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).

X-Men by Michael Cho


Supergirl sketch by Adam Hughes, colored by Jeremy Roberts


Spider-Man by John Romita, Jr. and Klaus Janson


Hellboy and Wolverine by Matt Kaufenberg


Hipster Girl Darkseid by Ricken


Mr. Miracle by Kevin Maguire


Black Widow vs. Elektra by Daniel Acuña


DC: The New Frontier by Darwyn Cooke


Death by Charles Holbert, Jr.


Plastic Man by Francesco Francavilla


Madman by Mike Allred


Captain America by John Cassaday


Commissioner Gordon and Batman by Chris Samnee


Dazzler by Fiona Staples


Batman by Jim Lee and Scott Williams


Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind by Moebius


Who Took the Bomp?: Le Tigre On Tour DVD cover by unknown


Dream and Death in the Dreaming by Mike Allred


Black Canary by Marcos Martin


Rorschach by Dave Gibbons


Darth Vader by Tommy Lee Edwards


Storm and Vixen by mic?


Catwoman by Adam Hughes


Batman and Catwoman by Kevin Nowlan


Squid Bear by Orphan Elliott


Wolverine by Jason Pearson


The World's Finest by Jim Lee and Alex Ross


Wonder Woman by Bruce Timm


Batman and Talia by unknown


Big Barda by Nate Bellgarde


Deadpool and the Fantastic Four by unknown


Spider-Man, Gwen Stacy and the Green Goblin by Chris Samnee


Batgirl by Bruce Timm


Daredevil by Mitch Breitweiser


Mr. Miracle and Big Barda by Ian Gibson


Batgirl by Kevin Nowlan


Starfire and Donna Troy by Tom Grummett (I think)


Zatanna by Lorena Carvalho


Wonder Woman by Darwyn Cooke


Batman and Oracle by Darwyn Cooke


Patsy Walker aka Hellcat by David LaFuentes, colors by John Rauch


Katy Keene by Bill Woggon


Batwoman by J.H. Williams III


Princess Leia by Kaare Andrews from the collection of John Higashi


Storm by Cliff Chiang


Superman by Dave Bullock


Mr. Freeze by Dustin Nguyen


The DC Super-Villains by Neal Adams and Dick Giordano (if you have this in a bigger size, PLEASE send it to us)


Supergirl by Kit