J.E. Mark Takes Batman' Rogues Gallery And Makes Them Real...

I love fan art, especially fan art that depicts the residents of Gotham City. But my man J. E. Marks has taken the Bats villains to a new height with his realistic illustrations of the Rogue Gallery. These versions of Poison Ivy, Joker, Penguin, Riddler, Mr. Freeze and Harvey Dent make my skin crawl... they are so realistic and life like, and yet they highlight the comic attributes that we know and love about these characters so much. I think my fave may be the Penguin, even though she is probably my least favorite villain of the group. Mr. Freeze is pretty amazing as well. Check out more of Mark's work by clicking here, and see the best of the best after the jump...

Thanks to Tommy for the lead...

Spaghetti Gotham by Giovanni Costa

Giovanni Costa is a talented Italian artist that is always looking for new ways to express himself creatively. He found a hell of a challenge over at Project Rooftop, and he knocked it out of the park...   again, and again  and again! 4 times is actually the charm, because that is how many installments of the Spaghetti Gotham series that he has released so far. the original project rooftop challenge was to move an existing comic property to a different period in history. He started with Cowboy Batman, Indian Warrior Nightwing and baby Indian Robin. But then he continued to the villains, some Bat family associates, and even colonial western bartender Alfred! My favorite of the bunch has to be Nightwing, Alfred and Two Face, in classic Confederate soldier garb. Given how popular Django Unchained has been and what it has done for the genre, you can see why the themes of the piece work so well.You can see much more of Costa's work by clicking here and  see the full Spaghetti Gotham collection after the jump....