Today, in case you’ve been under a rock all morning, is the 20th anniversary of the first appearance of Mike Mignola’s Hellboy. I think I speak for most of the Multiversity staff, when I say that Hellboy is one of the greatest characters in comics history; visually stunning, surprisingly funny, at times, touching. Part of what makes Hellboy such a great character is the consistently amazing Mignola artwork that usually accompanies his appearances. But that doesn’t tell the entire story.

Below, you will find an example of Hellboy drawn by, what is to our best estimate, most of, if not all of, the artists to officially drawn Hellboy throughout comics. These include Hellboy books proper, B.P.R.D. issues, crossovers, “Hellboy Animated” pieces, “Hellboy Junior,” and more. I’m sure we forgot some, so please let us know in the comments. Until then, enjoy what is, at least to this lowly editor, a collection of some of the best artists ever assembled, drawing our big red pal.

Note: The artists are presented alphabetically, not chronologically.

Also, special thanks to our resident Mignola expert Mark Tweedale for helping source these images

Jason Shawn Alexander



Mike Allred



Kia Asimiya



Paul Azaceta



Gabriel Ba



Art Baltazar



Hilary Barta



Scott Benefiel



John Byrne



Jo Chen



John Cassaday



Frank Cho



Dave Cooper



Richard Corben



Rick Cortes



Tyler Crook



Guy Davis



Lee Edwards



Duncan Fegredo



Gary Fields



Bob Fingerman



Max Fiumara



Sebastian Fiumara



Francesco Francavilla



Gary Gianni



Scott Hampton



James Harren



Tony Harris



Zach Howard



Michael Kaluta



Seung Kim



Rick Lacy



Fabio Laguna



Roger Langridge



Erik Larsen



Jason Latour



Rick Leonardi



Steve Lieber



Alex Maleev



Jeff Matsuda



Karl Moline



Scott Morse



Ovi Nedelcu



Phil Noto



Kevin Nowlan



Steve Parkhouse



Jason Pearson



Eric Powell



Steve Purcell



Humberto Ramos



P. Craig Russell



Galen Showman



Ryan Sook



Jim Starlin



Ben Stenbeck



Dave Stevens



Continued below

Cameron Stewart



Tad Stones



William Stout



Craig Thompson



Jill Thompson



Francisco Ruiz Velasco



Andi Watson



Simeon Wilkins



J.H. Williams



Bill Wray



and Mike Mignola

