It's time once again to check out some of the coolest comic art on the internet that you won't see in actual books. The reason is artists often draw sketches for commissions or for fun on their personal blogs and Tumblr accounts. It gives them a chance to draw characters they want to and may not normally get the chance on their assigned books.
Let's start off with a little holiday cheer, courtesy of Dustin Nguyen. The first is a holiday Batman pic he did for a private commission posted on his Tumblr.
If that wasn't enough, how about little Robin to bring in the holiday season?
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Todd Nauck reminisced a little over the first issue of X-Factor he read. Check out his version of Jean Grey, Iceman and Beast posted on his Tumblr.
Who's the law? Judge Dredd is. And Francesco Francavilla is breaking the law with how great these renditions are posted over at Comic Twart. It's great seeing the penciled and finished versions of his second piece.
We talked a little about John Byrne on the podcast yesterday. Kind of funny since I found these two sketches on his message boards this week. The first is a classic tweak on the second generation of X-Men. And the second is an alternate reality of Fantastic Four meets X-Men.
When's the next issue of Ultimate Spider-Man. It feels like we were getting them on a less-than-monthly schedule and now maybe they're getting back on a normal schedule. Here's a sketch of Miles Morales Chris Samnee posted on Twitter.
Where's Big Barda in the 'New 52'? We know Darkseid is coming so perhaps we'll see her soon. For now, here's Peter Nguyen's version posted on his Tumblr.
Joel Gomez did these great Superboy pages "for a writer" and posted them on his Tumblr. Would I want to see more? Heck yeah!
Joel was also inspired after seeing commercials for Golden Eye Reloaded and drew this pic of Jaws with a reflection of James Bond on his metallic teeth.
I discovered Dan McDaid's blog this week and check out his versions of the Doctor, the Future Foundation and Harley Quinn.
Tom Raney updated his Deviant Art page with these sketches of Mr. Freeze and the Shade (doesn't Mr. Freeze look...cool?).
How about some more Batman? Here's a cool pic from Jock on his website I had to include here.
And can you really have Batman without Catwoman? Yeah, you can but what's the fun in that? Here's one by Rafael Albuquerque posted on his Deviant Art page.
You might have seen these earlier this week. Imagine if comic book covers were like animated gifs. These (and a couple others) are from Kerry Callen's blog.
That's it for this week. Be sure to check back for the next installment of Awesome Art Picks.