AVENGERS: Captain America & HARVEY Award Nominee

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Hello Pulp friends,

Taking a little break from the BReaking BAd posters cause it's July 4th and wanted to celebrate with this exclusive splash page I did for an Avengers project for Marvel showcasing Captain America kicking butts as usual :)
Will try to post the other 5 Avengers pages I did, featuring Iron Man, Hulk, Black Widow, Thor, and Hawkeye.

Also I wanted to share with y'all some more great award news: 


HARVEY AWARDS 2012

I am up for the prestigious Harvey Award in the Best Colorist category for my work on BLACK PANTHER (see below) in 2011!
A big Thank you to everyone who voted me for the award: I really appreciate it :)
And congrats to all the other nominees: many dear friends among them so I feel blessed to be in such great company :)


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From the Harvey Awards website:

"Final ballots are due to the Harvey Awards by Friday, August 17, 2012. Full details for submission of completed ballots can be found on the final ballot. Voting is open to anyone professionally involved in a creative capacity within the comics field. Final ballots are available for download at http://www.harveyawards.org/"


The ceremony will be held in Baltimore during the Baltimore Comic-Con as usual. Hope to see you guys there :)

Happt 4th of July, everyone! :)

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2012 Francesco Francavilla

And the winner is...

Hey guys,

The Academy Awards were on last night, but those were not the only awards being given yesterday: not too long before Oscar night started, I found out I won the 2011 Commie, the comic book Oscars of Geek Speak, for the Best Artist category!

BEST ARTIST: FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA
Francavilla’s dark pulpy art looks like Jack Kirby and Joe Kubert’s finest line work doused in orange neon and black shadows, moody yet oh so vibrant. Such sumptuous art elevated some equally awesome comics in 2011, most notably Detective Comics and Black Panther: The Man Without Fear, the latter written by San Antonio novelist David Liss.

I wanted to share it in here because, c'mon, a raygun shaped award has to be shared! :)

You can see all the other Commies winners here:

Thank you so much, guys, and pls allow me to publicly thank everyone who has been giving love and support to all my work in 2011, from my lovely wife to the publishers to the readers. Here's to hope you will enjoy my new work and new stories (have you pre-ordered The Black Beetle already? :)) in this new year as well. :)

Cheers,
Francesco

Black Panther MWF #524 - Spider Island!

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Hello guys,

I hope you pick up my latest Black Panther book: it's a fun roller-coaster special issue, tied into the SPider Island event (even if you can read it by itself without having read all the other books).
You can have a taste of the interior pages by clicking the large preview above.

And below you can see the whole process from layout/sketch to final lettered page (click on the image for bigger size).

Hope you enjoy the process and the read.:)

Cheers,
Francesco

SPIDER-ISLAND TIE-IN!

First it was American Panther, now it’s…Six-Armed Panther? The arachnid infection griping Manhattan hits T’Challa, but that doesn’t mean he’ll stop trying to protect Hell’s Kitchen!

And when Overdrive breaks into the quarantine zone, your friendly neighborhood Spider-Panther swings into a deadly race across the streets of New York City.

What has the Spidey villain stolen that’s worth smashing through a hero-protected border, and why is the lethal Lady Bullseye trying to keep him from getting back out?

Story by David Liss
Art by Francesco Francavilla
Letters by Joe Caramagna
Cover by Francesco Francavilla

Artwork © 2011 Francesco Francavilla.
All Characters ™ and © 2010 Marvel Characters, Inc. All rights reserved.


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Black Panther MWF #521 & #522 Preview

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Hello guys,

Black Panther Man Without Fear #522 is out today and as usual I have put together a little extra preview for you guys (click on the image above for real size version of it).
#522 is part 2 of the FEAR ITSELF tie-in, featuring one of the meanest villains of all, the Hate Monger, and Black Panther's new nemesis, American Panther.
If you missed 521 (preview below) pick that up too : fans and critics are all agreeing this is one of the best Black Panther stories yet, and you really don't need to know much about the Fear Itself event either to thoroughly enjoy this.
The conclusion of this mini arc will be on shelves next month: I guarantee you it's a highly entertaining read so don't miss it :)

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2011 Francesco Francavilla.
All Characters ™ and © 2010 Marvel Characters, Inc. All rights reserved.


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Black Panther MWF #518 Preview

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Hello guys,

Black Panther Man Without Fear #518 is out tomorrow and as usual I have put together a little extra preview for you guys (click on the image above for real size version of it).
#518 concludes this first arc (intrducing and featuring the new favorite villain Vlad the Impaler) and hints (in the last two pages) to things to come.

Hope you guys have enjoyed the read as much we did making this run and pls stay tuned for the HUNTER 2-issue story (out next month and drawn by Jefte Palo) and for the 3-issue FEAR ITSELF tie-in starting in July with me back on the interiors :)

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2011 Francesco Francavilla.
All Characters ™ and © 2010 Marvel Characters, Inc. All rights reserved.

Black Panther MWF #517 Preview & BP MWF News

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Hello guys,

After Jefte Palo's guest artist issue of Black Panther #516, I am back teaming up with David Liss and wrapping up the first arc of Black Panther Man Without Fear with issues 517 and 518.
Issue 517 is out today (see the exclusive preview above) and 518 has been already delivered to editorial and it will be out a month from now. These two issues are without doubts my best work on this title yet: lots of fun action and lots of revelation by David Liss that will have you say "I didn't see that coming" :)


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After 517 (out today) and 518 (out in May), Jefte Palo will be back for a 2-issue event that will see both Storm and Kraven the Hunter guesting on the title. These two issues, #519 & #520, will be both out in June.

I will be back on the book starting with issue 521 that will start a tie-in arc with the big MARVEL event FEAR ITSELF and will feature a new character I was lucky enough to be asked to design (cause it was lot of fun to design :)): AMERICAN PANTHER! (see above teaser released recently by MARVEL).
We will get to this in more details soon :) For now I hope you enjoy the teaser and - most of all - issue 517 in stores today :)

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2011 Francesco Francavilla.
All Characters ™ and © 2010 Marvel Characters, Inc. All rights reserved.

A little taste...

...of Black Panther to come: look for these in #517 :)

Also I take the opportunity to let you all know Black Panther TMWF #516 will feature talented guest artist Jefte Palo: please let's all give him a warm welcome to the Panther family :)

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2011 Francesco Francavilla.
All Characters ™ and © 2011 Marvel Characters, Inc. All rights reserved.

Black Panther MWF #515 Preview

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Hello guys,

Black Panther TMWF #515 will be in stores tomorrow, along with the below second printing edition of the now sold out #513 (the first of this new run)! The first 2 issues (513 and 514) have been acclaimed by both fans and critics and ranked in the top 50 best selling books in December and January.
Click on the above image for a 8 pages preview plus cover and find out why IGN lists every month Black Panther in their absolute must-buys.
Hope you like what you see here and hope you pick up a copy tomorrow:)

Here's MARVEL solicts for it:

For the fate of Hell's Kitchen: T'Challa vs. Vlad the Impaler in a desperate rooftop battle of wills, wits and fists! "Urban Jungle" heats up as Luke Cage guest-stars, friends fall, dark forces prepare to step from the shadows, and a dangerous conspiracy begins to unfold!

Story by David Liss
Art by Francesco Francavilla
Letters by Joe Caramagna
Cover by Simone Bianchi & Simone Peruzzi

Price: $2.99

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2011 Francesco Francavilla.
All Characters ™ and © 2010 Marvel Characters, Inc. All rights reserved.

Black Panther TMWF #514 Preview

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Hello guys,

Black Panther TMWF #514 is coming out tomorrow! The first issue of my and David's run has been so well received by fans and critics so I can't wait to hear from you all on this second issue.
Click on the above image for a 9 pages preview plus cover. Hope you like what you see here and hope you pick up the book this coming Wed :)

Here's MARVEL solicts for it:

Luke Cage guest stars as T'Challa's new adventure in NYC continues!

The former King of Wakanda has sworn to protect the mean streets of Hell's Kitchen, and while battling the mob is one thing, how does he stop a killer targeting innocent people?

It's a deadly game of cat-and-mouse, as T'Challa hunts ruthless new crime lord Vlad the Impaler, while Vlad concocts a desperate and bloody scheme to entrap the mysterious new vigilante that's ruining his plans.

T'Challa learns what it really means to be a man without fear.

Story by David Liss
Art by Francesco Francavilla
Cover by Simone Bianchi, Simone Peruzzi

Price: $2.99


Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2011 Francesco Francavilla.
All Characters ™ and © 2010 Marvel Characters, Inc. All rights reserved.

Happy New Year! (with sneak peeks!)

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Hello Friends,

I wanted to wish you all a Happy New Year! Hope it will be a helathy a good one for you all and your families :)

2011 looks like is gonna be another busy year for me (which is always a good thing, yes? ;)) so here's a little peek at what's coming in the first half of it. Hope you guys tune in all along and will enjoy most of it :)

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

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

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.