Art Attack: December 2011's Coolest Covers

-Ragman has a costume that must be really fun for artists to spin their take on. I'd love to see it done different ways, and animated style is a great start.

-When Joe Madureira said he was having fun drawing Moloids, I had no idea how much!

-Patrick Gleason does a sick job making Batman images that are striking as well as terrifying.

-Ben Oliver is really catching my eye as of late. That's a fresh take on the classic "Batman's costume framing him" shot that's appropriate for Batwing.

-Francesco Francavilla can do no wrong. It's not just his art, but his composition that is dynamite.

-I like Stanley Lau's stuff a lot more when he tones down the painting and just draws.

-Clayton Crain's Carnage USA covers are nightmare-inducing. He and Pat Gleason need to battle.

-Francis Manapul's Flash cover is busy in the right way given who he's drawing.

-What the heck is Li'l Depressed Boy?

-Kaare Andrews is hitting a whole new stride with his Ultimate Comics work.

-How was I to know that Rafael Grampa drawing Uncanny X-Force was what was missing in my life?

-Venom as wallpaper? Nicely done, Tony Moore.

THE ALL-NEW BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #14 by Rick Burchett & Dan Davis

ANGEL & FAITH #5 by Rebekah Isaacs

ANIMAL MAN #4 by Travel Foreman

AVENGING SPIDER-MAN #2 by Joe Madureira

BATMAN AND ROBIN #4 by Patrick Gleason

BATWING #4 by Ben Oliver

CAPTAIN AMERICA & BUCKY #625 by Francesco Francavilla

CAPTAIN ATOM #4 by Stanley Lau

CARNAGE U.S.A. by Clayton Crain

DAREDEVIL #7 by Paolo Rivera

DEADPOOLMAX 2 #3 by Kyle Baker

THE FLASH #4 by Francis Manapul

THE GOON #37 by Eric Powell

iZOMBIE #20 by Mike Allred

JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #632 by Stephanie Hans

JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #4 by Ryan Sook

THE LAST BATTLE #1 by Dan Brereton

LEGION OF MONSTERS #3 by Juan Doe

THE LI'L DEPRESSED BOY #9 by Steve Rolston

STORMWATCH #4 by Chris Burnham

T.H.U.N.D.E.R. AGENTS #4 by Frazer Irving

ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #6 by Kaare Andrews

UNCANNY X-FORCE #18 by Esad Ribic

UNCANNY X-FORCE #19 by Rafael Grampa

VENGEANCE #6 by Gabrielle Dell'Otto

VENOM #11 by Tony Moore

VILLAINS FOR HIRE #1 by Rodolfo Migliari

WOLVERINE & THE X-MEN #3 by Chris Bachalo

X-CLUB #1 by Nick Bradshaw

X-FACTOR #228 by David Yardin