The proliferation of social media is an incredible boon for lovers of comic book art, design and illustration. Sites like Flickr, Tumblr, DeviantArt and other countless blogs and feeds bombard us with a ceaseless supply of artwork by professionals and fans that is variously excellent, clever, funny, innovative, and numerous degrees of awesome.

We make a regular practice at ComicsAlliance of spotlighting particular artists and/or specific bodies of work, but there's just so much great work to see that we've initiated Best Art Ever (This Week), a weekly depository for just some of the virtually countless pieces of especially compelling artwork that we come across in our regular travels across the digital media landscape. Some of it's new, some of it's old, some of it's created by working professionals, some of it's created by talented fans, and some of it's endearingly stupid. All of it's awesome.

If you like Best Art Ever (This Week), then you should also check out Best Movie Art Ever (This Week), a new feature at our sister site Moviefone, featuring illustrations based on the worlds of film and television. This week the site celebrates the work of Periscope Studio, the Portland, Oregon artist collective that paid tribute to the works of Hayo Miyazaki in a series of beautiful pin-ups.

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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 andykhouri@comicsalliance.com. Artists, feel free to send in your own work - we won't judge you (publicly).


Gwen Stacy by Steve Rude


Nightwing and Batgirl by Dean Trippe



Harley Quinn by Joe Quinones


Ladies of the Bat by Dustin Nguyen


Hawkman by Yildiray Cinar


Spider-Cat versus Sandkitty by Katie Cook


Godzilla and company by Kevin Gentilcore


"The Charmer" by Lucas de Alcantara


"Tell your sister..." by Dan Hipp


Animal by Jim Unwin


The Joker and Curious George by unknown


Batgirl by Marcos Martin and Alvaro Lopez


Balancing Girl by Jamie McKelvie


Wiccan by Leinil Francis Yu


Marvel vs. Capcom 3 by Kinu Nishimura


"Perfect Storm" by Tomer Hanuka


Impulse by Dean Trippe


Nightwing Annual #2 cover by Joe Bennett & Jack Jadson


Spider-Man and Deadpool by Skottie Young


Darth Vader by unknown


Batwoman, Batgirl, and Bat-Mite by Art Adams


The Sandman by Ryan Kelly


Thor by Reilly Brown


Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman by Steffi Schütze


Steam Girl by Jeff Wall


"A Link to the Future" by unknown Caldwell Tanner and Shawn Handyside and for sale in shirt form


Arrested Development vs. Peanuts by Bill Murdon


Catwoman by Heubert Khan Michael


Orion by Tony Salmos


Orc Stain trade paperback cover by James Stokoe (click to enlarge)


God Warriors by Tobias Kwan


Odin vs. Darkseid by Chuck BB


Etrigan by Bruce Timm



Thunderbolts by Dustin Weaver


Batman by Ashley Wood


Jakeem Thunder by unknown Steve Hy


Black Canary by Paolo Rivera


Batman by Yildiray Cinar


Darkseid and Orion by Eric Canete


Deadpool vs. X-23 by Gabriele Dell'Otto


Disney Sailor Scouts by Manon Yapari


Daredevil by Jock


The Thing by Jim Cheung


Black Canary by Michael Lopez


The Sandman by Fabio Moon


Voldemort by Nicholas Kole


Cassandra Cain by 89g


Gambit by Jim Cheung


Best Movie Art Ever (This Week) on Moviefone: Hayo Miyazaki Tribute