Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Hellboy and Ragman



I am always happy to include an all-Mike Mignola cover on the blog.  He is such a master of light and shadow that his work looks equally gorgeous in black and white as it does in full color.  I like his take on Ragman - Joe Kubert's offbeat costume design for the character is one of my favorites and Mignola gives it just the right noirish appearance.

9 comments:

Matthew said...

Great work!

Did anyone ever read the Batman/Starman/Hellboy series?

Unknown said...

When the HECK did Mignola do Ragman??? No way could i have missed this on the racks! Next to Jim Aparo, he is my favorite artist.

Unknown said...

When the HECK did Mignola do Ragman??? No way could i have missed this on the racks! Next to Jim Aparo, he is my favorite artist.

Unknown said...

I'm surprised you've never paired these guys, before. Bravo!

Sonofjack said...

This IS a great team-up. I'm probably the only person alive who prefers the original non super-powered version of Ragman to the mystical version....

And, yes, FreeLiverFree, I read the Batman/Starman/Hellboy series a long time ago although i don't remember that much about it.

Wolfhammer said...

Cool cover. The mighty RAGMAN is always a welcome site. It would be great to see RAGMAN vs The TATTERDEMALION. A slugfest in the sewers!

Bob Buethe said...

@Sonofjack Well: No, you aren't alone. There are at least two of us.

Anonymous said...

I don't know anything about a super powered Ragman, but the original was great! So there might be three of us.

Unknown said...

@Anonymous: During the height of popularity, for DC's Vertigo imprint, Ragman went from being a blue-collar Batman to a supernatural avenger of evil. A sort of mystical version of Marvel's Cloak (of "...and Dagger" fame).

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