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Artists
Ethan van Sciver
New X-Men #117
Other Works: Aquaman, Impulse Though Van Sciver drew Beak for only one issue (and one cover), his version is arguably the definitive one, since New X-Men #117 was Beak's very first appearance. 
Igor Kordey
New X-Men #119, 125
Other Works: Soldier X, X-Treme X-Men In New X-Men #119, Beak's eyes change from the original brown to blue. Since then, he's been most often portrayed as having blue eyes. Aside from that, Kordey's portrayal of Beak is mostly consistent with Van Sciver's. 
Frank Quitely
New X-Men #126, 136-138
Other Works: The Authority, Flex Mentallo Quitely's is probably the strangest version of Barnell. The eyes become obsidian, the beak is more like a human's skull than a bird's mouth and in place of talons Beak has regular human fingers. 
John Paul Leon
New X-Men #131, 135
Other Works: Earth X, Static Leon's Beak looks an awful lot like Howard the Duck. Is that a good thing or bad?
Phil Jimenez
New X-Men #140, 141, 146-150
Other Works: Planetary, Wonder Woman Jimenez's is my favorite portrayal of Beak. He's still scrawny, but at least he doesn't look quite so underfed. He also seems to have had a bit of a growth spurt. 
Mizuki Sakakibara
Exiles #46-48, 50-51, 54, 58-59, 62-65
Other Works: Namor (covers), Silver Surfer (covers) Sakakibara's work is very cartoony compared to the darker, grittier art of the New X-Men artists, but it's still a pretty good rendition. The jelly eyes take some getting used to, though. 
Jim Calafiore
Exiles #49, 52-53, 55-57, 66-68
Other Works: Deadpool, Force Works Calafiore's Beak is perhaps excessively wrinkly, and his talons are disproportionate (they seem to bend in the middle of the forearms rather than at the wrist). Other than that, Calafiore's version is consistent with past depictions of Barnell.
Chris Bachalo
X-Men: Age of Apocalypse #1-3, 5
Other Works: Generation X, Uncanny X-Men Because Bachalo's Beak exists in the Age of Apocalypse reality, his appearance is drastically different from the Beak that we are all familiar with. AoA Barnell ostensibly still has a birdlike mutation, but his skin is green, he has human fingers instead of talons and his apparent lack of nose and beak gives him a striking resemblance to the character of Morph.
Paul Pelletier
Exiles #69-72
Other Works: Negation, She-Hulk Pelletier draws Beak's beak somewhat smaller and shorter than past artists have. His talons are likewise shorter, and his eyes gray rather than blue. In keeping with the trend set during Exiles' "Bump in the Night" arc, Beak's hair is now white-blond rather than just plain blond. Pelletier also does a stellar job of communicating Beak's emotions through his facial expressions. 
Andy Smith
Weapon X: Days of the Future Now #4
Other Works: Green Lantern, Hawkman Smith's Beak is perhaps the most similar to Ethan Van Sciver's original design. The beak is about the same length and size, though he retains his dark eyes and white hair from Paul Pelletier and Jim Calafiore's more recent renditions. 
Ramon Bachs
Generation M #4
Other Works: Civil War: Front Line, Joker/Mask Bach's Barnell is largely consistent with Pelletier's version --- from the narrow face and prominent nose and ears to the hairdo that vaguely resembles a mohawk. And while I miss my old Beak, I have to admit, the human Barnell is kind of cute, too. 
Paco Medina
New Warriors #1-6, 9-11
Other Works: New X-Men, Suicide Squad Except for the blond hair, Medina's version is almost completely unrecognizable as a depowered Barnell Bohusk. This Barnell is much more handsome and well-built, and lacks the character's trademark sizeable nose and mohawk. 
Jon Malin
New Warriors #7-8
Other Works: Cable & Deadpool, NitroGen Malin's version of Barnell is more or less faithful to Medina's original New Warriors-era depiction of the character. The only deviation is that Malin's Barnell is slightly more lantern-jawed, as well as leaner and less square-bodied. Strangely enough, the colorist partnered with Malin gave Barnell brown hair, as opposed to the blond hair he's been sporting in the majority of his appearances. 
Zach Howard
Exiles: Days of Then and Now
Other Works: JLU, Star Wars: Dark Times Howard's Beak is about as scrawny and awkward-looking as you'd expect an old school-Beak to be, made infinitely creepier by his crazy red eyes and preppy Omega Gang sweater-vest. Howard does a good job of making a familiar, often-laughable face into something genuinely frightening. |
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