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Hellboy Promo 1993 Pin-up

Location: Mignola
Artist: Mike Mignola (All)

Location: Mignola
Title: Hellboy Promo 1993 Pin-up *
Artist: Mike Mignola (All)
Media Type: Pen and Ink
Art Type: Pin Up
For Sale Status: NFS
Views: 3070
Likes on CAF: 30
Favorited on CAF: 1
Comments: 34
Added to Site: 4/15/2021

A very early Hellboy piece. This was Mike’s second attempt at a promo image (first as a solo character book) drawn right after the Dimepress cover. This is the fifth known drawing of Hellboy, the first attempt at a Hellboy logo, and the first time Hellboy had "correct proportions", excluding the small right hand of doom, according to Mike.

Mike ended up not using this as a promo but would later use it for the 1997 Hellboy phone card set.

This is a huge one for me! Back in 2010, my cousin was trying to get me back into comics after being out for nearly 8 years. He sent me a care package of a dozen of his favorite books, with the Seed of Destruction graphic novel being one of them. When I finished issue 2, I thought, “I wonder if any of the art exists?”. After finishing the book- which I thoroughly enjoyed, I looked to see if I could find what the originals looked like. After a quick google search and a couple of hours looking at originals, I found out it was possible to buy pages. Once that happened, I knew I had to own something by Mike one day. That started the initial art collecting thought but wouldn’t come to fruition for a few years.

As my love for Hellboy started to grow over the next couple of years, I set 3 (what I thought were impossible) goals I needed to complete before I died.

1. Find a copy of Hellboy’s first appearance-Great Salt Lake Comic Convention 91’.
2. Own a Hellboy painting.
3. Own a piece dated 1993. 93’ was the first year Hellboy was published in comics, and my birth year- so it felt special to me.

This was the last one I needed for the goal I set all those years back. I feel very blessed that a goal I thought could take a lifetime only took 7 years.

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John Livesay Member Since 2009

Posted On 4/15/2021

Never saw this before,,, very cool!

David K Member Since 2008

Posted On 4/15/2021

Early!! I dig it!!!!

artless artmore Member Since 2013

Posted On 4/15/2021

Cool early piece! Thanks for posting!

Alkis V. Member Since 2004

Posted On 4/16/2021

Awesome!

Michael 07 Member Since 2011

Posted On 4/16/2021

Fantastic

Luca Baldi Member Since 2008

Posted On 4/16/2021

wwwwwwwoooooow. Incredibile art!

F M Member Since 2005

Posted On 4/16/2021

Congrats on achieving your goals in a spectacular way

kent mansley Member Since 2015

Posted On 4/16/2021

Congrats on wrapping up your three goals! So very cool! Huge congrats!

Horacio Alvarez Member Since 2008

Posted On 4/16/2021

woooow amazing ¡¡¡ congratulations

Gerry Turnbull Member Since 2005

Posted On 4/16/2021

Stunning

Dean Abraham Member Since 2008

Posted On 4/16/2021

cool piece

Vit Budin Member Since 2016

Posted On 4/16/2021

Oh man, huge congratulations :) I`m looking forward what will be yours next goal in comic art :)

Stephen F Member Since 2005

Posted On 4/16/2021

Well done sir!

Congrats!

Foggy Bottom Member Since 2009
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Posted On 4/16/2021

Baller.

Steve . M Member Since 2017

Posted On 4/16/2021

Still looking for my first MM example - and this checks all the boxes! Well done! Congratulations!!!

Timothy Finney Member Since 2006

Posted On 4/16/2021

Sockamagee!

Matches Malone Member Since 2005

Posted On 4/16/2021

Very Nice

Chris Snorek Member Since 2009

Posted On 4/16/2021

Absolutely love 90's Hellboy!

Dino Mauricio Member Since 2009

Posted On 4/16/2021

Wow, that's a Hellova Hellboy piece!

J. Sid Member Since 2004

Posted On 4/16/2021

Congrats! The little hand-drawn logo and skull at the bottom are nice little touches as well

Ryan A Member Since 2014

Posted On 4/16/2021

Now that's something!

E DLS Member Since 2005

Posted On 4/16/2021

As someone with a life long collecting goal myself, I congratulate you on finishing yours early. Now that you're done, it's time to set another goal. So much fun having something to work toward. Anyway, congratulations again!

Joshua Tan Member Since 2018

Posted On 4/16/2021

Fantastic pickup! Congrats on hitting the goals so spectacularly!

Steve Kro Member Since 2007

Posted On 4/17/2021

Trifecta completed! Can you use the phone card to call B.P.R.D. HQ?

bob fish Member Since 2011

Posted On 4/19/2021

A gem ! Congrats

David Mandel Member Since 2004

Posted On 4/22/2021

Killer Hellboy piece!

Neil Hill Member Since 2006

Posted On 4/23/2021

Water marking a piece you simply own but didn't create is a bit odd and takes away from being able to fully enjoy the beauty of Mike's art. I get it, in this hobby we often like to 'mark our territory' but this seems wildly unnecessary. Anyway, cool art.

F. Artlock Member Since 2019

Posted On 4/30/2021

amazing piece, congratulation

Bill J Member Since 2009

Posted On 5/11/2021

Fantastic Hellboy! Just stunning!

j sly Member Since 2011

Posted On 5/14/2021

Historic piece! Congrats!

David Askani’Son Member Since 2012
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Posted On 5/15/2021

Congrats on reaching your goal!!! Amazing pin up!!

Frederic Lorge Member Since 2007

Posted On 8/25/2021

Splendid and historic piece

Peter Sullivan Member Since 2006

Posted On 8/25/2021

I read your description. Does this mean you are going to die now? Hope not. Well, you can die happy, looking at the three items. Was a monkeys paw involved?

H P Member Since 2006

Posted On 12/12/2021

What an accomplishment! Congrats!! It's a beauty!!!

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