Inverse connected with Mignola in a rare interview to hear the macabre master reflect back on his fertile 35-year career, what he learned working as a concept designer on Disney's Atlantis: The Lost Empire, winning an Eisner Award with his seven-year-old daughter, keeping editorial control over the flourishing Mignolaverse, the creative rewards of dipping into the reflective world of watercolors, and why he’s not worried about competing with the Marvel Cinematic Universe. I sort of thought I was done with that so we’ll just have to wait and see how that goes.” “Lately, I’ve started to get the itch to try actually drawing comics again.”

“Lately, I’ve started to get the itch to try actually drawing comics again,” Mignola says. He's actually much more interested in returning to the basics. He tells Inverse that 'nothing at all' is in development from Hollywood at the moment. You might think Mignola would be eager to ramp up movie production and build a cinematic universe to rival Marvel's, but that couldn't be further from his mind.

The prolific artist and writer created Hellboy in 1993 for Dark Horse Comics (DC passed on his pitch) and has since spawned an entire ' Mignolaverse' of connected superheroes and villains, along with three movies (two from Guillermo del Toro starring Ron Perlman and a third featuring David Harbour as the Hell-spawned anti-hero) plus multiple animated films, video games, and even a reference on The Simpsons. If you're a comic book writer working today, the ultimate goal is to see your creations brought to life in a big-budget movie with celebrities in skin-tight leather suits

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