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Awesome Art Picks: Cyclops, Princess Leia, Superman and More

Some of this week's coolest comic book art you won't see in comic books.

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Each week we try to gather some of the coolest comic book art that won't be appearing in actual comic books. Because artists love what they do, they are constantly sketching and drawing images when they are not working on an actual assignment. It's important to experiment and it gives us a chance to see some really great renditions of our favorite characters that we might not normally get to see.

To see past editions of our collection of art picks, just filter the search above and type in "Awesome Art Picks."

The first image you can see here shows that less is sometimes better. I'm not an art expert and I'm sure I will be corrected but I believe this uses the idea of negative space. This image of Cyclops blasting away at a Sentinel was done by Chris Samnee. He worked on this really cool book called Thor: The Mighty Avenger and has done some issues of The Mighty and Captain America. His art really speaks for itself.

Chris even puts up sketches for sale periodically on his website so check it out if you like his stuff and want some original art.

Of course we have more to look at.

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I try not to do multiple images by the same artist but Chris Samnee also did this really cool piece on J'onn J'onzz, Martian Manhunter this week.

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I think it's obvious we really need to see more from Chris.

What about Princess Leia? How many drawings have we seen of her over the years? She is usually depicted in her original white outfit or in her Slave Leia outfit. Here's a different take by Phil Noto, seen on his Tumblr page.

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Leia was tough in the movies but imagine what might have happened if Vader and the Emperor got their hands on her. Sure she would have been able to easily resist them but the fact is she has the potentially to be a really kickass character, something I've always thought since reading the novel Splinter of the Mind's Eye.

Being that it is the Fourth of July weekend in the United States, we couldn't have not have a picture of Captain America. Also, based on the past editions of Awesome Art Picks, we can't not have a picture by Mitch Breitweiser.

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Posted on his site, this was done apparently on the road. Pretty dang sweet.

How about Superman? How about a cute rendition of Superman? He is (or was) all about Truth, Justice and the American way.

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This piece was done by Agnes Garbowska on her Tumblr. Check out her webcomic on her website.

Finally, prepare yourself for...Spider-Nam.

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Done by James Stokoe (HeGotGronch via Twitter)...the images are mind-blowing. He has a site with other images you should check out.

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And finally, a last minute edition from Philip Tan of Starfox.

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I love Philip's caption for this: "Quick update then running again. Today's sketch; Starfox! What happened to him, btw? :p"

"Today's sketch"? Dang, I wish I could just do a random daily sketch like that.

That wraps up this week's edition. What did you think of these? We will have another edition next week.

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they should make superman withot pants

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gr8 art!

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Spider-Nam should get his own series. It would be super badass

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Fantastic choices!

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Martian Manhunter and Spider-Man picks are awesome.

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Darth Leia is one I'd never have thought of.

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I'm a huge Noto fan and that Spider-Nam is great.

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Love the Spider-Nam

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Wow, I love the Spider-Nam! Very cool... also loving the depiction of Leia! Never seen that take on Leia before.

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Huh, that spider-nam pic actually made me think spidey was awesome for a few seconds there. ._.

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The Dark Side of the Force is strong with you, Leia!

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Love the Cyclops image by Chris Samnee. :)

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the Leia pic was such a cool ass idea. 
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O_o Darth Leia? Hmmmm...

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Martian Manhunter looks great! I really wished he was part of the Justice League in the relaunch though!

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Samnee and Stokoe are such beasts.

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All of those were freaking awesome!  
'Specially the Spider-Nam ones. It really should be picked up as a mini.

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Starfox is probably still on Titan, not on Earth, so not being written about by Marvel.

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I love the Spiderman art.

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@Don_Jay said:

Spider nam should be picked up as a mini or something it's so awesome

This

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Wow...they're all great 
Princess Leia art is abasolutely amazing...
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I absolutely love the Cyclops/Sentinel one, and the Spider-Nam one is just plain fun.

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I love these awesome art picks!

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wow

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Spider-Nam looks just like the Spider-Man panels kudos to whoever did the artwork.

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Spider-nam would be a series ai would certainly buy if it ever cmae to print would be a real change for parker and possibly a cool one to boot.

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Those are awesome.

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Cyclops one would be even more awesome colored. Spider-Nam is kicka$$.

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I love this segment, keep them coming :) 
 
I really like the Cyclops one and the Leia one. 

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not keen on any of those..

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Superman and MM. Awesome. 

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another good week of image digging. Darth Leia woulda been cool to see on the screen.

And that Spider-Nam is just way cool, definitely gotta check out more of that.

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That Spidey one is great, and MM one is awesome.  Leia certainly looks unique!

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Punisher + Rambo + Spider Man = Spider Nam?

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You have found some great work, I dig the Martian Manhunter piece and the Princess Leia is beautiful. Thanks Tony.

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the spider-nam one is very good and really deep!!!

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Danm. Those Spider Nam pages are deep

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That's great, especially the Spider-man one

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That  Leia art is out of this world. 

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Thank You, G-Man! Awesome art again. That Captain America art is beautiful, great for the Fourth of July here in the USA! The Cyclops and the M. Manhunter, superbly done in black and white, love 'em. What DID happen to Starfox?

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Spider nam should be picked up as a mini or something it's so awesome

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Love Spider-Nam as well.  Got more enjoyment out of that than most of the comics I've read in the last few years.

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i like spidey one too

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I love the spider man strip.  
 
"Don't mean nothin Parker." LMFAO!