Sammina "Bellella" Francavilla

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It's a sad day for us: our 17 year old cat Sam has left us to go to kitties heaven.
She has been with my wife since she was born and with me for 10 years now.
I am gonna miss her coming by at noon, in my office, reminding me it was lunch time with a couple of miaow and a WTF look if I wasn't getting up and go to get us all some lunch.

You have been good to us, Sammina, and we will miss you greatly.


Francesco & Lisa

Photo © 2010 Francesco Francavilla.

The Return of SITHursday!

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It's Thursday and had fun tackling this guy again, so - dedicated to LucasFilm, Dark Horse, and all the Star Wars fans - I give you SITHursday again :)

Maybe one day I will see this character design I created put to use: now that would be cool :)

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2010 Francesco Francavilla.

More MM...

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More about this guy. Hopefully I will eb able to reveal his story soon :)

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork & Character Design © 2010 Francesco Francavilla.

A New Villain...

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Can't say too much about this yet.
I hope you "like" it anyway ;)

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2010 Francesco Francavilla.

HAWKMAN!

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It is HAWKMAN week at Comic Twart so after offering my tribute the other day (see below), I felt inspired to do another piece, above, more some sort of portrait/closeup this time.
Hope you guys enjoy it as much as I did drawing it :)

Cheers,
Francesco

All Artwork © 2010 Francesco Francavilla.

That Thing...

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Just a little piece of a larger picture that will be revelead a little later ;)

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2010 Francesco Francavilla.

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

Chris' Basement

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I could't help to do this quick vignette after reading the recent TWITTER posts of my good friend and super talented artist Chris Samnee :)
Click on the image at your risk (no worries, Safe for Work ;))

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2010 Francesco Francavilla.

SITHursday

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If Dark Horse says that this is Sithursday, then Sithursday is ;)

Hope you dig this quickie :)

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2010 Francesco Francavilla.

Hulk Smash!

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Inspired by the recent PC issues, here's something I doodled while dealing with multiple drivers installations and incompatibilities.
It kinda reflects my mood of the past few days ;)

Cheers,
Francesco

* maybe I will sneak in a couple of more superheroes this week, not sure yet ;)


Artwork © 2010 Francesco Francavilla.

Super Olympics: Black Racer

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Thanks to Jack Kirby's fantastic imagination, I am closing* this edition of Super (Winter) Olypics (while the closing ceremonies is still fresh in our minds) with a character that uses the ski gears for real in his adventures: the Black Racer!

Cheers,
Francesco

* maybe I will sneak in a couple of more superheroes this week, not sure yet ;)


Artwork © 2010 Francesco Francavilla.

Super Olympics: Wolverine

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What happens when you go from desktop to laptop? You get comfortable, that's it ;)
So, a little late, here's today Super Winter Olympics Hero: Wolverine!

Of course, speaking of Logan, this is also a tribute to the host of the current Winter Olympics: VIVA CANADA!!! :D

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2010 Francesco Francavilla.

Super Olympics: Punisher

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Been having some PC issue in the last couple of days, but I managed to finish this with my laptop and finally post it.

Who better than Frank Castle to do a perfect biathlon? ;)
Hope you dig'it :)

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2010 Francesco Francavilla.

Super Olympics: Fantastic Four

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Ladies and Gentlemen, today's Super (Winter) Olympics present you: The Fantastic Four! :D
Hope you dig'em :)

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2010 Francesco Francavilla.

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

Super Olympics: Silver Surfer and GALACTACUS

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Celebrating the Winter Olympics going on in Vancouver these days, I decided to freshen up and add some colors to this Super Olympics series I did during the last Winter Olympics.
Planning to add some new pieces as well, so to have a recurring tradition and increase the gallery each time :)
To start, Silver Surfer snowboarding on GALACTACUS :)

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2010 Francesco Francavilla.

Batman Vs The Duck Squadron!

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Alright, we KNOW you WANT to read this story, right? ;)
Paul Tobin and I are collecting signatures for make this happen: I have been told that 50,000 signatures would be enough to convince DC Comics to give us the green light. ;)
So, sign in and leave your name here below this post and tell to your friends and family. Only 50,000, c'mon, we can make this dream tale happen :D ;)

EDIT!!! Wow, I wasn't expecting this kinda of response! :) Thank you, everyone, I almost feel I have to draw the first page if we get to 100 signatures already... ;)

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2010 Francesco Francavilla.

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.

CyGirl

This is my contribution to the "Monsters & Dames" Charity Artbook 2010 the fine folks put out every year for ECCC.
And since I don't remember if I announced it yet, let me make it more official: I will be attending the EMERALD CITY COMIC CON as a guest this year - it's my first time at ECCC and in Seattle so I am really looking forward to it :)

In other news, the Twitter jam I was partecipating to (RONIN) turned out in a Comic jam art blog, called Comic Twart. So far there are 15 of us who will jam on a specific character each week (this week the topic was ZORRO).
Feel free to check it out: some good stuff in there :)

Cheers,
Francesco

CyGirl & Artwork © 2010 Francesco Francavilla.

RONIN!

Marvel's RONIN, part of a Ronin jam with a group of friends on TWITTER.
Nice little break from some layout I really need to get back to ;)

CHeers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2010 Francesco Francavilla.

Cullen Bunn's "EPIC"!

My good friend and uber-talented writer Cullen Bunn posted this on his blog today.

Needless to say I felt inspired to tackle his EPIC SNAKE ORACLE :D

CHeers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2010 Francesco Francavilla.

Happy Birthday, Elvis!

Today he would be 75 and I bet he would be still rocking da house :)
Happy Birthday, Elvis.

Cheers,
Francesco

(above, a 9x12" inkwash commission I did back in 2005 off a reference photo of the King)


Artwork © 2009 Francesco Francavilla.

Charlotte MiniCon 2010

Hello everyone! :D
Sorry for the lack of posts but I have been cut out of the Internet (service) for the last week. Thankfully everything is back to normal (and I hope I am not gonna experience another web withdrawal for the next 5 years... at least! ;)

Anyhow I wanted to share this news right away with you all due to the short turnaround (or notice). I have been invited by the good friends of Heroes Aren't Hard To Find (the organizers of the wonderful HeroesCon) to be featured guest at their one day show Charlotte MiniCon this coming January 23rd and I enthusiastically accepted the invitation (as I love them and I always welcome chances to interact with friends and fans).
Above you see a little poster I quickly put together yesterday that will give you all the info you need. You can read more details about the show on their blog too.
Hope to see some of you there, if you live in the area or are close by Charlotte.

I will keep you updated on other upcoming shows I will be attending (East and West Coast) soon.
Meanwhile let me wish you all the best for this 2010! :)

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2009 Francesco Francavilla.

A "Brown" Xmas

This is a result of a little silly misunderstanding (followed by a bet) with Evan Shaner on Twitter ;)

Marry Xmas from Charlie Brown (and me) :)

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2009 Francesco Francavilla.

The Water of Mars

Guess what I watched on TV last night ;)
What a wonderful Dr Who episode and another stunning performance by David Tennant! I HAD to draw this (see below) while watching the show and later I threw some digi color on it. (above)
Hope you guys dig it.

Cheers,
Francesco

Sesame St. 40th Ann. - Mr Snuffleupagus

A new Sesame St. tribute, a new "click & reveal" post ;).
Click here to "reveal" the invisible Mr Snuffleupagus :)

Cheers,
Francesco

Sesame St. 40th Ann. - Oscar the Grouch

So where's Oscar, you might be askin'. To find out, click here - it was the only way to show this (you'll see why when you get there :))

Cheers,
Francesco

Sesame St. 40th Ann. - Big Bird

Next up Big Bird!
Lots of scrolling on this one ;)

Tune all this week, every day, for a new Sesame St tribute :)

Cheers,
Francesco

Tabatha Taking Over...

I was working on some zorro layouts last night and watching TV and Tabatha was on with her new season on BRAVO (kinda "Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares" but with salons), and I couldn't help to draw her: she has such a characteristic face :)
So she took over my layouts... and the salon she had to fix ;)

Caricatures is a kinda new territory for me so I hope you dig it the same.

Cheers,
Francesco

Edit: here's a colored (and slightly revised) version:

Sesame St. 40th Ann. - Cookie Monster

Well, the 40th Anniversary celebrations are on so I couldn't resist to join in, especially considering the subject matter :D
To start, the Cookie Monster!

Tune all this week, every day, for a new Sesame St tribute :)

Cheers,
Francesco

In the Neck of the Woods

Hi guys,

I am still in the Halloween state of mind, so... ;)
Click on the image for the cinemascope version :)

Cheers,
Francesco

GEN13 in ACTION!!!

Hi guys,

As promised, here's the other GEN13 jam piece done with Steve.
I had a little more fun with this, as you can see ;)
Hope you guys dig it :)

As usual, click on the image for the bigger size.

Cheers,
Francesco

Greetings from La Jolla

Hi guys,

I was able to finish the inks and colors on this collaboration piece with Steven E Gordon right before my pc crashed. Luckily I was also smart enough to back up all files :P
Anyhow, here's the final piece in its entirity. Hope you guys dig it.

I am working on another jam piece with Steve, so stay tuned for more :)

As usual, click on the image for the bigger size.

Cheers,
Francesco

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

GEN 13: Caitlin Fairchild

Every now and then I like to ink someone else pencils, and when that someone else is a really good friend like Steve Gordon (check his website in the link list on the right) then the fun is doubled! :D

After a Batman and a Superman already in our collaboration can, now it's the turn to give some love to the GEN 13 team of young superheroes. To start: Caitlin Fairchild, a very strong young lady indeed :)

More on the way.

Cheers,
Francesco

The Vampire Book

A few months back I was asked by Dorling Kindersley to provide 9 illos about specific vampires from all around the world, and this is one of those. I am showing all the process above (click on the illo for larger view), from rough to color (actually they needed just the b/w inks, the colors are something I added later for fun Wink) for those who like to take a peek at the making of.
Hope you guys dig it.

The book is "The Vampire Book", hardcover, 96 pages packed with tons of photos and illos, and it's available on the DK website (among other bookstores and online places). I just got my comps and it looks awesome! :)

Cheers,
Francesco

Mr Incredible!!!

It's not snowing out there (see my previous post RAIN ;)) but I felt inspired to draw some snow anyway ;)

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2009 Francesco Francavilla.

RAIN

Partially inspired by the cloudy morning here.

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2009 Francesco Francavilla.

9.9.9.

"9.9.9., what have you DONE?"

Inspired by today's date ;)

Cheers,
Francesco

9.9.9. created by & © 2009 Francesco Francavilla.
Artwork © 2009 Francesco Francavilla.

CRAP!

I am also a big fan of Hellboy (as many of you may know already) so this morning warm up was about the BIG RED :)
The fact that Mike Mignola is gonna be tomorrow at Dragon*Con in artist alley (where I am set up) might be another reason of why I drew this ;)

As usual, click on the image for a bigger view.

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2009 Francesco Francavilla.

The SuperDevil!!!

I am a big fan of "Family Guy" and one of the funniest episodes is when Stewie is believed to be possessed and the Griffins are forced to flee in Texas.
One of the best bits of the episode is when we are introduced to the SuperDevil. "The SuperDevil is at least 6 inches taller (than the regular Devil), he seems to have a flying motorcycle and a jar of marmelade that is believed to force you to commit adultery" :D
Here's my version of this guy ;)

As usual, click on the image for a bigger view.

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2009 Francesco Francavilla.

FOLLOW ME...

Yep, I too finally joined in that big social phenomenon that is TWITTER. It has been few days already and so far it's not eating too much of my time: planning to keep it that way ;)

Feel free to check it out here if you have some spare time like I do ;)

As usual, click on the image for a bigger view.

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2009 Francesco Francavilla.

The Marvel-Disney Universe!

I just read about the news and had to do this right away (really couldn't resist ;))
I may do more if I get chance: these were fun!

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2009 Francesco Francavilla.

The Completely Unnecessary Marvel Comics 70th Anniversary Graphic Novel Cover Meme

The awesome Stuart Immonen started this cover meme on his blog.

In brief: you pick a random cover from the Marvel inventory and, based on a word form that cover, a random pic from Flickr and come up with a fictional cover for a contemporary novel.
All details and accurate instructions can be found on Stuart's blog.

Since I too should be focusing on actual work, I decided to join in and this is the result (based on the below Cage cover from 1992).

Ok, back to work now ;)

Cheers,
Francesco