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Born on September 16, 1960 in Berkeley, California, United States, Mike Mignola is a comics artist, novelist and screenwriter. That puts Mike Mignola at 66 years old in 2026. Education on record includes California College of the Arts. Listed accolades include Eisner Award for Best Cover Artist (2011), Inkpot Award (2004), Eisner Award for Best Writer/Artist (1995, 1997, 1998) and 1 more.
My Take
Mignola is one of those artists whose style I can recognize from across a room, and that counts for a lot. Those heavy black shadows and angular figures became the visual language of Hellboy, and the pile of Eisner and Harvey Awards here tells me the industry agreed early. What I respect most is that he carved out a look instead of chasing whatever was trendy. He trained at the California College of the Arts, and you can sense a real draftsman underneath all that ink. He's also a writer and screenwriter, so he's not just drawing other people's worlds, he's building his own.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Mike Mignola
- Name (Japanese)
- マイク・ミニョーラ
- Reading
- まいく・みにょーら
- Born
- September 16, 1960 (age 66)
- Origin
- Berkeley, California, United States
- Occupation
- comics artist / novelist / screenwriter / penciller / illustrator
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Rat
2. Background
- University
- California College of the Arts
Awards & achievements
- 2011 Eisner Award for Best Cover Artist
- 2004 Inkpot Award
- 1998 Eisner Award for Best Writer/Artist
- 1995 Eisner Award for Best Writer/Artist
- 1997 Eisner Award for Best Writer/Artist
- 1995 Harvey Award for Best Artist
- 1996 Harvey Award for Best Artist
- 2000 Harvey Award for Best Artist
3. Links
- Official sitehttps://www.artofmikemignola.com/
- Xhttps://x.com/artofmmignola
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike%20Mignola
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9F%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q544975
4. About this entry
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Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Mike Mignola born?
Born September 16, 1960 (age 66).
Where is Mike Mignola from?
Mike Mignola is from Berkeley, California, United States.
What does Mike Mignola do?
Mike Mignola works as comics artist, novelist, screenwriter, penciller, illustrator.
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