Career
Mignola was born in September 16, 1960 Berkeley, California. He began his career in 1980 by illustrating spots in the Comic Reader. His first published piece was in the Comic Reader #183, a spot illustration of Red Sonja (pg. 9). His first published front cover was the Comic Reader #196; Dominic Fortune, the Spirit, and Doc Savage in November 1981. In 1982 he graduated from the California College of the Arts with a BFA in Illustration.
In 1983 he worked on inking at Marvel Comics, working on Daredevil and Power Man & Iron Fist for Marvel Comics, and later worked on titles such as The Incredible Hulk, Alpha Flight and the Rocket Raccoon limited-series.
With writer Jim Starlin, Mignola produced the Cosmic Odyssey miniseries in 1988.
Mignola drew covers for several Batman stories, including Batman: A Death in the Family and Dark Knight, Dark City.
Through the early 1990s Mignola worked on covers and backup features for various DC and Marvel Comics.
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