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).

Concept art for Little Nemo: Adventures in Wonderland (1989) by Moebius


Batman by Jim Rugg


Swamp Thing by Art Adams


Iron Man by Eric Canete


Spider-Man by Skottie Young


Kamandi by Gabriel Hardman


Starman by Tony Harris


Catwoman by Alex Ross


The Joker by Yildiray Cinar


Batman and Robin by Ming Doyle


Batman and Catwoman by Alan Davis and Mark Farmer from the collection of Wayne Mousseau


The Scarlet Witch by P. Craig Russell


Blade Runner by Dan Hipp


The Joker by Brian Bolland


True Grit by Massimo Carnevale


Batwoman by Cameron Stewart


Daft Punk's Interstella 5555 vs. Gorillaz by Angelwingkitty


Transmetropolitan by Jim Lee


Supergirl by Ryan Kelly


Wonder Woman by Steve Rude


Batman by Moebius


Tank Girl by Rufus Dayglo


Birds of Prey by Chrissie Zullo


Nightwing by Philip Tan


The Shadow by Bruce Timm



The Invisible Woman by unknown


Black Queen by Mindy Lee


Robocop by Dan Hipp


Darth Vader by Lorenz Hideyoshi Ruww


The Rocketeer by Scott Morse


Lilith, Dracula's daughter by Bruce Timm


Lilandra by Julie Bell


Kill Bill by Brian Stelfreeze


The Crow by J. O'Barr


Jon Hamm as Superman by Phil Noto


Ms. Marvel by J. Bone


Batman by John Van Fleet


Dark Phoenix by can't-quite-make-out-the-signature


Madman by Rafael Albuquerque


Wonder Woman by unknown (tragic)


Zombie Transmetropolitan by Tony Moore


Batman and Robin by Cameron Stewart


Superman by Alex Ross


Madman by Barnaby Ward


Doctor Strange by Gabriele Dell'Otto


Power Girl vs. Psycho Pirate by Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti with color by Paul Mounts


Catwoman by Cameron Stewart


Batman vs. Hush by Jae Lee