The amazing screw-on head and other curious objects (anniversary edition) - mike mignola

Mike Mignola s fascination with ghosts and monsters began at an early age; reading Dracula at age twelve introduced him to Victorian literature and folklore, from which he has never recovered.

Starting in 1982 as a bad inker for Marvel Comics, he swiftly evolved into a not-so-bad artist.

By the late 1980s, he had begun to develop his own unique graphic style, with mainstream projects like Cosmic Odyssey and Batman: Gotham by Gaslight .

In 1994, he published the first Hellboy series through Dark Horse.

There are thirteen Hellboy graphic novels (with more on the way), several spin-off titles ( B.

, Lobster Johnson, Abe Sapien, and Sir Edward Grey: Witchfinder ), prose books, animated films, and two live-action films starring Ron Perlman.

Along the way he worked on Francis Ford Coppolas film Bram Stokers Dracula (1992), was a production designer for Disneys Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001), and was the visual consultant to director Guillermo del Toro on Blade II (2002), Hellboy (2004), and Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008).

Mikes books have earned numerous awards and are published in a great many countries.

Mike lives in Southern California with his wife, daughter, and cat.