Best Art Ever (This Week)

We make a regular practice at ComicsAlliance of spotlighting particular artists or specific bodies of work, as well as the special qualities of comic book storytelling, but because cartoonists, illustrators and their fans share countless numbers of great pinups, fan art and other illustrations on sites like Flickr, Tumblr, DeviantArt and seemingly infinite art blogs that we’ve created Best Art Ever (This Week), a weekly depository for just some of the pieces of especially compelling artwork that we come across in our regular travels across the Web. Some of it’s new, some of it’s old, some of it’s created by working professionals, some of it’s created by future stars, some of it’s created by talented fans, awnd some of it’s endearingly silly. All of it is awesome.

WANT TO CONTRIBUTE?

We’re very much interested to see what you’ve dug up and think should be featured here in Best Art Ever (This Week). Please submit any great art links to andy-at-comicsalliance.com. Artists, feel free to send in your own work or to request that your work be removed.

Where possible, please visit these artists’ websites to see more of their work, buy their products or commission an original piece.

Special shout out this week to XombieEDIRGE, a fantastic art and pop culture illustration blog.

The Dark Knight Returns by Jim Mahfood

Sailor Moon by Brandon Graham

Doctor Strange by Arik Roper

Deadwood's Al Swearengen by Jim Rugg

Hellboy and Batman by Bill Mund

Daredevil by Thomas Perkins

Hel by Bruce Timm

Metabarons Genesis: Castaka by Das Pastoras

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Ghostbusters' Dana Barrett by Erica Henderson