Best Art Ever (This Week): Holiday Edition 2014
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, and some of it’s endearingly silly. All of it’s awesome.
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Mister X by Ty Templeton
Marvel Holiday card by Chris Giarrusso for The Marvel Project
Mary Marvel by Evan Doc Shaner
Frozen by Adam Hughes
The Grinch by Skottie Young
Tintin by Hergé
Ms. Marvel Kamala Khan by Ron Chan
Ice King by Michael O’Hare
Frozen by Dan Hipp
Usagi Yojimbo by Mike Mignola for the Stan Sakai Benefit Auction
Winter Soldier/Game of Thrones by Dan Hipp
Art by Tomer Hanuka
Batman and Mr. Freeze by Mike Mignola and Rick Taylor
Frozen by Anna Dittmann
Vintage fashion/pinup by Andres Garcia
Dark Knight Returns by Marco d’Alfonso
Lobo vs. Santa Claus by Simon Bisley from the collection of Simon Reed
Santa Claus by Bill Sienkiewicz
MODOK Santa Claus by Mitch Breitweiser from the collection of Kasra Ghanbari
Hellboy vs. The Krampus by Jeremy Bastian from the collection of Nick Warmack
Captain Marvel Xmas by C.C. Beck
“The Penny Walk” by Lowell Hess
Liberty Meadows by Frank Cho
The Joker by Dave Bullock
Harley Quinn by kit-kit-kit
Home Alone 2 by Amancay Nahuelpan for Ashcan Allstars
Xmas card by J. Bone
The (Christmas) Spirit by Will Eisner
Bill Pressing’s Christmas card for his girlfriend
Papá Noel by Fábio Moon
Batman and Hawkman Christmas by Andrew Robinson
Santa Claus and Lara Croft by Adam Hughes and Jason Martin
Holiday card by Terry and Rachel Dodson
Santa Claus from Jingle Belle by Mike Wieringo
Holiday art by Jeffrey “CHAMBA” Cruz
“White Christmas” by Genevieve-FT
Li’l Gotham Christmas by Dustin Nguyen
Island of Misfit DC Comics Characters by Philip Bond
Tintin Nightmare Before Christmas mashup by Dan Hipp
Spider-Man vs. the Grinch who Stole Christmas by Michael Delmundo
The Bumble by Christine Larsen for Planet Pulp
Galactus Santa by Steve Bowman
Tony Stark’s Holiday Party by Phil Noto
Wonder Woman Holiday by Nigel Halsey
DC Comics Holiday Card by Sean Galloway
The Punisher by C.P. Smith
Iron Man by Marco D’Alfonso
A Christmas Story by Joshua Budich
Santa and Mrs. Claus by Ilias Kyriazis
Hellboy Xmas by Mike Mignola
Christmas, Kwanza, Hanukkah or Anti-Life by Michael Cho
Batman Adventures Holiday Special by Bruce Timm
Marvel Holiday Special by Arthur Adams
Art by Alex Ross
Charlie Brown Xmas by Francesco Francavilla
Jingle Belle by Stephanie Buscema
Bettie Page Xmas by Olivia De Berardinis
Harley Quinn Xmas by Alex Ross
Vintage Walt Disney Studios Xmas card
Superman Xmas by Alex Ross
Marvel and Image holiday cards by Chris Giarrusso
The Thing by Jack Kirby
Art by Francesco Francavilla
Captain Marvel by Kate Leth
Mongrol and Lara Christmas card by Simon Parr
Holiday card by Robt Seda-Schreiber
Zombie Santa Claus or Papanoel by Kike Riesco
Hawkeye’s snowman Avengers by Luco
He-Man by Mike Henry
Edward Scissorhands by Shane Glines
Robin/Damian Wayne beating up Santa Claus by Earl Yi
“Bath Time” by Darren Ward
“Miss Santa Claus” by Alberto Vargas
Superman and Lois Lane by Alex Ross
Heavy Metal art by Joe Jusko
Silver Sable by Francesco Francavilla
Art by Matthieu Forichon
Wizard of Oz by Dan Burgess
The Prestige by Alice X. Zhang
Catwoman and Batman by Adam Hughes
Legends of the Dark Knight #196 cover art by Seth Fisher
Home Alone by Adam Simpson for Mondo
Mr. Freeze by Sean Murphy
“Back Alley” #18 by Michael Cho
Jon Snow by Matt Ferguson
Jon Snow by Douglas Holgate
Wolverine by Belhoula Amir
Sleepy Holly Xmas by Francesco Francavilla
Batman by Dustin Nguyen
Superman by Pete Woods
Vintage Wonder Woman holiday card
“White Christmas” by Paul Dini and Glen Murakami from "Batman Adventures Holiday Special"
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