XMEN First Class & EAGLE Award!

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Hello my friends,

I wanted share with you all the above minimalist poster art (done after watching X-Men First Class for the third time -such a great superhero movie - and tributing one of my favorite sequences) and some really GREAT news!


EAGLE AWARDS 2012

I was informed I won the EAGLE Award for the Best New Artist category!  :)
I feel honored and humbled to be rewarded with such a prestigious award. Thank you all for voting me and for the continuing love and support: I really appreciate it :)
And congrats to all the other winners and all the nominees: many good friends among them and they are all winners to my eyes :)

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2012 Francesco Francavilla

The Black Beetle, Near Death, and Smoke & Mirrors

Hello my firends,

it's comics day and I have a few suggestions for you :)

First: DARK HORSE PRESENTS #12, which not only offers a great variety of stories from some of the best talents in the industry, it also has the second chapter of my BLACK BEETLE's NIGHT SHIFT story. Head on the Black Beetle blog or Pulp Sunday to check out a 3-pg preview :)

Also out today: NEAR DEATH #7 (Image) by Jay Faerber and Simone Guglielmini and SMOKE AND MIRRORS #3 (IDW) by Mike Costa and Ryan Browne, both of which are really good reads and come with a cover of mine :)

Happy reading!

Cheers,
Francesco

Star Trek TNG - Doctor Who ~ Assimilation 2

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Hey guys,

as you all know, I am a HUGE fan of DOCTOR WHO (remember the minimalist posters I have done for the last season?) so you can imagine how happy I was when IDW asked me to do a variant cover for their STAR TREK TNG - DOCTOR WHO crossover titled ASSIMILATION 2.

The result is the cover above (click on it for the bigger view)

This issue is out in August and it's available now for pre-orders. 

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Launching in May, STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION/DOCTOR WHO: ASSIMILATION2 will feature fan-favorite villains the Borg and the Cybermen as they create an unholy alliance resulting in potential disaster for all humanity. Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise find themselves joining forces with the Doctor and his companions, with the fate of the galaxy hanging in the balance.

This eight-issue series will be written by Scott and David Tipton, the authors of critically acclaimed Star Trek: Infestation, with a helping hand from longtime Doctor Who writer Tony Lee, and will feature fully painted artwork by J.K. Woodward (Fallen Angel). ~~

Hope you guys dig the cover :)

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2012 Francesco Francavilla

RESURRECTION MAN #12 Cover Art

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Hey guys,

I am happy to reveal my cover for DC Comics' RESURRECTION MAN #12

Here's the solicits: 
Written by DAN ABNETT and ANDY LANNING
Art by JESUS SAIZ
Cover by FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA
On sale AUGUST 8 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T+
• Mitch meets the person who's been pulling the strings of his misfortunes since issue #1!

And speaking of DC, in particular of VERTIGO, I can also finally reveal I am doing a variant cover for the excellent AMERICAN VAMPIRE, the critically acclaimed and award winning series from my friends Scott Snyder and Rafael Albuquerque.
Will share the cover as soon as I can :)

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2012 Francesco Francavilla