Bat-Flamethrower!

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This "lunch break quickie" was inspired by a brief exchange I had with (American Vampire and Detective Comics writer) Scott Snyder and Bat editor Mike Marts on Twitter - and clearly inspired by the current situtaion in the North East of the US (heck, we even had snow here in Atlanta and it's still kinda white landscape around here).

So,I give you Batman about to free the Batmobile from the snow with his flamethrower ;)
And pls don't forget to pickup Detective #872 tomorrow out in stores (it also includes the second part of SKELETON CASES, the Commissioner Gordon co-feature written by Scott and drawn by me):)

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2010 Francesco Francavilla.

Black Panther TMWF #513 Preview

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Hello guys,

hope y'all will allow me one more post about this book: I know I have been pimping it quite a bit, but this and Detective have been such wonderful books to work on (and am still working on them) that I really want them to be read by as many people as possible.
Click on the above image to give an overall look at 10 pages plus the 2 covers. Hope you like what you see here and hope you pick up the book this coming Wed :)

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2010 Francesco Francavilla.
All Characters ™ and © 2010 Marvel Characters, Inc. All rights reserved.

THE MAN WITHOUT FEAR

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Hello guys,

We are only 7 days away from the release of the first issue of Black Panther as the New Man Without Fear, also known as the issue where I and Award winning writer David Liss will take over the title for quite some time.
And what better time to finally reveal the missing piece of that puzzle of teaser images I did months ago for Who Is The Next Man Without Fear. Of course the missing piece was DareDevil, who will be missing from his own book while Black Panther takes over after the dramatic events of Shadowland.
Below you can see how all the pieces fit together.

Hope you guys dig it and I really hope you guys pick up Black Panther MWF #513 next week: we have put quite some love in this book - you will see :)

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2010 Francesco Francavilla.
All Characters ™ and © 2010 Marvel Characters, Inc. All rights reserved.


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Black Panther Book of the Month (Wizard)

Hi guys,

while I am still happy for all the praise that my run on Detective (with those talented Snyder and Jock fellas) is getting, I found out today that in the new Wizard Magazine (now on the shelves) my other BIG-TWO debut book with writer David Liss, Black Panther Man Without Fear #513, has been picked as "BOOK OF THE MONTH" in the PULL LIST section of the magazine by the Wizard staff.
The book will be in stores on December 15th - mark your calendars!
If you have been enjoying my noirish art on Commissioner Gordon, well you are gonna get 23 pages of down to the street noir/pulp action in here too :)
Will share some preview when we get closer to the release.

Cheers,
Francesco

All images © 2010 Francesco Francavilla.
Black Panther ™ and © 2010 Marvel Entertainment

"FROGS"

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This is my contribution to the "Monsters & Dames" Charity Artbook 2011 the fine folks put out every year for ECCC.
This year show (2010 edition) was too fun and I loved Seattle and all it's people so I am very happy that I will be attending the EMERALD CITY COMIC CON as a guest again in 2011 - really looking forward to it :)

In other news, Detective Comics #871 (the issue where I started the Commissioner Gordon co-feature) has officially sold out and it's going back to print! YAY!
Thank you everyone for the support and for the love you have shown for this book, I really appreciate it :)

Cheers,
Francesco

CyGirl & Artwork © 2010 Francesco Francavilla.

Everyone Loves Detective

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Hi guys,

Detective Comics #871 (with the brand new team of Scott Snyder on the story, and Jock, David Baron, and me on art chores, all under the great supervision of editors Mike Marts and Janelle Siegel) come out last week and since then reviews are poring in and the verdict seems to be the same: Detective is the Bat book you must buy :D
Check these reviews out :) (click on links to read the reviews)

iFanboy: 5 out of 5!

TECHLAND: I like the new look of Detective a lot--two schools of European cartooning in just one book!

CBR

Crave OnLine: t’s hard to read Detective Comics #871 and not feel like a new era is upon us. With only one issue, Snyder and the team of artists have established a very new take on Dick Grayson, Jim Gordon, and their relationship with Gotham City. If you don’t love absolutely everything the new Detective Comics, there’s something fundamentally wrong with the way you view art.

Newsarama Best Shots Extra

Multiversity Comics: I can't say enough about this book. From top to bottom, from the writing to the art to the editing to everything else, this book is simply one of the best big two superhero books of the year. 9.8

The Outhousers

Read/Rant: A-

Comics And... : Overall Grade A + - If you aren’t reading this book you are missing what could become a classic.

Paradox Comics Group: the Vertigo sophistication and sensibility being applied to the DC Universe [..] 8/10

Comic Attack!: I highly recommend it!

The Weekly Crisis: Must Read. You are going to want to be in on the ground floor for what’s going to be a great year for Batman. this reads like Dashiell Hammett’s take on the character and the city.

Weekly Comic Book Review: Snyder “get’s it” and is writing a uniquely Dick Grayson detective story. Jock and Francavilla are delivering awesome art. Must read! A-

Gotham Knights Online: Jock and Francesco’s artwork matches Snyders writing perfectly and [..] puts Detective Comics at the top of the pile for Batman titles currently out there. 5/5

Heroes Online: Atmospheric and intelligent, an excellent start for this title’s new direction.

There is plenty more reviews posted in the last days and more coming out this week, but you get the idea... :)
Thanks everyone for the support: I, Scott, Jock, David, Mike, Janelle, and all the DC COmics gang really appreciate all the bat-love you guys are throwing our way :)

Cheers,
Francesco

All images © 2010 Francesco Francavilla.
Detective Comics ™ and © 2010 DC Comics

IT

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Been talking about Stephen King on Twitter today, and IT was one of the topic. I read the book (gosh) like 20 years ago, but I felt inspired to do a little quick tribute ;)

Cheers,
Francesco

28 Days Later

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"28 Days Later" soundtrack (by the excellent John Murphy) is playing in a loop the whole day, so... ;)

Cheers,
Francesco

Masks of Fear: "Terror Train" (1980)

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"TERROR TRAIN" was on TV, so... ;)

Cheers,
Francesco

The pencil sketch done while watching the movie.


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Multitasking

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A litle sketch to visualize how my day went and inspired by a comment on Twitter (thanks, Chris ;))
I gotta say i did more cleaning than arting :P

Cheers,
Francesco

GARRISON - The Conclusion! (plus Concept Art)

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Hello guys,

issue 6 of GARRISON is out today and it's the explosive conclusion of this rollercoaster thrilling fun :)
To celebrate I thought to share some concept art I did for the F83 Whisperfighter (airplanes featured in this issue and invented by mastermind Jeff Mariotte) , as you can see above :)
And below is an unused cover art which still is enough cool looking to share I think ;)

A big THANKS to all of you who supported this book by buying it and a huge thanks to the WildStorm folks who have been fantastic to work with on this mini: I am gonna miss them greatly.
I raise my glass in a toast to all of you.

CHeers,
Francesco



Here's WildStorm solicitation for the issue:
GARRISON #6 (of 6)
Written by JEFF MARIOTTE • Art and cover by FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA
This is it! The slam-bang conclusion to the action epic of the year! Garrison and Jillian are trapped in a small town, and after they're finished with it, it will never be the same! Neither will the hundreds of soldiers out to get Garrison. And neither will Garrison himself – if he can even survive!
DOWNLOAD 5 PAGES PREVIEW HERE!

* Wildstorm Universe
* 32pg.
* Color
* $2.99 US

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

M'Baku!

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A litle sketch of M'Baku (which has nothing to do with my upcoming run on Black Panther) I did for fun some time ago and I can finally post now that the news is out :)

Hope you guys dig it :)

Cheers,
Francesco

DR WHO

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A Dr Who illo I did whie in Italy for last week's Twart.
Check here for the colored version and stay tuned for some great news coming tomorrow :)

Cheers,
Francesco

The Way Out...

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More sneak peek at issue 5 of GARRISON - out tomorrow - and one more sample of Jeff Mariotte's magic skills: the whole exchange between Lester and Jillian in this sequence (on these 2 pages and on the next ones) is one of my favorite things of this whole run :)

Cheers,
Francesco

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

"...This Isn't Personal"

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Well, it actually is, despite Agent Bracewell's line ;)

issue 5 of GARRISON will be out this week and is the penultimate issue of this co-creator mini of mine: hence the "personal" thing above :)
I hope you guys have been reading this becuase the last 2 issues are gonna be even more fun to enjoy. In this specific issue there are a couple of the best sequences I have drawn for the whole mini, and some of the favorite moments of the story. Tune in tomorrow for more :)

Cheers,
Francesco

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

Detective Work Pt.1

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Hi guys,

Here's some more samples I did for Detective.
Some good old detective surveillance :)
Hope you guys dig it.

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2010 Francesco Francavilla.
Detective Comics ™ and © 2010 DC Comics. All rights reserved.

Shadow of the Bat!

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Hi guys,

I thought to share another of the sample pieces I did for Detective.
Thanks again everyone for the excitement and congrats: I am really looking forward to get started on this and hope you guys will enjoy the ride as much as I plan to do :)

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2010 Francesco Francavilla.
Detective Comics ™ and © 2010 DC Comics. All rights reserved.

Detective Comics!!!

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YAY! I can finally announce that I will be part of the new Detective Comics team, along with talented fellas like writer Scott "American Vampire" Snyder, artist Jock (of Losers fame and phenomenal cover artist of one of my fave book, SCALPED), colorist David Baron, and editor Mike Marts and assistant editor Janelle Siegel.
I will be drawing the co-feature focusing on Commissioner Gordon and a figure from his past. It's gonna be a thrilling arc!

Couldn't be more excited about this.

Here's a link tot he DC annoucement and above is a bit of "fanart" done for FUN :)

Book is slated for November relase: will make sure to give more details as we get closer :)

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2010 Francesco Francavilla.
Detective Comics ™ and © 2010 DC Comics. All rights reserved.

Is KRAVEN the New MWF?

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Hello guys,

And this was the subject of Day 5 of MARVEL's "Who Is The Next Man Without Fear?" teaser campaign: KRAVEN!

Hope you guys enjoy these: there were lot of fun to draw :)

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2010 Francesco Francavilla.
KRAVEN ™ and © 2010 Marvel Characters, Inc. All rights reserved.

Is FALCON the New MWF?

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Hello guys,

Here's the offering for Day 4 of MARVEL's "Who Is The Next Man Without Fear?" teaser campaign: FALCON!

One more to go :)

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2010 Francesco Francavilla.
FALCON ™ and © 2010 Marvel Characters, Inc. All rights reserved.

Is BLACK PANTHER the New MWF?

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Hello guys,

Yesterday was Day 3 of MARVEL's "Who Is The Next Man Without Fear?" teaser campaign and it was time to showcase a new possible candidate: BLACK PANTHER!

Hope you guys dig it :)

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2010 Francesco Francavilla.
BLACK PANTHER ™ and © 2010 Marvel Characters, Inc. All rights reserved.

Is GAMBIT the Next MWF?

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Hello guys,

Yesterday was day 2 of MARVEL's "Who Is The Next Man Without Fear?" teaser campaign and it was the turn of another of the posters I drew for this: GAMBIT!

Wondering who will be showing up today for the next possible MWF ;)

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2010 Francesco Francavilla.
GAMBIT ™ and © 2010 Marvel Characters, Inc. All rights reserved.

Is NOVA the Next MWF?

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Hello guys,

I am excited to see finally these ads posters I drew for MARVEL's "Who Is The Next Man Without Fear?" teaser campaign :) The teasers will be running all week on MARVEL.com, each day a different poster.
First up: NOVA!

I am also excited to see my art on the frontpage of the MARVEL website.

Did I mention I am excited? ;)

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2010 Francesco Francavilla.
NOVA ™ and © 2010 Marvel Characters, Inc. All rights reserved.

KA-BOOOOOMM, GARRISON!

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Hello guys,

issue 4 of GARRISON is out today and it's an explosive issue, as you can see above :)
Hope you guys are picking this up becuase it's load of FUN action, the more and more we get closer to the conclusion (in 2 issues).

Here's WildStorm solicitation for the issue:
GARRISON #4 (of 6)
Written by JEFF MARIOTTE • Art and cover by FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA
Garrison goes "home" but doesn't stay long before being swept up in a fight that just might be the coolest sewer battle ever seen in comics history! Hold on to your boots for another over-the-top extravaganza of pure mayhem that ends with Garrison in his toughest spot ever. And Jillian? Pretty much doomed...

* Wildstorm Universe
* 32pg.
* Color
* $2.99 US

Cheers,
Francesco

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

STAN LEE's How To Draw Comics

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Hello guys,

I am so happy to finally be able to reveal this sweet little gig I did a few months back. I was asked to draw a wraparound cover for the limited Hardcover edition of Stan Lee's new "How To Draw Comics".

STAN LEE!
The MAN!!!

I don't know what else to say... maybe "'nuff said"? :D

The Hardcover is published by Random House in collaboration with Dynamic Forces, has 224 pages, will be available in November and it will retail for $75. I think a paperback version will be available as well (I didn't do the cover for it though ;))

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © Francesco Francavilla 2010

The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes

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Hello guys,

now that the series has been announced at SDCC this past week, I can finally reveal that I was lucky to be invited by dear friend and director Steve Gordon to do some storyboards on MARVEL's "THE AVENGERS: Earth's Mightiest Heroes " animated series. This gave me the chance to draw THOR (below is a teaser from the boards I did) and company and I enjoyed it quite a bit :)

Wil make sure to give more updates when the show is on air.

Meanwhile here's the link to the trailer they released in SD.

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © Francesco Francavilla 2010

JOIN THE U.S.R.A. Pt.2

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... And Travel the World! :D

C'mon, does this image alone make you wish you had joined already? ;)
Sorry if it took so long to post my 6th piece but work and life kinda got in the way ;)
I am gonna to announce the two runnerups later this week and also post the final version of the silhuetted robots print that will go to the runner-ups and to the winner from last week (Casey).
Of course that print, as every other Giant RObot Week poster here, is available for purchase as well. Just email me if interested.

Until then, hope you enjoy today's offering :)

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork & U.S.R.A. (United States Robot Army) © 2010 Francesco Francavilla.

GUNDAM!

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I hope you will allow me to go down Nostalgia Lane for Day 4 of Giant Robot Week :)
One of my fave robot show has always been GUNDAM, and not just for some of the coolest robot designs around, but also for the realism of the stories: a really good and well thought show, hands down.
And speaking of Gundam and nostalgia, here's an acrylic painting I did 17 (!) years ago: man, do I feel old...

Hope you dig it the same, even if an "ancient" piece of art ;)

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2010 Francesco Francavilla.

Join the U.S.R.A.

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... And Travel the World! :D

Here's Day 4 of Giant Robot Week and - by great demand - here's more about the U.S.R.A. (United States Robot Army) :D

Since many were asking on twitter, all of the Giant Robot Posters from this week are available as nice archival prints : just email me via website for details.

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork & U.S.R.A. (United States Robot Army) © 2010 Francesco Francavilla.

Enlist Today in U.S. Robot Army!

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Day 3 of Giant Robot Week features this ad from the 40s for the U.S.R.A. (United States Robot Army).
Ha, the good ole times when you could pilot giant robots ;)

Hope you enjoy it and - moreso - enlist it :)

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork & U.S.R.A. (United States Robot Army) © 2010 Francesco Francavilla.

Rob-O-Dawn

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Day 2, and first of the random chosen robot from all entries, winner of an archival print of the above poster. (Casey, I am referring to you ;))
Played a bit on the Red Dawn concept, so there it is "Rob O Down" (with the big O ;))
Hope you guys dig it and help me spread the word out there: let's try to reach as many people as we can :)

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2010 Francesco Francavilla.

YAMATO Ind. Now Hiring!

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So, let's get this started ;)
Hope you enjoy this old YAMATO Ind. ad, and yes, nice archival prints of all Giant Robot Week related art are available for purchase (pls email me via website for details).

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2010 Francesco Francavilla.

Daredevil / Bullseye

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Hola guys,

I was inspired by this week SHADOWLAND #1 and next week Daredevil issue and decided to do this. I am not sure if somethign like this have been done before (and if it has, I apologize for repeating it), but I thought it was a cool fun way to depict the long time duel between Daredevil and Bullseye :)
I got a little dizzy while drawing it ;)

Hope you guys enjoy it :)

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © Francesco Francavilla 2010

aNDy

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Hello guys,

Still in robot-mode here (we will be in that mode also next week ;)), so let me tell you about my favorite robot EVER: aNDy!
I created aNDy back in 2006 and my dear friend (and super-talented writer) Macon Blair helped me to flesh it out (if you have read the story, you know that is some sort of pun ;)) for Ivan Brandon's anthology 24/7 vol.2.
I WARMLY suggest you guys to find that anthology because it's chockfull of great little stories, including the one featuring the coolest (and saddest) robo-gorilla ever: aNDy.
Above are a couple of concept sketches, and below one of the pages from the story.

Hope you guys enjoy these and don't forget to enter your suggestion in the contest (see here)
Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork & aNDy © Francesco Francavilla 2010

AstroBoy Vs SpamB0ts!!

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Hello guys,

while we wait for the big super sized Giant Robot Week next week, here's some random robots to get you in the mood ;)
First, an ASTROBOY commission I did earlier this year (me HEART Astroboy, was used to watch the cartoons when I was a kid :)).
And then some silliness I thought of yesterday, while cleaning my mailbox: SPAMB0TS! :D
Hope you guys enjoy these and don't forget to enter your suggestion in the contest (see here)
Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork & Spamb0ts © Francesco Francavilla 2010

They Are Coming...

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They... WHO? You ask.

The GIANT ROBOTS! Yep, in July I will have finally a Giant Robot Week :)
I had planning to do one for such a long time, so I am very happy to finally do it this month :)
It's not gonna be next week (gotta some work to do) but def it will happen in July.

I am also taking 1 suggestion (already have a few robots lined up) so feel free to throw in your favorite robot suggestion by replying to this post: you guys have a week from now. The winner (the one I will decide to include in the gallery) will receive a signed archival print of the chosen robot.
Rule #1: if you see already entered the robot you liked, then pick another one that has not been entered yet. There can be only one winner so if there are multiple entries of the same robot, I will only consider the first one who entered it.
Rule #2: this is GIANT ROBOTS week, so try to suggest giant robots (mostly from Japanese anime) instead of small robots (like C3PO, for example).
EDIT!!!
Rule #3: please enter only 1 suggestion/name. For multiple names in the same post, I will only consider the first one.
Rule #4: check the above chart to make sure your entry has not been named yet. Also: small robots will be in red and mostly likely not considered for the grand prize.

PRIZES! Since there are so many great suggestions, I am thinking to add a couple of extra prizes for runner-ups, randomly picked among all entries: the prize is a large archival print of the group shot of all entries (like the one above, insilhuetts, but compelted with allt he robots suggested during the week) :)
Same print will go to the winner as well, in addition to the single robot one.

Of course, please spread the news: the more the better :)

Alright, everyone is ready? GO! :)

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2010 Francesco Francavilla.

LOST Week: Daniel Faraday

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Hello my friends,

clearly I can't fit all the characters I wanna draw in one week, so I decided to make this a monthly feature.
We conclude this first LOST week with Daniel Faraday, another big favorite of mine :)

Hope you guys enjoy it and please spread the word: I know there are gazillions of LOST fans out there who would enjoy these :)

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2010 Francesco Francavilla.

LOST Week: Desmond Hume

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Hello my friends,

Here's Desmond Hume, AKA the "constant" (you know what I am talking about, do you? ;))
Hope ya like it and tune in tomorrow for more :)
Now please excuse me cause I feel a little dizzy ;)

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2010 Francesco Francavilla.