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Artists
Ethan van SciverNew X-Men #117Other 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 KordeyNew X-Men #119, 125Other 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 QuitelyNew X-Men #126, 136-138Other 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 LeonNew X-Men #131, 135Other Works: Earth X, Static Leon's Beak looks an awful lot like Howard the Duck. Is that a good thing or bad? 
Phil JimenezNew X-Men #140, 141, 146-150Other 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 SakakibaraExiles #46-48, 50-51, 54, 58-59, 62-65Other 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 CalafioreExiles #49, 52-53, 55-57, 66-68Other Works: Deadpool, Force Works Calafiore's Beak is perhaps excessively wrinkly, and his talons 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 BachaloX-Men: Age of Apocalypse #1-3, 5Other 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 PelletierExiles #69-72Other Works: Negation, She-Hulk Pelletier draws Beak's beak somewhat smaller 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 SmithWeapon X: Days of the Future Now #4Other Works: Green Lantern, Hawkman Smith's Beak is the most similar to Ethan Van Sciver's original design. The beak is 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 BachsGeneration M #4Other 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 MedinaNew Warriors #1-6, 9-12Other Works: New X-Men, Suicide Squad Except for the blond hair, Medina's version is almost completely unrecognizable as a depowered Barnell. This Barnell is handsome and well-built, and lacks the character's trademark sizeable nose and mohawk. 
Jon MalinNew Warriors #7-8Other 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 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 HowardExiles: Days of Then and NowOther 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. 
Reilly BrownNew Warriors #13, 16-17, 19-20Other Works: Cable & Deadpool Brown's Blackwing is fairly consistent with Medina's original depiction: massive body, square jaw and strong features. 
Koi TurnbullNew Warriors #14-15Other Works: Black Panther, Fathom Turnbull's Barnell is somewhat inconsistent, varying in appearance from panel to panel. Sometimes he's square-jawed, other times he's long-faced. Sometimes he looks like a teenager, and other times a grown man. Turnbull fares better when the character's in costume, as his Blackwing is fairly bad ass. 
Casey JonesNew Warriors #18Other Works: Guardians, Jubilee Jones' Barnell is similar to Jon Malin's, being longer and leaner-bodied than he's usually portrayed, with more angular facial features. |
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