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

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

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

GARRISON: Double Spread!!! (with goggles)

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Hello guys,

issue 3 of GARRISON comes out tomorrow, so for GARRISON week I thought to share the orginal inks for the double spread that practically opens the issue.
Below you can see the colored version and tune in tomorrow for more GARRISON week (and - of course - don't forget to pick issue 3 up and help me spread the word :))

Cheers,
Francesco

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

GARRISON #6 Cover

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Hello guys,

Only a couple of days away from GARRISON #3 hitting the shelves, so I thought to share some more GARRISON love to convince you (if I needed to ;)) to help me spread the word about this mini co-created with Jeff Mariotte: all the love shown to Garrison is appreciated cause it will be like love shown to our baby :)
To start, here's a peek at the cover and solicitation for issue 6, in July's Previews.
If you remember, cover one had the white silhouette of Lester Garrison with a big question point: who's this guy?
Well, by issue 6, you should know quite abit more about him, so here's, in the same exact pose, but now fully revelead :)

GARRISON #5 (of 6) - JUL10 0229
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!

Written by JEFF MARIOTTE
Art and cover by FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA

Size: 32 Pages - Price: $2.99
On Sale September 22, 2010


Again, plese help me spread the good word out there, I really appreciate all your word of mouth help :)

Cheers,
Francesco

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

GARRISON #3 Preview

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Hello guys,

issue 3 of GARRISON is still 2 weeks away but I wanted to share with you a sneak peek at the cover and first 3 pages, which promise another adrenaline run for our guy with a cowboy hat (oh wait, better don't call him that way ;))

I will make sure to post a lettered preview when we get close to the release. Meanwhile I hope you enjoy this (click on the above image for a closeup look at the art) and help me spread the word out there about my and Jeff's little comic adventure here :)

Cheers,
Francesco

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

GARRISON #5 Cover preview

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Hello guys,

GARRISON #2 just came out this week and the first reviews seem to confirm the general consensus: this is GOOD story all around! :D
So why not pre-order issue 5 while you are at the store picking up issue 2? :)
Above is the cover for the penultimate chapter of this mini and here is the solicitation info:

GARRISON #5 (of 6) - JUN10 0251
Garrison finally gets answers to questions about his shadowy origins – answers that raise even more questions. Whether he'll live to put those answers to use is, of course, anybody's guess.

Written by JEFF MARIOTTE
Art and cover by FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA

Size: 32 Pages - Price: $2.99


And plese help me spread the word out there: this is my baby, you know :)

Cheers,
Francesco

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

GARRISON #2 is here!

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Hello guys,

issue 2 of GARRISON is coming out tomorrow and I thought to give 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! :)
Look for the below cover on the shelves tomorrow!

Cheers,
Francesco

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


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GARRISON is here!

Hello guys,

Yep, this above is me pimping the book ;)
GARRISON #1 is finally out: go and grab a copy and enjoy the read (or call the store and tell them to save you a copy if you can go today ;))
I really hope you guys dig the book: being a creator owned project for me, I have a special fond for it so I wish the book to do well :)
If you need more previews, just click on the images here and you'll get it :)

Thanks,
Francesco

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


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GARRISON Will Knock...

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... Your Socks Off!!! :)

with issue 3 being solicited in April Previews (you can see cover & solicitation also on the Wildstorm website), I thought to put together another little teaser (using actual panels from issue 3) of my new creator owned mini GARRISON coming out next month.
Hope you guys check the mini out and help me spread the word: this is gonna be a fun ride, I promise you.
And it's all done (I finished the mini in 2009) so you know you will get your fix monthly without interruptions :) You can't beat that! ;)

Cheers,
Francesco

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

Who Are You, GARRISON?

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Hello guys,

the first issue of my & Jeff Mariotte's upcoming new WILDSTORMmini is in this month Previews and you can pre-order it to make sure you egt a copy when it comes out in March.
Need some more reason to buy it? Hopefully the 2 pages above will be enough to tease you on this cool, action packed story.
Stay tuned for more previews, but meanwhile preorder GARRISON #1 next time you go to your local comicbook store :)

Thanks,
Francesco

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

Eye on Garrison

Writer extraordinaire Jeff Mariotte shells out some more info about our upcoming GARRISON mini at Wildstorm in this interview at Newsarama. Check it out!
Since one of the image posted is the cover for issue 2, I thought to share below a bit the WIP the went with it.
1) and 2) are the initial 2 layouts for the cover. Once decided to go with layout 2) I proceeded to do the inks and grayscale (3) and played a bit on the colors (4) .
The result is the cover in blue that you see above.
Hope you guys dig it :)

Cheers,
Francesco

All images © 2009 Francesco Francavilla.
GARRISON created by, ™ and © 2009 Jeff Mariotte & Francesco Francavilla - © 2009 Wildstorm - DC Comics

GARRISON is coming....

And he is bringing FIREWORKS!!! :D

You wanna see 'em? Then check the official preview of the GARRISON covers and artwork over at the Wildstorm Blog.
Other (great) news is that I will be doing some signings at the WS booth during SDCC in a couple of weeks, and we will be giving away big size postcards with the above teaser poster I just did for teasing about the upcoming mini.
So, if you plan to attend SD, make sure to stop by and say hi (and for those who can't, I am going to save a few postcards ;))

Now head to the WS blog and lemme know what you think of GARRISON :)

Have a great 4th July everyone :)

Cheers,
Francesco

All images © 2009 Francesco Francavilla.
GARRISON created by, ™ and © 2009 Jeff Mariotte & Francesco Francavilla - © 2009 Wildstorm - DC Comics

GARRISON

So, the news is finally out, even if was half hidden in a small blurb (about the recent Phoenix Con) on the Newsarama blog.
I can finally reveal what I have been working on since beginning of the new year (and still working on it as I type this): it's GARRISON, a creator-owned 6 issue mini from Jeff Mariotte and me that will published by Wildstorm pretty soon (I hope ;)).
The pitch? In Jeff's words: "It's a near-future action epic about the most dangerous man in the world, Lester Garrison, who happens to look like someone you'd find at the tractor pull on Friday night."

Jeff is not kidding when talking about action: I think it's the most action packed book I have drawn to date (and my past books had lots of action in them anyway), plus other cool, noirish, and hi-tech elements related to a colossal manhunt.
This book is anything but boring, I can promise you that :)

I can't show any of the artowrk yet, not until we get the ok to show by DC Comics, but you can trust me when I say this is gonna be a really fun ride :)

Cheers,
Francesco

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