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.

Want more? Check out Moviefone's Best Movie Art Ever (This Week).

The Doctor by Bill Murdon


Firebreather vs. the Hulk by Andy Kuhn


Jack Kirby's cosmic pantheon by Simon Gough


Unicron vs. Primus by Don Figueroa


"Pikachewee, I Choose You!" by David Staffell


The Umbrella Academy's Spaceboy by Ben Reffie


Bossk Loves Gorn by Mark Anderson


Captain America vs. Red Skull by Thomas Boatwright (from the collection of Mike Rice)


Untitled by Afua N. Richardson


Tim Drake from Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker by Paul Limgenco


Power Girl by Bobby Rubio


MODOK by Sarge

Batgirl by Andie Tong


Captain America by Michael Golden


Ghost Rider by Tristan Schane


X-Men by Mike Mayhew


Power Girl by Darwyn Cooke


Doomsday by Dan Jurgens and Brett Breeding


Wonder Woman by Darwyn Cooke


Starro vs. Star Sapphire by Nick Perks for Comics Should Be Good


Artwork by Chris Ware


Captain America by Tom Fowler


Batman by Jock


Alien by Gigi Cavenago


Artwork by Cameron Stewart


New Gods by Art Adams


Star Wars: Planet Of The Hoojibs by Greg Winters


Metroid/Samus Aran by Masateru Ikeda


Batman by David Finch and Scott Williams


Detective Comics #854 by J.H. Williams III


Ramona Flowers by Bryan Lee O'Malley


Avengers #13 "X-Men Evolutions" variant cover by Paul Renaud


Glenn Beck by Daniel Clowes


Batgirl by Cliff Chiang


Pixie by Mahmud Asrar


Janelle Monáe by Steve Lieber


Hardware by Denys Cowan and Jimmy Palmiotti


Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark by Tomer Hanuka


Janelle Monáe by Natalie Nourigat


Star Wars: Shadows of Tatootine cover by Raymond Swanland


Plastic Man by Andy Suriano


The Sandman #1 by Dave McKean from the collection of Scott Eder