Considering the characters' shared physical traits, it's surprising that we haven't seen a Hellboy/Darth Maul cosplay mashup before now. Or maybe we have, but they simply failed to make the impression that Luis Linares' does.

In these wonderful portraits by photographer James Rulison, Linares delivers the best of both worlds: a Darth Hellboy -- or is that Sithboy? -- armed with a double-bladed lightsaber, an oversized revolver and, naturally, a cigar.











(via Fashionably Geek)