A PostCard From Prairie Rose

A little card I just put together for my good friend and talented writer Jason Aaron.
Buon Compleanno, amico mio :)

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2010 Francesco Francavilla.

SCALPED: High Lonesome TPB

High Lonesome, the 5th chapter of Jason Aaron's and RM Guera's beutiful noir book "SCALPED", comes out today in the stores. Those of you that follow this blog, now that I was kindly asked to be a guest artist on issue 27, telling the back story of FBI Agent Baylis E. Nitz.

To celebrate the trade (and just because I LOVE drawing me some SCALPED ;)) I did this pinup. It was supposed to be a quick sketch but it got a little out of my hands (as usual happens ;)).

Ok, now close the computer and go buy Vertigo's "High Lonesome" :)

Cheers,
Francesco

Flashback!!!

And speaking of Scalped and work process, here's the "making of" page 4, a very important flashback as you will discover when the whole book is in your hands ;)
Click on the image for a bigger version.

Cheers,
Francesco

The Making of Scalped

Hi guys,

I thought to share the process of Scalped page 1 for those of you who enjoy the making-of or who like this book :)
First I do a quick sketch for the page. Once approved I pencil the page on the official board and then ink it. I managed to take a (very poorly made) photo of the inking stage (below).
Hope you enjoy it since I am planning to show another couple of pages (if I get the OK to do so ;))

Please Click on the images to see them bigger.

Cheers,
Francesco

The Ballad of Baylis Earl Nitz

Hi guys,

I am working on Scalped, as mentioned some time ago, and decided to put together this promo/teaser about the story that you will be reading in March/April on issue 27. Once again, many many thanks to Jason Aaron to let me play a bit with this beautiful title :)

Cheers,
Francesco

SCALPED!!!

I want to share a great news with you all: I was lucky enough to be invited to illustrate an issue of Scalped (#27), the critically acclaimed series created by Jason Aaron and R.M.Guera and published by DC Vertigo. I have been fan of this series since day one so you can imagine how excited I am to draw one of the stories written by the talented and Southern friend Jason. For those of you who are not familiar with this title, it's one of the top noir, gritty book out there (the other being Criminal by Brubaker and Phillips). I greatly suggest to hunt down the trades if you guys haven't got on this book already.
While waiting to show some preview pages, I hope you enjoy the promo art above.

Cheers and all the best to you all in 2009!
Francesco