Best Art Ever (This Week): Elaphantmen, Sailor Moon, Masters of Sex, Janelle Monae and More

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.

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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.
 
 

Venom by Ramón K. Pérez

Venom by Ramón K. Pérez
 
 
 
Superman by Bruce Timm

 
 
 
Iron Man by Gilbert Hernandez

 
 
 
Elephantmen by Sho Murase

 
 
 
Sailor Moon by Marcus To

 
 
 
Catwoman by David Mazzucchelli

 
 
 
X-Men fastball special by Jesse Hamm

 
 
 
Mad Men/Masters of Sex crossover by Kagen McLeod

 
 
 
Catwoman by Tim Sale

 
 
 
Vision and Scarlet Witch by Mike Mignola

 
 
 
Doctor Doom by John Paul Leon

 
 
 
Wonder Woman by Ron Salas

 
 
 
Genma Taisen cover by Katsuhiro Otomo

 
 
 
Batgirl of Burnside by Robin Holstein

 
 
 
Daenerys Targaryen by Missy Pena

 
 
 
Kraven the Hunter by Kris Anka

 
 
 
Batman '66 by Joëlle Jones

 
 
 
The Rocketeer and Betty by Gale Heimbach

 
 
 
Avengers by Eric Powell

 
 
 
Batgirl of Burnside by Corey Lewis

 
 
 
The Joker by Barry Windsor-Smith

 
 
 
Janelle Monae by Ron Ackins

 
 
 
Mage's Kevin Matchstick by Mike Henderson

 
 
 
Colossus by Brian Stelfreeze

 
 
 
Art by Marguerite Sauvage

 
 
 
Groot and Rocket Raccoon by Arthur Adams

 
 
 
Lobo by Simon Bisley

 
 
 
Oracle/Barbara Gordon by Cassandra James

 
 
 
Hawkman by Joe Kubert

 
 
 
Harley Quinn by Kevin Wada

 
 
 
Toad and Luigi by Nuri Durr

 
 
 
Okami artwork by unknown

 
 
 
Wolverine by Sean Murphy

 
 
 
Game of Thrones/Adventure Time mashup by Mike Vasquez & Joe Hogan

 
 
 
Dazzler by Kalman Andrasofszky

 
 
 
Batman: Birth of the Demon by Norm Breyfogle

 
 
 
Fleischer Studios Superman cell by Steve Muffati & Frank Andress

 
 
 
Art by Ryan Kelly