
Best Art Ever (This Week): Hellboy 20th Anniversary Edition
We make a regular practice at ComicsAlliance of spotlighting particular artists or specific bodies of work, but because cartoonists, illustrators and their fans share countless numbers of great images on sites like Flickr, Tumblr, DeviantArt and seemingly infinite art blogs that we’ve created Best Art Ever (This Week), a weekly depository for just some of the pieces of especially compelling artwork that we come across in our regular travels across the Web. Some of it’s new, some of it’s old, some of it’s created by working professionals, some of it’s created by future stars, some of it’s created by talented fans, and some of it’s endearingly silly. All of it’s awesome.
In honor of this year’s 20th anniversary of the first appearance of Hellboy, the enduringly popular and endlessly entertaining ex-paranormal investigator created by Mike Mignola. One of comics' most idiosyncratic characters with a supporting cast to match, Hellboy is cited by many artists rivaling Batman as the most fun character to draw and reimagine in different styles. Throughout the existence of Best Art we've featured loads and loads of visions of Hellboy and his friends in the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense, and what follows is a compilation of some of our favorites.
For those of you new to the world of Mike Mignola and Hellboy, the entire saga is available in easily digestible paperbacks or luxurious cloth covered library editions from Dark Horse. You will be hard pressed to find a more consistently executed vision of comic book excellence.
B.P.R.D. by Duncan Fegredo
Hellboy by Mike Mignola (click to enlarge)
Hellboy and Wolverine by Matt Kaufenberg
B.P.R.D.’s Liz Sherman by Ryan Sook
Hellboy by Arian Noveir
Hellboy vs. Rasputin by Scott Morse
Hellboy by Chris Stevens
Abe Sapien by Dave Stokes
Hellboy and Liz Sherman by Dan Brereton
B.P.R.D. by Kevin Nowlan
Abe Sapien by Cory Loftis
Hellboy by Dusty Abell and Norman Lee
Hellboy by Steve Purcell
Hellboy by M.S. Corley
Hellboy by Mike Mignola
Hellboy and Abe Sapien versus the Lincoln Memorial by Tom Fowler
B.P.R.D. by Cameron Stewart from the collection of Christopher Haggard
Hellboy by Duncan Fegredo
Abe Sapien by Bruce Timm
Hellboy by Max Fiumara
Batman and Hellboy by Matt Cauley
B.P.R.D.’s Liz Sherman by Faith Erin Hicks
Hellboy by Frank Cho
Hellboy by Andy Brase
Abe Sapien by Joshua Covey
Hellboy vs. Anung Un Rama by Andrew R. MacLean
ellboy, the Spectre, and Deadman by Ryan Sook
Hellboy by Duncan Fegredo
Hellboy by Ricardo Arenas-Garcia
Hellboy by Francisco Perez
Hellboy by Brian Churilla
Hellboy vs Fin Fang Foom by Duncan Fegredo
Lobster Johnson by Colton Worley
Hellboy by Andy Brase
Batman and Hellboy by Mike Mignola and Francesco Francavilla
B.P.R.D. by Guy Davis
Hellboy and BPRD by Abigail Larson
Hellboy by Jeff Lemire
Hellboy, Liz Sherman and Abe Sapien by Bill Reinhold
Johann Krauss by Joshua Covey
Hellboy by Mike Mignola
Lobster Johnson by James Harren
Hellboy by Bill Sienkiewicz
Hellboy/BPRD by Dane Ault
Wolverine and Hellboy by Riikka Auvinen
Hellboy in Hell by Sean Anderson
Lobster Johnson by Mike Mignola and Dave Stewart
Hellboy by Travis Charest
B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth: Return of the Master #4 by Ryan Sook
Hellboy by Romik Safarian
Hellboy by Duncan Fegredo
Abe Sapian by Caanan Grall
Abe Sapien by Dylan Rose
BPRD’s Roger the Homunculus by Max Fiumara
Abe Sapien by Fellipe Martins
Abe Sapien by Christopher Mitten for Multiversity
Hellboy by Thomas Moore
Hellboy by Francesco Francavilla
Hellboy by Gerald Parel
Hellboy by Gabriele Dell’Otto
Hellboy/Peanuts mashup by Raid71 aka Chris Thornley for Art V. Cancer
Hellboy by Scott Morse
Batman Hellboy Starman #1 cover by Mike Mignola
Hellboy by James Harren
Hellboy and Starman by Mike Mignola
Abe Sapien by Max Fiumara and Dave Stewart
Hellboy by Mike Mignola
Hellboy by Shane Glines
Hellboy by Kevin Nowlan
Lobster Johnson by Mike Henderson
Hellboy by Jonathan Case
Hellboy by Mike Mignola
Hellboy by Mike Norton for Multiversity
Abe Sapien by Greig Rapson
Abe Sapien by Dalton Rose for Multiversity
Hellboy as a cat by Axel Medellin for The Line It Is Drawn
Abe Sapien by Tradd Moore for Multiversity
Hellboy by Saumin Patel for Multiversity
Hellboy by Brian Churilla
Lobster Johnson by Tonci Zonjic
Batman/Hellboy/Starman by Tony Harris from the collection of Andy Khouri (that's me - nyah nyah)
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