Michael Bolerjack :: Mike Mignola HellBoy in Hell issue 1 page 13

Mike Mignola HellBoy in Hell issue 1 page 13

Artists: Mike Mignola (Penciller) , Mike Mignola (Inker) , Mike Mignola (Writer)

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Mike Mignola HellBoy in Hell issue 1 page 13 Comic Art

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Title:	Mike Mignola HellBoy in Hell issue 1 page 13
Artist:	Mike Mignola (Penciller)
Artist:	Mike Mignola (Inker)
Artist:	Mike Mignola (Writer)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	553
Likes on CAF:	7 8
Favorited on CAF:	1
Comments:	8
Added to Site:	10/8/2022
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Description

This is my fourth piece of original comic art and is definitely the crowning jewel of my collection. I consider it a personal grail piece. I put it in such a high standard of art and frankly never thought I would be in the right position or have just enough money to afford a page like this.
The reason this page means so much to me is that it is in part how I even found out regular people could own the original pages from comics. During quarantine I had time to find things that brought happiness back into my workaholic lifestyle. It was then I rediscovered my love for comic art. Growing up with Dyslexia, comics where the only thing you could even remotely get me to read. But for the most part I still didn’t read anything on the page, I was there to drool over the art. Copying the drawings and even using those drawings as currency in school. But at some point in middle school I got out of comics for everything else a pubescent boy would find of interest.
Anyway, during quarantine I find the Artist Edition of HellBoy in Hell and was blown away. The art was next level and in the artist edition there where no words, bringing me directly back to childhood and not worrying about any words on the page. And as I keep looking through the artist edition I would stumble across a page made out to a random name or even a price in the corner. Wait, This stuff is for sale?! That was the beginning of going down a rabbit hole of wanting to own some original art.
So to own a page from HellBoy in Hell, let alone a battle page from the first issue is mind blowing! So much else is going on with this page too.
Mignolas style literally shines on this pages, so much it has a glow to it. By Mignola using such contrast in his work, when he leaves white on the page it looks bright. It plays tricks on your eyes. I even have Mignolas version of Kirby Krackle on this page! There is also some cool side marginalia of what will be in the word ballon’s. And one of the few time you will see Mignola draw feet, he usually finds a way to hide feet. You can see Mignola keep whittling down his simplified style as much as possible with white media over some krackle, lines, and even removing the face in bottom panel just leaving pure silhouette. There are no wasted lines in Mignolas work.
Also, this page tells a whole story in a single page. It is something I hope to get in any page I buy. Somehow the three panels showing the beginning, middle and end of this explosion feel like a splash page to me. And the composition that draws your eye in to the top left and leads your eye down to the lower right lends to feeling like a splash page too. Composition is king in Mignola’s work. All choices made to make the entire page as a whole flow and stand on its own as one page of art.
Sorry for the rant, thanks for looking!

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	Michael Bolerjack
Joined:	January 2021
Last Login:	September 2025
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David Kwock
Member Since 2012

1 - Posted on 10/9/2022

What a great page and great story of how you got into the hobby too! Thanks for sharing and congrats on aquiring a personal grail!

Michael Bolerjack
Member Since 2021

1 - Posted on 10/10/2022

David Kwock wrote:

What a great page and great story of how you got into the hobby too! Thanks for sharing and congrats on aquiring a personal grail!

Thank you. I see so many share stories on their art and how they acquired it, so I feel compelled to share more.

Foggy Bottom
Member Since 2009
Forum Moderator

1 - Posted on 10/10/2022

Baller.

Michael Bolerjack
Member Since 2021

Posted on 10/10/2022

Foggy Bottom wrote:

Baller.

Thank you!

Neil Hill
Member Since 2006

1 - Posted on 10/11/2022

Great page, mate!

Michael Bolerjack
Member Since 2021

Posted on 10/11/2022

Neil Hill wrote:

Great page, mate!

Thank you very much! That is higher praise coming from a collector who's Mignola collection is astonishing!!!

Bill J
Member Since 2009

1 - Posted on 2/8/2023

Love the art and love the story of how you came to discover original art. I like your point about how the page has a beginning, a middle and an end. It's something people don't always notice about great pages, that there's a story to the page. Hope you have a long career collecting comic art and I hope you keep sharing your thoughts about it here on CAF!

Michael Bolerjack
Member Since 2021

Posted on 2/21/2023

Bill J wrote:

Thanks so much, I appreciate any kind words from a collector with such a great collection!!!

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