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)











