About the Author

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 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 and . 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 (1988) and (1989) for DC Comics, and the not-so-commercial (1990) for Marvel. In 1992, he drew the comic book adaptation of the film for Topps Comics. In 1993, Mike moved to Dark Horse comics and created , a half-demon occult detective who may or may not be the Beast of the Apocalypse. While the first story line (, 1994) was co-written by John Byrne, Mike has continued writing the series himself. There are, at this moment, 13 graphic novel collections (with more on the way) , several spin-off titles ( and ) , three anthologies of prose stories, several novels, two animated films and two live-action films staring Ron Perlman. has earned numerous comic industry awards and is published in a great many countries. Mike also created the award-winning comic book and has co-written two novels ( and ) with best-selling author Christopher Golden. Mike worked (very briefly) with Francis Ford Coppola on his film (1992) , was a production designer on the Disney film (2001) and was visual consultant to director Guillermo del Toro on (2004) and (2008) . He lives somewhere in Southern California with his wife, daughter, a lot of books and a cat.

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