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Awesome Art Picks: X-Men, Batman, Joker and More

The coolest comic book art you won't see in comic books.

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It's time for some more cool comic book art that won't be appearing in comic books. The internet is a vast and exciting place. You can find almost anything.

Because we spend so much time online, every so often really cool comic art pops up. What separates this art for the millions of comic art that is uploaded each day is this art is done by professional comic book artists. I'm always amazed at the quality of art they do, mostly just for fun. This is art that deserves to be seen but will never be printed. Imagine if you could produce art of this quality on a whim whenever you wished.

The first piece you see here is from Cliff Chiang. He posted this the other day on his Tumblr page. I know I mentioned this art won't be in comic books but this piece did actually come from a Splash Page comic art book but was originally in black and white. The X-Men from the 80s...it brings back such memories. Uncanny X-Men was such a different comic back then. This is where I get sad trying to imagine Cliff doing an 80s X-Men miniseries and I know it would never happen. But this would make an excellent poster or print. Somebody make it so!

What else do we have this week?

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How about one more Cliff Chiang piece?

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This picture of Black Canary, Green Arrow and Hal Jordan is actually from a private commission he did back in 2006. Both of these makes me want to read September's Wonder Woman #1 all the more.

What about Batman? Who doesn't like Batman? What about Batman drawn by David Aja?

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David did this while at the France Comic Con. Based on his Twitter, he apparently does sketches for free. We'll see if he continues to do so after making that statement. I would think he'd get slammed by people asking for pics. It's just so good. So good that I had to include more than one. I limited myself to only posting three even though he was posting a few on Twitter.

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His Joker is pretty creepy and Batwoman has a touch of elegance.

What about Tim Seeley?

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This picture of Tigra was done for a Things From Another World auction supporting the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. You can fine more information here.

How about Rick Remender's Fear Agent? How about Fear Agent drawn by Brian Shearer?

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Brian posted this on his blog the other day and mentioned he's heading to Comic-Con. Sounds like he'll be doing commissions.

To wrap things up, how about a couple images from Phil Noto? The first is another classy image (like his classy Sue Richards pic posted a couple weeks ago). Check out his version of Crystal from his Tumblr.

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And here's a last minute addition posted yesterday called “Waiting for the Professor”, Xavier Mansion, 1966.

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That's it for this week. If you missed any of the previous editions,

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That last one was amazing.

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Whoa, that's just awesome. 

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I love Cliff Chiang

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Cliff Chiang is amazing and I liked the Joker pic

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Really like that Tigra pic!
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Like Tigra, and the Black Canary, Green Arrow/Green Lantern pic. The last one was pretty good too.
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wow, nice finds, it's like a comic art gallery :)

Definitely loved those Aja sketches, that Joker is totally wicked.

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Awesome. KillerZ will love that Tigra, lol. :p 

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I like theses arts ^^

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pretty good art

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@tonis said:

Definitely loved those Aja sketches

Agreed.
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Awesome! 
 
Batman is killer!

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Love David Aja's Joker. WOW.

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The Aja ones are nice and unqiue.
 
Why doesn't Noto draw a major book? His work screams class.

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MEOW!

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Yeah Batwoman.

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The Tigra one was so...GIGGITY

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That 80's era X-Men style art by Cliff Chiang, wow. I thought it was Alan Davis and I mean that as a compliment. Really playful, great crisp lines. Sweet. Then all the other art posted. Where to begin? I am loving everything posted, this is fantastic but I think the Tigra and the X-Men waiting for Xavier 1966 stand out quite a bit to me. Thanks again, G-Man!

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Love the Joker's art, it's like a rorshack that say ''I smile to your face''. 
 
The Batman one is cool, hard to tell how he looks like just as in the comic when someone see him.

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They're all so great! But my favorites would have to be the Batman, Tigra, and the Crystal/"Waiting for the Professor". 

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Awesome stuff! That has to be my second favorite Tigra, right after Mike Deodato Jr.  I love the 80's X-Men pic too, I'd like to see Cliff Chang on one of the x-titles. The Batman and Joker remind me of the art from the Grant Morrison Arkham Asylum book. 

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I love how David Aja drew the lips on Batwoman, it really draws the attention. =)
And Phil Noto is always awesome!

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i freaking love tigra

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Fear Agent looks like Wally Wood

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great artwork there, have to agree that those  Cliff Chiang pieces want me to read the new Wonder Woman series even more also, haven't really heard of Phil Noto much before but seeing his fantastic art in these articles has got me interested, thanks Comicvine!

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I particularly love the work of David Aja. This is quickly becoming one of my favorite CV columns. Great job Tony.

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Whoa I'm obsessed with the Joker and Batman pictures. So dark and creepy.

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Thought the fear agent was Spider-man.... XD

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That Joker is fantastic!

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Really liking David Aja's Batman art, though they are all good!

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I really love Noto but Im starting to think hes drawing the same face for every female.

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I love this weekly article. It's awesome to see what artist draw up in their spare time.

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Love that Green Lantern/Green Arrow/Black Canary piece! :D

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Edited By ClawRavenscroft

Great pics. I mostly love the batman aquarell and the last pic. ^^ Lovely!
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this is a good segement every week.
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That joker pic above reminded me of a couple pieces my buddy "Noodle" did (First Avenue Parlour in Fargo,ND)

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All the art here is pretty amazing...

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like them all except the joker one is kinda creepy