It’s time to check out the coolest comic book art you won’t see in comics. The reason you won’t see it is because artists love to do sketches for fun or for commissions. They often post them on their blogs, Tumblrs and Twitter accounts. At conventions, if you’re lucky, you can get sketches like these from them, or you can contact many of them through their sites and get a commission of your own. These images are too good to go unnoticed.

Tony Moore art is always great to see. He has done some recent conventions and has posted them on his Tumblr. Check out his versions of Carnage, Wolverine, Punisher, Donatello and a…severed Skrull head.

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Daniel HDR does a lot of commissions through his website. Check out his classic Daredevil and Black suit Spider-Man.

Yesterday, as you know, was May the 4th. That means it’s time for some Star Wars art. Check out this Luke Skywalker sketch Michael Walsh posted on his tumblr.

That’s not the only Star Wars pic we have this week. Agnes Garbowska posted this Han and Chewie pic along with a cute Uncanny X-Force sketch on her Tumblr.

Peter Nguyen posted a few sketches this week, check out his Wonder Woman, Chamber and Iron Man.

Todd Nauck went to an Avengers screening after party and did a lot of sketches which he posted on his Twitter page. Most of them were Avengers-related of course.

Speaking of Avengers, Marcio Takara posted this sweet Captain America pic (and Batgirl) on his Tumblr this week.

Robert Atkins has been posting a different Avenger on his blog all month. Check out his Captain America and Black Knight. Also be sure to check out his site for commission information.

This next one might not technically belong here. Cliff Chiang posted this nice Joss Whedon on his Tumblr. The reason I say it shouldn’t be here is because it is a published piece, just not in a comic. He did this for GQ magazine.

I just discovered Stephanie Buscema‘s Tumblr page. Check out the colors she used on these two. Definitely worthy of being framed.

Skottie Young did some more of his Daily Sketches on his website (which go up for sale once posted). This week he chose a fairy tale theme. Check out his site for more.

Going back to yesterday, it was a great day being Star Wars Day along with marking the U.S. opening of The Avengers. Unfortunately it’s also the day Adam Yauch from the Beastie Boys passed away. Check out the tribute Dustin Nguyen posted on his Tumblr. Let’s wish happy thoughts to Yauch’s friends and family.

Tom Raney was at the Boston Comic Con and posted some sketches on his Twitter. Check ‘em out.

Gene Gonzales posted some more “Conventionless Convention” sketches. Check out his blog for more.

Freddie E. Williams II must have been crazy busy at C2E2. Last week I posted a bunch of his sketches but it turns out he had more that he posted on his Twitter.

dfjanco on Twitter suggested I check out Andy MacDonald‘s blog. Check out his X-Men sketches. I love the slightly different take he gives them.

And last but not least, it’s time for some Paolo Rivera art (his DAREDEVIL cover also made this week’s Best Comic Book Covers of the Week). Because everyone’s talking about the Avengers, he decided to post a Kirby-inspired Superman pic on his blog. Along with another Hulk commission.

Hope you enjoyed this week’s picks. Be sure to check out the artists’ pages or follow their Tumblrs or Twitter accounts. Be sure to let them know how awesome we all think they are.

Tony, Sara and Norm discuss the different aspects of the movie and why it was so good. Be warned that there will be spoilers so feel free to openly discuss the movie.

Last week we got a peek at all of the incredible movie posters created buy Mondo for each member of the Avengers in celebration of the upcoming film’s release. Now, Mondo has revealed their final poster illustrated by artist Tyler Stout and the image is pretty unbelievable. The limited edition poster, of which there are two versions, is set to go on sale sometime Friday, May 4th: the day of the movie’s release in the United States.

Mondo will reveal on their Twitter feed the exact time that the posters will go on sale Friday. Those interested will have the option of purchasing either the regular or the variant edition of the poster, but not both. Mondo is also limiting one poster per person only. Check out both versions of the poster below. What do you think of each poster? Pretty amazing stuff, right?

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Poster by Tyler Stout. 24″x36″ nine-color screen print. Hand numbered. Edition of 750. Printed by D&L Screenprinting. $60

Poster by Tyler Stout. 24″x36″ nine-color screen print. Hand numbered. Edition of 350. Printed by D&L Screenprinting. $110

Source: Mondo

Just about everything is about The Avengers this week. It was a little surprising to hear that Soundgarden would have a song on the movie soundtrack. If you haven’t heard it yet or seen the music video, check it out below. It has some scenes from the movie but nothing really spoilery.

This song is called “Live to Rise.”

Are there any Soundgarden fans out there? Does it make sense for this type of music to be in the movie or does it date it? I do recall hearing Foo Fighters during Thor.

There has been talk of a new trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man and it’s supposed to hit the internet later today. Because we don’t like to wait, Apple was nice enough to release a couple shots of the Lizard (played by Rhys Ifans and some CGI).

This is the first show showing him in the actual lab coat. The previous glimpses in the trailers and the conceptual images showed him pretty much naked.

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In the second image, it looks like Peter‘s going to need to get a new camera. Or maybe Lizard will return it since it does have his name labeled on it.

Keep an eye out for the new trailer which is also supposed to be in front of The Avengers, opening in the U.S. tomorrow.

Source: /Film