Mignola's New Gods? MIGNOLA'S NEW GODS! Mike Mignola Draws Jack Kirby's New Gods!

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[@shannontindle8375]

These designs were created for a New Gods animated film developed at Warner Animation Group in the late ‘90s. I remember seeing these while at CalArts and daydreaming about working on it. Oh what could’ve been…

[@Akhnatom]

That sounds so good. The New Gods appearances in the Justice League animated series and the Apokolips stuff in "Superman/Batman: Apocalypse" are some of my favourite pieces of any DC animated content.

[@jackreickel]

Mignola did the classic Mr. Freeze design for Bruce Timm for BtAS, so definitely in that era/school of design for these characters.

[@jcandram]

I’m not sure about my information because it was a long time ago but in the the mid/late 90’s. I was in a story boarding class and my teacher was a story boarding artist who had worked on Iron Giant and was working on Osmosis Jones at the time. He gave us a animation script to storyboard for assignment. It ended up being the pilot for a New Gods series that didn’t happen. They had already introduced some of the characters in the Justice League series an where think of a spin off. The teacher was pretty awesome, even sneaking a rough draft of Iron Giant to watch a year before it was done.

[@comxguy]

Mignola's work in Cosmic Odyssey is wonderful. Some of the best depictions of Batman and Darkseid ever

[@srpyle]

Nice Carlos Garson inks on that one too.

[@matthewschofield2543]

As a couple of others have mentioned, in the mid-90s, Warner Bros Feature Animation had a few projects in development, a couple of which were based on DC comics. One was New Gods, one was an Aquaman film. When I was working at WBFA on Quest for Camelot in '97 they had the development artwork (these drawings among them) up on the walls in the studio, along with development art for The Iron Giant, and also a project about animals escaping from a zoo, very similar to Dreamworks' Madagascar. At a certain point the studio execs were set to decide which project would go into production. As a huge comics fan, I was hoping for one of the DC projects, but Iron Giant ended up getting the greenlight, and the rest is history.

[@Visual_Writer]

„Cosmic Odyssey“ by Starlin and Mignola was my favorite Comicbook when I was a kid.

[@Olausify]

This is super cool! I am always immediately inspired by Mignola. I'm working in the sculptural field, and his volumes and weights speak to me directly.

[@heitorsantoslima9289]

It's amazing how these pieces look so tight and so loose at the same time.

[@Therealmrmeow]

Have fun at the convention guys! Thanks for leaving us lots of goodies! Been reading the Hellboy Omnibus and really glad to see this come up in the videos. I really dig Mignola's style.

[@bannedinallston]

Man, what could've been. Crazy how fully realized Mignola's vision was, even for some dashed off concept ideas. Seems like a lot of his ideas for those Kirby belts and shoulders might've been ported over to the Superman animated series and Justice League. They definitely went more Kirby armor for the New Gods stuff on those shows. That Kalibak, man...if Bruce Timm or whoever was art directing didnt see these Mignola designs beforehand, that's a helluva coincidence

[@gregrosenberger7074]

This was incredible to see. Definitely glad to hear that you are planning to check out Mignola's Cosmic Odyssey

[@MrSamfonseca]

I remember that story in which, when working out the look of a type of "aquatic motorcycle" for the movie Atlantis, Mike Mignola suggested that, when the characters got on the bikes, they should look like glowing skeletons on fire - of course, they rejected the idea, unfortunately.

[@fabio04081998]

They are so cool! This drawings are very different from the original designs, but they are super recognizable!

[@poxyclypse]

Can we see something on Matt Howarth, and his Post Bros? Savage Henry? Keif Llama? Stuff from the 80's Heavy Metal days. He's got a very distinctive linework style. I've been loving your work! Keep these coming!

[@ninoindigo]

I have always loved these designs.

[@ahmedt2146]

Trying to emulate Mignolas simplistic style for expediency sake, I learned very quickly that hes a master of anatomy and a master of the artistic planes too. Thats why his minimalist style looks so believable.Theres nothing simplistic or quick about what he does- hes just a master.

[@dmrfunkster]

Outstanding! Mignola's primitive style is Raw! He has several styles though.

[@darioscomicschool1111]

11:49 Thank you!

[@adam_keoki]

gosh you guys crank these videos oooout. it's amazing

[@kelvo777]

You should look at the comic he drew with Jim Starlin called Cosmic Odyssey issues 1-4.

[@mattstreets9809]

Great stuff, a lot of these designs remind me of David Lynch’s Dune.

[@CordellPotts]

I had no idea this existed, I'm a huge fan of both. I really wish these were part of a completed series of comics.

[@AcervoGarimpo-lu3dd]

great episode, mignola haves a lot of knowledge about design, minimalism , comunicate with less information, the complexity of a simplicity right? salutes from BR guys

[@lockelamora153]

Would love to hear you both discuss this Mignola documentary, drawing monsters

[@BrickSomething]

Maaaaannnn…what a treasure trove this was. ✌🏾➕✊🏾

[@williammcchesney9031]

Best channel - have you guys covered any Sergio TOPPI yet?

[@sixtiviris]

LOVE MIKE MIGNOLA! this is gonna be EPIC! much like Jim mentioned, he MAKES me want to draw.. ALWAYS ( not that I am any good, but looking at mike it sort of gives me permission to have a sort of style... even if that style is " shitty" lol) wondering if you guys will do some Cam Kennedy at any point ? love his art! huge fan of his work on the Boba Fett character! hope to see that at some point in CKF!

[@padrecocinero7700]

Is this from around the time when Mignola drew DC's "Cosmic Odyssey" mini-series or a fruit of it?

[@grendelpaul]

Can u share that PDF? These are astounding

[@regis_red]

imgur.com/gallery/new-gods-mike-mignola-concept-art-ymnqZ

[@officegossip]

He says he’s not a big Kirby guy but I think he’s cappin lol. I would watch this if it was a feature length movie.

[@EdWiley671]

Mignola’s style complements Jack Kirby’s blocky style so well it’s a crime that this show never took off. Hell, Mignola should just write a comic line for New Gods.

[@theshysamurai]

You guys cracked me up with this title

[@dmrfunkster]

low or rounded shoulders makes the traps look bigger thus lending to the appearance of a burdened weight. ;) Lots of shape lingo as well.

[@dazatronsdioramallama6370]

Have you covered Ramona Fradon, Bart Sears, Frank Cho or Boichi on the channel? Loving the videos especially the content on Otomo, Kirby, Darrow and James Jean 👍

[@1971thedoctor]

I love seeing other artists do their own version of Kirby’s New Gods characters but I will always prefer the original concept. I hope you sometime in the near future you guys review Cosmic Odyssey, it would be the perfect follow up

[@carminedawg9506]

I saw these in a twomorrow’s magazine Back Issue. I forget what issue it was. I guess it was going to be a theatrical release cartoon movie but some animated movie flopped so WB shut down their movie animation stuff

[@timothymarkin4481]

Young Darkseid?? Has DC ever covered that era of the villain’s life?

[@bobbibop8980]

A look at why i hate Saturn from Kyle Baker would cool to see

[@user-sn3sh4vp6g]

This was great! Mignola is a Master. You guys ever look at Seven to Eternity? It's Fantastic, Remender and Opena are on another level. Even their work on Uncanny X force is awesome.

[@zenmaster24]

shoutout chunky comics app on the ipad! great app

[@frostbite1dragon2]

You guys are doing gods work! Speaking of Bruce timm would love you guys to look at his art books if you have the time!

[@cidboechat]

He draw a bunch of them in Cosmic Odissey !

[@visible_frylock]

This video rules. The last two books I read were Cosmic Odyssey (for the first time) and the Tom Scioli’s Jack Kirby.

[@johnlaurencesantos9911]

Please do more Ted McKeever! There's practically no more new stuff about him here on KZbin and or anywhere else (especially since he's like retired from comics) and I'm sure a lot of us would love to hear your opinions about his art! More power to you guys!

[@hauntedcastillo5055]

would love for you to take a look at Ping Pong by Taiyo Matsumoto a master of capturing motion in the medium

[@dwross78]

Does anyone know if there’s a pdf of this somewhere?

[@regis_red]

imgur.com/gallery/new-gods-mike-mignola-concept-art-ymnqZ

[@Hum0ng0us]

Can you post a link to that PDF?

[@dave_turbo]

Where did this PDF come from guys?

[@regis_red]

imgur.com/gallery/new-gods-mike-mignola-concept-art-ymnqZ

[@shermanium7834]

do cosmic odyssey!

[@spiderphil]

🔥🔥🔥

[@b.p.m.5136]

👍🏾

[@martinolivares1567]

He has the shoulders of your girlfriend lol

[@NelsonClarimundoJr-x4d]

Have you tried to get out of the monopoly bubble? Looking for other talent from other countries?