“I’m happy with what I did and thrilled with how the book is turning out, “ said Mignola. Let's take a peek inside at a couple of exclusive pages. The exhibit will be open to the public from March 22nd to July 8. New York’s Society of Illustrators is hosting an exhibit of Mignola’s full portfolio of yet-to-be-published Pinocchio illustrations, including all the drawings done for the book, as well as additional art not included in the book, including paintings, process work for the project, and an original puppet from Red Nose Studios.
The challenge was to come up with MY version of Pinocchio-much harder than I thought that was going to be but in the end I think I got there.” The Illuminated Edition includes 10 original illustrations from Mignola and colorist Dave Stewart, as well as 40 additional black-and-white spot illustrations from Mignola. It’s one of the two books (along with DRACULA) that I think sort of make me do what I do the way I do them.When Beehive Books approached me about doing a book… Well, at the time, the last thing I wanted to do was take on another project, but once I started thinking about doing Pinocchio I just couldn’t say no. Mignola calls the original story of Pinocchio "So brilliantly strange-very very funny and also heartbreakingly sad. Past collaborators include the Balbusso Twins, Rebekka Dunlap, Brecht Evens, Dave McKean, Paul Pope, Yuko Shimizu, Bill Sienkiewicz, Kent Williams, and Jim Woodring, alongside original essays from the likes of Academy Award-winning filmmakers Guillermo Del Toro and Darren Aronofsky and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Michael Cunningham. The project is part of Beehive Books' Illuminated Editions imprint, a project that combines distinctive book art to reimagine literary masterworks with all-new covers and illustrations from the world's greatest graphic artists. The all-new, deluxe hardcover edition includes original illustrations from Mignola, breathing new life to the charm, gloom, and chaos of the seminal novel, alongside over 100 full-text annotations by Snicket, in the form of slipped-in typewritten sheets produced by Snicket during his Pinocchio-induced descent into madness. It was love at first read and that hasn’t changed a bit over the years.” Mignola joins forces with award-winning colorist Dave Stewart, and celebrated novelist Lemony Snicket ( A Series of Unfortunate Events) for Beehive Books to bring an illustrated and annotated edition of Carlo Collodi’s classic novel Pinocchio to life.
I was blown away by just how different it was than the Disney film-It was just such a crazy thing. Mignola tells FANGORIA “I was probably in my early teens when I first read Carlo Collodi’s Pinocchio. Mike Mignola ( Hellboy) tackles Pinocchio, closer to its original (horrifying) form.
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