Hellboy VS Rhinosferatu
As you read this, I am in Portland at the HPL Film Festival, where Mike Mignola is a guest. I really like Mignola’s art, and have since Cosmic Odyssey and Rocket Raccoon. I liked cool before it was cool to like cool. I set aside an evening to ignore my girlfriend and draw this picture, which I am going to give to Mike. Secretly I hope that he will draw a picture of Rhinosferatu for me, but I’ll be jazzed if he accepts the drawing regardless.
October 3rd, 2008 at 11:10 pm
That’s really cool, but the real question is for Deanna. Does this picture equal one night boyfriend neglect?
October 4th, 2008 at 11:05 am
That took only one evening to draw? That’s awesome Toren!
Mignola will probably be impressed.
October 4th, 2008 at 10:57 pm
to answer Kolja – yes, because he left me alone so I could watch the Leaders debate and portions of the US Veep debate.
October 5th, 2008 at 10:01 am
Was at the show last night in Portland. You guys rocked. Thanks for a great show!
October 7th, 2008 at 9:09 am
Really cool shading. I know this is going to sound weird, but I like those rocks! And of course the characters are also neat. But the rocks, I dunno, they’re doing it for me.
The lesson here is: it’s important to ignore your girlfriend once in a while. In that spirit, I plan on ignoring your girlfriend more often. Hear that Ms Coat?
October 7th, 2008 at 10:35 am
You mentioned at the Film Fest that Mike had drawn a Rhinosferatu for you, but failed to mention how he liked your pic? It’s a very solid piece of work, so imagine he was very pleased. I certainly enjoyed chatting with him, finding he was very generous with his time and thoughts.
October 7th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
Yes Mike was very approachable and pleasant. He signed my copies of Rocket Raccoon, Chronicles of Corum, and whatnots.
I brought the drawing to the table when both he and Scott Allie were there and they seemed to like the drawing and the character – they both laughed when I uttered that most evil of words, ‘Rhinosferatu.’