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

Batman in Red

This morning warm up before getting on some Zorro pages. Plus it has been awhile since I drew this guy and I LOVE drawing this guy ;)

And speaking of what inspired Batman, tomorrow Zorro 15 is coming out: make sure to grab a copy, you will not regret it ;)

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2009 Francesco Francavilla.

Un Requiem per Santiago

And that's what happens when I need a break from the sequential pages ;)
Plus I really love that Danny Trejo guy :D
I wish I was really directing this movie: now that would be cool.

Click ont he image for a bigger poster.

Ok, back on Zorro now.

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork & "Un Requiem per Santiago" © 2009 Francesco Francavilla.

VIKING

Part of a larger illo I can't share as a whole yet. Hope you guys dig it nonetheless :)
As usual, click on the illo for a bigger view.

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2009 Francesco Francavilla.

SuperGirl

A recent commission and my very first time drawing this particular character :)

Cheers,
Francesco

All images © 2009 Francesco Francavilla.

... Today!

Continuation of yesterday post, considering today is the actual anniversary of the launch of Apollo 11.

Click on the image for a 1200x800px Desktop Wallpaper version of this image. :)

Cheers,
Francesco

All images © 2009 Francesco Francavilla.

40 years ago....

This month is the 40th anniversary of the first human Moon landing, and I couldn't let it pass without paying tribute to one of the mile stone of the science and space exploration.
Why we haven't returned to the Moon since those years is beyond my understanding ;)

Click on the image for a 1200x800px Desktop Wallpaper version of this image. :)

The image is the new top of the news page of my website: it hought it was fitting ;)

Cheers,
Francesco

All images © 2009 Francesco Francavilla.

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

Happy Canada Day

Happy CANADA Day to all Canadian (and not Canadian) friends out there!!!

Took inspiration from the 1942 version of Johnny Canuck, but if you know me that shouldn't come like a surprise ;)

Enjoy your Holiday, my friends :)

Cheers,
Francesco

All images © 2009 Francesco Francavilla.

You Need "PROOF"!

Here's a pinup I did for the special issue 25 of Alex Grecian's and Riley Rossmo's "PROOF" comicbook published by Image. Reccomended.

Cheers,
Francesco

Farewell, Michael...

(Click on the image for a bigger view)

I still remember when my dad bought us the very first hi-fi system with record player (NEC - Nippon Electric Company, or something like that). The store that sold me the system had also a huge selection of albums and audio tapes (yeah, that was before the CDs). So my dad said: "Pick two albums, now that you have that player". And I had no doubt about what to pick: Thriller and Off The Wall.

Farewell, Michael.

Francesco

FAIRLANE!

Hi guys,

with the movie coming out this week I was in a Transformers state of mind last night and did a quick take on another classic car (after the Mustang SHelby of few months ago). So please allow me to introduce you to my Transformers version of a classic 1966 Ford Fiarlane :)

Click on the images for a bigger view.

Cheers,
Francesco

Black Beetle @ Heroes!

Hello guys,

I wanted just to let you all know that I am gonna be at Heroes Conthis weekend, and I will have some BB goodies.

I am printing a limited (numbered and signed) 100 copies of the very first Black Beetle ashcan, "No Way Out" (that's the title of the first arc).
It contains the first 5 sequential pages (which you have seen on Pulp Sunday) and a sketchbook section with lots of concepts and illos. The ashcan is limited to 100 copies and I will only bring part of those to Heroes, so I will have a few more for Dragon Con and SDCC and some to sell online to those interested.
The book is fully colored, tip to toe, has 12 pages plus inside covers, and measures approx. 7.5x10.75" (magazine size). You can see the front cover above and the interior front cover below.
All books come with a quick Black Beetle sketch (when purchased from me - I am planning to send some to a few stores without sketch) in the inside back cover (I create a space there for this purpose).
Those who are interested please email me using the contact button via my website.

Other goodies are large prints, 11.7x16.5" & 13x19", archival ink on archival paper, of the cover/movie poster above (email for rates if interested), and other items like the mousepads and shirts which are also available on Zazzle and CafePress (that's where I ordered mine ;)).
Cafe Press
Zazzle
Check Pulp SUnday for pricing info.

Of course, if you are going to be at Heroes, feel free to stop by even if just to say hi :)
See you there tomorrow!!! :)

Cheers,
Francesco




All images © 2009 Francesco Francavilla.
BLACK BEETLE & COLT CITY created by, ™ and © 2009 Francesco Francavilla

Mad Doctors!!!

Hello my firends,

I wanted to let you know I am having a Mad Doctors Week over at Pulp Sunday: every day, all week long, I will be tributing some famous (or infamous ;)) mad scientist from classic horror and sci-fi movies. It's good stuff and it's in the name of Science (gone awfully wrong ;)) so feel free to check it out if you have spare time and you used to love (or hate) those biology classes :)

Today we feature Dr Paul Rigas from "Man Made Monster" (1941).

Cheers,
Francesco

All images © 2009 Francesco Francavilla.
Mad Doctors & Pulp Sunday created by, ™ and © 2009 Francesco Francavilla

Memorial Day

To celebrate today's holiday, here's a pinup I did for the upcoming GRUNTS TPB by Denton, Giffen, Jacobs, and Spikes.

Cheers,
Francesco

Terminator Fire

All these trailers on tv are putting me in a Terminator state of mind ;)
With the movie airing this week in the theaters, I had to do something and I have the feeling there will be more T-art in the next days ;)

Cheers,
Francesco

American Idol 2009

As you may know by now, Last week I was in charge of the animated part of the Ford video with the Idols on the Wed evening result show. Many many hours of work for turning the 3 animations in time before the show aired in prime time, and all was delivered in time thanks also to the help of my good friend (and veteran animator) Steve Gordon.

For those who missed the video last week, here are a couple of links where you can watch the making of and the final aired video.
- making of the video
- video
I am also posting some in-progress work to show what is behind some of the animation work done last week.

Hope you all dig it and be sure to tune in on Fox this evening and tomorrow to find out who is American Idol 2009.

Cheers,
Francesco

Star Trek: Dr McCoy

Hello,

after wrapping up the American Idol week, I finally had time to draw the last piece of my Star Trek tribute: Dr McCoy. And below you can see the sum of all the pieces.
Hope you enjoyed the gallery of portrait and will enjoy the result puzzle as well :)

Cheers,
Francesco

Star Trek: LT Sulu

The third portrait of this series is dedicated to George Takei as USS Enterprise Lieutenant Hikaro Sulu.

Part 3 of 4. One more to go ;)

Cheers,
Francesco

Star Trek: Capt. Kirk

ANd here's William Shatner in his younger years as Capt of the USS Enterprise James T. Kirk.

You can clearly start to see a pattern here ;)

Part 2 of 4.

Cheers,
Francesco

Start Trek: Mr Spock

With the imminent release of the new movie right behind the corner, I decided to take a look at the original cast members, starting with our beloved Vulcan :)

Part 1 of 4.

Cheers,
Francesco

Pioneer Times!

I just realized I have been pushing a bit on the horror side in these latest posts ;)
To show I am still a nice guy (and not a creepy one ;)) here's some layouts for a little story I am doing for young kids. :D

Yes, I am that soft and cute inside ;)

CHeers,
Francesco

GUTWRENCHER!

Here's a pinup I just did for the upcoming TPB of Denton & Niles' scary and creepy creation.

CHeers,
Francesco

28 Weeks Later

Back from the FX show (good to see you, Craig! :)) and starting on a very busy week but I wanted to say hi and share this quickie inspired by the 28 weeks later music playing on my radio.

Cheers,
Francesco

P.S> Click on the images for bigger versions.

A Very Special Easter EGG

...for a very Happy Easter, everyone! :)

CHeers,
Francesco

MAX MALONE Vs BLACK BEETLE

Hi guys,

for those who don't check my other blog, Pulp Sunday, I am running a little poll to decide which one of my creations is gonna get my very first webcomic treatment: Black Beetle or Max Malone. Both characters have a very strong pulp influence, but hopefully they will also have some original touch to it.
To know more (and to cast your vote) click on the Pulp Sunday link on the right of the screen (or click here).
Te above is just a teaser I did today for Max Malone.

Cheers,
Francesco

Click on the teaser image above for the colored, bigger version.

EXTERMINATE!!!

Just a morning non-sense warmup before getting started on some more pages ;)
I guess I am calling this one... MODEK? :)

Cheers,
Francesco

P.S> Click on the images for bigger versions.

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

Click on the teaser image above for the colored, bigger version.

MOD-OCK!!!

Just some craziness done for the March Modok Madness.
Thanks to the good Pedro for inviting me to join the fun :)

Cheers,
Francesco

P.S> Click on the image for bigger version.

Fire Rides With Me!

No, it's not the new Twin Peaks movie (even if that would be cool ;)).
Just taking a break and having fun in between sequential pages. :D

Cheers,
Francesco

P.S> Click on the images for bigger versions.

Wolverine and the X-Men

Since today it's Friday and it's the day when, each week, there is a new episode of WOlverine and the X-Men on NToon (8 pm), I thought to share some of the work I did as storyboard artist on this animated series. In particular I am sharing a bit of my process below and will share actual boards once some of the episodes have aired on tv (I don't want to spoil any of the stories ;))
Once again I want to thank my good friend and wonderful director Steve Gordon for letting me part of this successful series, which I warmly suggest you to watch if you aren't watching it already ;)

Cheers,
Francesco

The One

Please don't ask ;) :P

Cheers,
Francesco

American Idol

The most watched show on TV is gonna kick start a new season next week (tonight and tomorrow night there is the selection of the remaining 6 of the 12 contestants running for the title this season), so I thought to share some of the work I did for last season show.


As some of you know, during the result show every week they run a video/commercial of Ford with the Idols. One of the videos, last year, was about a comic artist (one of the idols) whose pages were coming alive, and the producers asked me to provide all the comic artwork that appears in that video. You can imagine my reaction when I heard that my artwork was going to air in prime time, on national television, seen by millions of Americans: very excited and also a bit scared ;)
Anyhow you can see the video here , on my website, and attached to this post you can see some of the artwork produced for the video (I did around 10 full pages of comics plus concept art and animations).

Cheers,
Francesco

FIRE!!!

Hi guys,

And here is the color version that will be in the book: I really wanted to play on the "fire" element so I hope I succeded in my intentions. Again, a big THANKS to Andy for inviting me to contribute to his awesome Firebreather :)

Next up (Tomorrow): AMERICAN IDOL!!!! :D

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

"FireBreather" Pinup

Hi guys,

Sorry for the long hiatus, but I had to wrap up the Scalped issue (delivered more than a week ago) and the third issue of my WIldstorm new mini (can't wait to tell you more about it), so I have been busy making some funnies ;)

Meanwhile I also took a little time to do this little pinup for my good friend and brother Andy Kuhn and his Firebreather (the pinup will appear in the upcoming trade collecting the first issues of this awesome Image series).
And below the starting sketch, for those who like the process stuff.
Colors coming soon.

Keep an eye on this blog as I am planning to post something everyday this week, to make up for the lack of posts in Feb :)

Cheers,
Francesco

Friday the 13th! Jason and Me ;)

Hi guys,

I wanted to let you know a fun interview to me went up today on Mania.com thanks to the good Rob Worley, who had the great idea to ask to several artists to provide their take on our beloved Jason, and asked a few questions to go with the art.
The interview/art gallery started on Feb 1 and it has been a countdown to today premiere of the new Friday the 13th movie.
Feel free to check the mine and the aother artists interview here :)

Cheers and happy Friday the 13th!
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