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We make a regular practice at ComicsAlliance of spotlighting particular artists or specific bodies of work, but because cartoonists, illustrators and their fans share countless numbers of great images 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.

We make a regular practice at ComicsAlliance of spotlighting particular artists or specific bodies of work, but because cartoonists, illustrators and their fans share countless numbers of great images 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 artwor

On sale this week from IDW Publishing is The Rocketeer: Hollywood Horror #3, continuing what is only the second-ever full-length Rocketeer story not written and drawn by the late, great Dave Stevens. Produced in full cooperation with Stevens' estate, the new miniseries by ComicsAlliance favorites Roger Langridge (Thor: The Mighty Avenger, The Muppet Show) and J... Read More ...

On sale this week from IDW Publishing is The Rocketeer Vs. Hollywood Horror #1, beginning what is only the second-ever full-length Rocketeer story not written and drawn by Dave Stevens, the visionary cartoonist who back in the 1980s introduced the handsome, impertinent and ferociously jealous stunt pilot-turned-accidental-hero Cliff Seacord and his long-suffering, impossibly beautiful model/actres

In a move similar to its recent one-word teases, today Marvel Comics released two images for upcoming stories in Superior Spider-Man and Indestructible Hulk, with one word attached to each. For the Hulk, it was Smash, and for Spider-Man, Fired...

Released around this time last year, the first hardcover collection of Rocketeer Adventures anthology quickly shot to the top of my list of 2011's best looking comic books. Created by the late Dave Stevens, The Rocketeer offers creators a platter of uncommon beauties with which to work --the gorgeous pre-war period and associated Americana, the masterful Rocketeer character design, and the stunnin

On sale this week from IDW Publishing is Rocketeer Adventures (vol 2) #4, concluding another all-star anthology miniseries of short-form comics starring The Rocketeer Cliff Secord and his girlfriend Betty. Created by the late Dave Stevens, The Rocketeer offers creators a platter of uncommon beauties with which to work --the gorgeous pre-war period and associated Americana, the masterful Rocketeer

Avengers Vs. X-Men is the 12-issue series that the Marvel Comics is billing as "the biggest comic book event in history." Written by the publisher's "Architects" -- Jason Aaron, Brian Michael Bendis, Ed Brubaker, Matt Fraction and Jonathan Hickman -- and drawn by fan-favorites Olivier Coipel, Andy Kubert, and John Romita, Jr...

A legendary creator whose beloved works include Thor, The Uncanny X-Men and The New Teen Titans and Fantastic Four, Walt Simonson will draw a six-issue arc of Brian Michael Bendis' Avengers series beginning with April's issue #25. The monthly gig will be Simonson's first since DC Comics' Orion concluded almost ten years ago, and is to be a tie-in with Marvel's high profile Avengers Vs...

Fresh Ink! Online has more interviews from the Comic-Con floor in store this week. Host Blair Butler chats with Walt Simonson about IDW's hardcover collection of his Thor stories before getting a rundown of Dark Horse Comics' upcoming releases from PR Director Jeremy Atkins...