Artist Mike Mignola has been a mainstay and luminary in the world of story illustration particularly comic books and graphic novels for a multitude of years. He is unique in style, popularity and “rock solid.” With the rest of the nation and world he has experienced the Covid 19 lock downs and quarantines with a true resilience. His personal story within our shared (2020) isolation dilemma has become one of dedication to creativity, craft and what appears to have been also fun and a discovery of sorts.
Mignola
spent much of his time and efforts during quarantine doing what began in
childhood for the many and certainly for the most accomplished artists;
sketching. The drawings from the many months were done for his own amusement
and later he started sharing on line with his fans and followers. This led to their
submissions of ideas for more sketches and experimentation. Going beyond what
might have been a light-hearted frolic to the said drawings becoming donations
for many charitable causes resulting in auctions.
The
resulting images from those multitudes of hours is available now in book form
(released last year) “The Quarantine Sketch Book.” It is a delightfully misanthropic collection
of monsters, absurdities and abundant curiosities. Each drawing bathed in a perfection
of light and shadow enhancing a remarkable mastery of form.
Continuing
here are more sketches from the volume and other drawings from Mignola for this
blogs viewers. As reflecting with Mile’s original intention “Have Fun” with
this page!
For additional
information and a more detailed look at the career of “The Magnificent” Mike
Mignola follow this link:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Mignola
