frogs, Vol. 4
2012
Hellboy, Vol. 8
Darkness Calls
2008
Hellboy
The Silver Lantern Club
2022
Hellboy, Vol. 10
The Crooked Man and Others
2010
B.P.R.D., Vol. 3
Plague of Frogs
2005
Hellboy
Masks and Monsters
2010
Hellboy
Into the Silent Sea
2017
B.P.R.D., Vol. 2
The Soul of Venice & Other Stories
2004
Young Hellboy #1
2021
Hellboy, Vol. 2
Wake the Devil
1997
B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth, Vol. 4
2019
Hellboy, Vol. 6
Strange Places
2006
Hellboy
The Wolves of Saint August
1995
Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.
1952
2014
Castle Full of Blackbirds #2
2022
B.P.R.D., Vol. 8
Killing Ground
2008
Hellboy Junior
2004
Baltimore, Vol. 4
Chapel of Bones
2014
