THE SHADOW #5 Cover

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Hello Pulp Friends,

Keeping it in tune with the last few days here on Pulp Sunday, here's my most recent cover for THE SHADOW #5, in which I just realized I channeled a bit of Kaluta without even knowing it :)

This - unlikely the previous Shadow covers of mine - will be a regular cover so it will be sold in the comicshops at the regular cover price :) Just make sure to pre-order #5 asking for my cover to make sure you get one.

And speaking of Pulp heroes, get ready for THE BLACK BEETLE's NIGHT SHIFT Pt. 2 out in a couple of days in Dark Horse Presents #12. I posted some art sneak peek on The Black Beetle blog :)


Have a wonderful Pulp Sunday, everyone.

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2012 Francesco Francavilla

The Shadow Is Aiming At You!

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Hello Pulp Friends,

Here's my variant cover for THE SHADOW #2, out today in stores. I am not sure yet if this will be available in stores or not, but if not, pls contact Dynamic Forces and see how to purchase it.
I am glad to announce that the next variants for this series will be available in stores like all my other covers :)

Here's the solicits:
THE SHADOW #2 ~ written by Garth Ennis - illustrated by Aaron Campbell
Lamont Cranston and Margo Lane fly west on Pan Am's fabulous China Clipper- but the golden age of air travel might just mean fiery death above the clouds for our heroes. In Shanghai, Major Tateo Kondo of Japanese military intelligence puts his own plans in motion, while his American counterparts struggle to catch up. The Shadow battles aerial assassins and worse, in part two of the six-part The Fire Of Creation.

And speaking of Pulp heroes, get ready for THE BLACK BEETLE's NIGHT SHIFT Pt. 2 out next week in Dark Horse Presents #12. I posted some art sneak peek on The Black Beetle blog :)


Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2012 Francesco Francavilla

The Shadow Knows!

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Hello Pulp Friends,

Those of you who have been following Pulp SUnday since day one know that I started this blog with the old radio shows of THE SHADOW and providing lobby card art to go with each episode. So you know how much I love this pulp icon, right?
Well, I am VERY excited to announce that I will be providing covers for the new THE SHADOW series at Dynamite, written by Garth Ennis and drawn by Aaron Campbell :)
The above is not a cover, or not exactly a cover (more like a tease from a cover ;)) but I can't wait to show you what I have been cooking for this.

Stay tuned in for more details coming soon :)

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2012 Francesco Francavilla

DARK SHADOWS #1 Cover

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Hello Pulp Friends,

Back from SDCC this past Monday and had to jump back in the crazy work schedule right away, making up for the 1 week break I took to attend the biggest crazy show in the comics industry :)
Lot's of news coming out during last week, most of them will make you (and me) pulp fans happy :)

Let's start with the cover for DARK SHADOWS #1, the first issue of the mini Dynamite Ent. will be publishing starting in October.
Talk about of a classic Horror title :D

Here's some more info about the book (source: iCV2) and CANNOT wait to show you guys the cover for issue 2 :)

Just in time for Halloween Dynamite Entertainment is bringing Barnabas Collins back to comics. The hero of the popular Gothic TV soap opera, which is soon to be a major motion picture starring Johnny Depp that is due from Warner Bros. in 2012, is returning to the four-color world in this new series of Dark Shadows comics written by Stuart Manning and drawn by Aaron Campbell with covers by Campbell and Francesco Francavilla (Black Panther, Swamp Thing). Dark Shadows #1, which is due out in October, will use the likeness of the actors in the classic Dark Shadows show in which Jonathan Frid played Barnabas.

TV’s original reluctant vampire, who is laboring under his vampiric curse and haunted by dreams of his age-old lover and nemesis, Angelique, is one of the small screen’s most original horror creations. Manning’s stories for the new comic book series pick up right where the narrative of the original ABC soaper left off in 1971. Barnabas starred in a series of Gold Key comics that were published from 1969-1976 and which are being published in book form by Hermes Press (see “The Complete Dark Shadows Comics”). Innovation published a few Dark Shadows comics based on an ill-fated revival of the show in the early 1990s. Dynamite has wisely chosen to base its comics on the original classic Dark Shadows TV series.

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2011 Francesco Francavilla

Green Hornet Year One #7 Cover

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Hello Pulp Friends,

As promised, here's my cover for issue 7 of Green Hornet Year One, now solicited in August Previews. The book is having awesome reviews all around so I am hoping you guys are picking it up. :)

Have a wonderful Pulp Sunday everyone :)

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2010 Francesco Francavilla

Green Hornet Year One #5 Cover

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Hello Pulp Friends,

Green Hornet Year One (and related crew) gets some love in the current issue of Wizard magazine (click on the image below to read the article) so what better to celebrate the event by showing the cover I did for issue 5 ?(which is solicited in June's Previews)
Hope you guys dig it :)

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2010 Francesco Francavilla


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GARRISON #2 & GREEN HORNET Y1 #3

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Hello guys,

It's comicbook day and I have a couple of suggestion for ya ;)

First, WildStorm's GARRISON #2 (of 6), my and Jeff Mariotte's new creator owned title (and as such it has a special place in my heart :)). Above is an exclusive preview of the first 6 pages just to give a glimpse of the rollercoaster action you guys are gonna get from now until the explosive issue 6 (which concludes the mini).
A huge thanks to all of you who picked up issue 1 and helped spread the good word about it. Hope to see you and many more picking up issue 2: this is gonna be FUN! :)

Second, Dynamite's GREEN HORNET YEAR ONE #3, by Matt Wagner and Aaron Campbell and me at the coloring duties. Below you can see a preview of the pages and the 2 covers (one by yours truly :))
Some really good PULP fun (I know you guys like that) so make sure to pick this up as well while you are in the shop :)

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2010 Francesco Francavilla. GARRISON © 2010 Jeff Mariotte & Francesco Francavilla


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Putting the Green in Green Hornet

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Hello Pulp Friends,

CBR had an interview with Matt Wagner and John Cassadey about Green Hornet Year One yesterday on their website, and they were showcasing a few colored pages from issue 1, so I think it's cool if I show some of my color work over Aaron Campbell's beutiful inks in here as well. You guys are in for a treat, so make sure to pre-order this book :)

Click on the image for a closer look and hope you like what you see :)

Cheers,
Francesco

The Green Hornet Is Coming!

Hello Pulp Friends,

because i have been out of town this weekend for the Charlotte MiniCon (again many thanks to Shelton Drum, Linda, Dustin and everyone else for inviting me and my wife at the show and for gifting us such a lovely time :)) I haven't had time to work on a new Kara Bocek page (which will be back next week).
I did have time, though, to do this little teaser illo to finally make a big annoucement (well, it's big for me being the pulp fan you all know): I was asked by Dynamite and Matt Wagner to be part of the new pulp adventures of Green Hornet Year One, which will be on the shelves this April. While I am not drawing the book (the very talented Aaron Campbell is the artist for the title) I will be coloring it and will be providing alternate covers starting from issue 2 (with Matt's covers, just like we have done on Zorro).
Matt and Dynamite were very happy with my colors on Zorro so they asked me if I was willing to color the GH book, and since I am a big fan of the Green Hornet I couldn't pass on the chance to be involved with such cool project (I have seen the pages and read the script and it IS a cool project).

Can't show the interiors colored yet or the covers yet, so I did the above illo this afternoon to go with the annoucement.
I will make sure to share more as soon as I can (very excited :))

Have a great Pulp Sunday evening everyone :)

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2010 Francesco Francavilla