GARRISON is here!!!

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Hello Pulp friends :)

the first issue of my new co-creator owned Wildstorm mini is finally out: the adventure begins!
Hope you guys give this book a chance and I hope you will like what you'll see so to come back for issue 2 and the next issue (total of 6 issues, not that many ;))
To celebrate the release, here's page 1 of issue 2 (no spoilers included ;)) in its ink stage before it got to colors and letters. (below)

Cheers,
Francesco

All images © 2010 Francesco Francavilla.
GARRISON created by, ™ and © 2010 Jeff Mariotte & Francesco Francavilla & DC Comics


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La Cucaracha!

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Hello Pulp Friends,

I can finally reveal another of the many "side" projects I am working on here and there: "LA CUCARACHA", a short GRAVESLINGER tale written by the super talented and super friend Cullen Bunn.


I was waiting to draw some more GRAVESLINGER since I did the below pinup 2 ys ago, and thanks to Shannon Denton I got to kill two roaches...err... two birds with one stone because not only I am drawing a tale, but I am also working with Cullen, which is a delight just that alone :)
Hope you dig it, and if you think this page is nasty, wait to see the next ones ;)


The tale will be part of a collection of short tales soon to be published by IDW. STay tuned for more info.

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2010 Francesco Francavilla
GRAVESLINGER created by, ™ and © 2010 Jeff Mariotte & Shannon Eric Denton


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Nightmare Town - Pt.3

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Hello Pulp friends :)

Today we conclude PULP FEST WEEK with the third installment of my PULP ILLUSTRATED ™ tale "NIGHTMARE TOWN" written by master of Pulp Dashiell Hammett.

I hope you guys had fun and, if so, I will definitely tackle another full week of pulp sometime soon (schedule permitting ;))

Have a wonderful Pulp Sunday everyone and thank you for all the love and support :)

Cheers,
Francesco

All images © 2010 Francesco Francavilla.
PULP ILLUSTRATED ™ and © 2006-2010 Francesco Francavilla

The Crimson Clown

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Hello Pulp Friends,

as promised, here's the character chosen among all the entries (thanky ou so much to all who entered :).
This was a tough decision as all characters are so cool, but I went with this one for two reasons:
1) it's a character cretaed by Jonston McCulley, a creator I am quite familiar with ;)
2) I wanted to challange myself with making a guy named CRIMSON CLOWN and actually dressed as a clown to look cool. You tell me if I succeded to it or not ;)

Thanks to @Comicbookdaily, I present you the Crimson Clown! :)

And thanks to everyone for making this first edition of Pulp Fest Week so fun! Definitely planning to do it again sometime, and definitely planning to make the request thing a regular feature (time permitting).

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2010 Francesco Francavilla

Kara Bocek pag.11

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Hello Pulp friends :)

here's page 11 which starts the second part of this Black Beetle's tale. This is when the action begins (I warned you about it, didn't I? ;)) and everythign will escalate in the third part where you will find out about two major things about our favorite pulp hero, things that will play later in all the Black Beetle's stories. (so you don't want to miss it).
Hope you enjoy today's episode (lemme hear from you if you have a sec) and stay tuned tomorrow for the Pulp Friday showcasing one fo the character that have been submitted for Pulp Fest Week :)

Also, if you feel inclined, please vote Black Beetle's KARA BOCEK for the web ccomic category for the Harvey Awards @ http://www.harveyawards.org/ : it would be cool to have this nominated and even cooler to win in that category :)

Cheers,
Francesco

All images © 2010 Francesco Francavilla.
KARA BOCEK, BLACK BEETLE & COLT CITY created by, ™ and © 2006-2010 Francesco Francavilla

Kicking KATO!

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Hello Pulp Friends,

I decided to change the plans a bit - due to today release of KATO Origins #1 - and post this exclusive preview of my cover for KATO Origins #3. Hope you guys dig it :)

Come back tomorrow for the new KARA BOCEK page and don't forget to enter your pulp suggestion for Friday (see previous blog post): this evening is the deadline for entering.

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2010 Francesco Francavilla

The Shadow Knows!

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Hello Pulp Friends,

I couldn't leave out of this Pulp Fest Week the character that started this blog a few years ago: THE SHADOW! I know some of you are missing the radio episodes and I promise I will do my best to bring that feature back (it's just getting hard to find available episodes - if not The Shadow, I will air some other radio serial).

Also, as you already know, I am having a little poll on which pulp character from the 30s or 40s I need to draw this coming Friday.
Here are the entries so far . feel free to keep suggesting characters, either here or on twitter:
Little John: The Clock
@simonpimpernel: Biggles, the Saint, Bulldog Dtummond, Athelstan King, Richard Hanay.
@HooperTriplett: Penny Savage.
@TimeSlingers: Humphrey Bogart as Jim Frazier in "Angels with DIrty Faces."
@Comicbookdaily: Crimson Clown
@joshcrawley: Miss Masque
@mizzelle: Boston Blackie
@everyueveryme: Dick Tracy! The Spirit! Dick Tracy vs The Spirit!
@michaelnixon: The Spider
@icrvn: Nick & Nora , the female Phantom, Julie Walker
@kylelatino: Zardi the eternal man
@toothpickvic: Doc Savage
Chris: Sailor Steve Costigan
Chad Carter: The Moon Man
@DocShaner: The Avenger
@s_e_gordon: G-8

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2010 Francesco Francavilla

Green Hornet Year One #4 Cover

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Hello Pulp Friends,

we continue this Pulp Fest Week with this exclusive preview of the cover of Green Hornet Year One #4. Issue 2 just hit the stores last week and really nice reviews about the series keep coming in, so I hope you are picking this up. It has awesome covers from Cassaday and yours truly, pulp wiritng by Matt Wagner, pulp art by Aaron Campbell, and pulp colors by yours truly. It's good stuff all around :)

In related news (related to Pulp Fest Week) I am having a little poll goin on twitter and would like to extend it in here as well, so here we go:
As part of Pulp Fest Week I am planning to pick and draw a pulp character among all those that will be suggeste on twitter AND on Pulp Sunday (reply to this post). Put in your request before Wed evening and I will choose what to draw among all the entries and post it in here on Friday this week.
Characters can be from comicbook, novels, radio show, movies, anything that dates back to the 30s or 40s (I am kinda narrowing the range so to have a more limited range where to choose from).

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2010 Francesco Francavilla

Nightmare Town - Pt.2

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Hello Pulp friends :)

Welcome to PULP FEST WEEK! :)
Starting today, I will be posting some pulp related goodness every day until next Sunday.
We will have a new KARA BOCEK page on Wed and reveal the new covers for Green Hornet Year One and Kato Origins series and much more.

Let's start today with the second installment of my PULP ILLUSTRATED ™ tale "NIGHTMARE TOWN" written by master of Pulp Dashiell Hammett.
Hope you guys enjoy it and, as always, lemme hear from you if you have a spare minute :)

Have a Pulp Sunday everyone and make sure to tune in all weeek for tthe PULP FEST WEEK :)

Cheers,
Francesco

All images © 2010 Francesco Francavilla.
PULP ILLUSTRATED ™ and © 2006-2010 Francesco Francavilla

Nightmare Town - It begins!

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Hello Pulp friends :)

I present you with the new Sunday installment :)
As for Kara Bocek, as you may know by =now it has been moved to Wednesday, typical comics day :)

Hope you guys enjoy the new feature and hit me back with feedback if you feel inclined so :)

Cheers,
Francesco

All images © 2010 Francesco Francavilla.
PULP ILLUSTRATED ™ and © 2006-2010 Francesco Francavilla

Kara Bocek pag.10

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Hello Pulp friends :)

with the new features I am introducing to Pulp Sunday (like the illustrated pulp tales ala "Nightmare Town") and the plan to bring back some old time radio show (with related lobby cards) as well, I realized I can't have everything on Sundays, so here's the idea.
What if I move Kara Bocek to Wednesday, which is by tradition comic's day? And leave the OTR and the illustrated prose for Sundays? Do you like the idea? Or you prefer Kara Bocek to be a Sunday strip?
Lemme hear from you, I am open to suggestion s and feeback.

Meanwhile hope you enjoy page 10 above: we are about one third into this tale and things are gonna escalate from now on :)

Cheers,
Francesco

All images © 2010 Francesco Francavilla.
KARA BOCEK, BLACK BEETLE & COLT CITY created by, ™ and © 2006-2010 Francesco Francavilla

Easter Eggs Pt.2

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Hello Pulp Friends,

This is my way to wish you and your family and friends a very very Happy Easter - and I mean it even if the subject of the card, which you can see by clicking on the image above, may look to some not so happy :o)

Cheers,
Francesco

EDIT: I am adding Pt.1 below (again click on the image for viewing the full Easter Card) 'cause I realized not everyone has seen it (I did it a couple of years ago, even if I recolored it this morning for the "occasion").

Artwork © 2010 Francesco Francavilla


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K3 Sneak Peek!

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Hello Pulp Friends,

A little sneak peek at something I am working on today ;)

Have a great Pulp April 1st, everyone:)

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2010 Francesco Francavilla