ARCHIE Meets KISS pt.1 (#627 Var Cover)

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Hey guys,

the first issue of ARCHIE Meets KISS quadrilogy is in store tomorrow, and that means you can also pick up the first of the 4 variant covers I did for it, the one you can see here above :D
I already mentioned this, but let me repeat it: I had TONS of fun working on these covers, and I hope it shows in the art :)

Here's the solicits for ARCHIE #627:

“Archie Meets KISS Part 1: Riverdale Rock City.” The biggest band in rock history invades Riverdale! When the Archies find their town overrun by monsters because of a spell gone wrong, can the KISS gang save the day? Find out in part one of this four-part epic featuring KISS!

Script: Alex Segura
Art: Dan Parent
Cover by Dan Parent
Variant cover by Francesco Francavilla
32-page, full color comic, $2.99

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2011 Francesco Francavilla

Captain America and Bucky #625 Preview

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Hello Friends,

Here's a 3 pages early preview of my first issue on Captain America and Bucky, #625 out on December 28 (exactly a month from now :))

Hope you guys will pick this up: working on the next issues right now and Brubaker and Asmus have cooked quite a story for our heroes :)

Here's is the solicits for #625 again:

CAPTAIN AMERICA & BUCKY #625
Written by Ed Brubaker & James Asmus
Pencils & Cover by Francesco Francavilla

• The original Human Torch guest-stars as Captain America teams up with Bucky in the present day… for the first time?!
• Rising stars James Asmus and Francesco Francavilla join Eisner award winner Ed Brubaker for a rollicking adventure into the future of the star-spangled Avenger’s past!
• Brand new arc! Easy jumping on point!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2011 Francesco Francavilla

Dr WHO - "The Landing" & "Guess Who"

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Hi guys,

48 years ago, on Nov 23rd, the Tardis took off for first time, in glorious B/W.
To celebrate, here's a couple of Doctor WHO's offering.

The first, titled "The Landing" is just an exercise on cinemascope and horizontal scrolling - click on the image above and you'll see what I mean :)

The second, below, titled "Guess WHo", is a jam piece I did with my uber-talented friend Dan McDaid: you can see his pencils here.

Happy Birthday, Doctor Who! :)

Cheers,
Francesco


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BATMAN: The Black Mirror HC

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Hello Friends,

It's finally here, the BLACK MIRROR hardcover collecting all the 11 Detective Comics issues of the year long run by Scott Snyder, Jock, David Baron, and me, including the 2 inital Gordon co-feature stories and a big 20-pages long section with extra material like concepts, design, layouts, and sample of the original script.

In the image above - From top to bottom:

* front cover
* front dustjacket
* back dustjacket
* Credits Page
* Extras/WIP material pages

I was going to list a series of quotes and reviews, but I want to keep it short so I am summarizing it all with: everyone agree this is one of the best Batman and Commissioner Gordon stories in decades! :)

SO what are you waiting for? Go to the shop (or online) and pick this up - you will not regret it, I promise :)

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2011 Francesco Francavilla

DEXTER 6.03 - "Smokey and the Bandit"

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Hey guys,

here's the episode 3 of Season 6 of DEXTER, titled "Smokey and the Bandit", featuring the "Tooth Fairy Killer".
Hope you guys dig it and tune in for more all week long :)

Disclaimer: my posters are SPOILER FREE but, of course, if you have seen the episode you might enjoy them more :)

Cheers,
Francesco

DEXTER 6.02 - "Once Upon a Time..."

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Hey guys,

Continuing my minimalist approach to create lobby card for each episode of the new DEXTER season, here's the episode 2, titled "Once Upon a Time... ", which introduces Brother Sam. Stay tuned for more all week long :)

Disclaimer: my posters are SPOILER FREE but, of course, if you have seen the episode you might enjoy them more :)

Cheers,
Francesco

DEXTER 6.01 - "Those Kinds of Things"

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Hey guys,

As you may know, huge fan of Showtime's coolest serial killers killer DEXTER here, so when I finally started to watch the new episodes of season 6 (which I carefully DVRed in the past few weeks), I decided to do minimalist posters for each episode, just like I did with Doctor Who.

SO here's the first one, titled "Those Kinds of Things", and expect to see these more often since we are already 8 episodes into this season.
As usual my posters are SPOILER FREE but, of course, if you have seen the episode you might enjoy them more :)

Cheers,
Francesco

Cap-killer Androids! (aka Captain America & Bucky #627 Cover)

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Hello Friends,

above is my cover for CAPTAIN AMERICA & BUCKY #627, out in February. It doesn't get more fun than have Cap fighting an army of androids ::

To know more about this arc, you can also check out the interview with co-writer James Asmus just posted on the official MARVEL website.

And here's the solicits for this issue:

CAPTAIN AMERICA & BUCKY #627
Written by Ed Brubaker & James Asmus
Pencils & Cover by Francesco Francavilla

• Captain America versus an army of Cap-killer androids!
• Adam II reborn… with new powers and deadlier than ever!
• Cap’s life in the hands of… the elderly former Bucky Fred Davis?!

32 PGS./Rated T+ $2.99

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2011 Francesco Francavilla

AVENGERS! Captain America, Hawkeye, Iron Fist

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Hi guys,

here's another set of my Not-At-NYCC sketches.
Hope you guys enjoy them and pls keep an eye on my blogs (follow them, feed, etc) cause I do plan to do this again in the near future: my blogs are the places where I will announce it.

Today's offering: Marvel's CAPTAIN AMERICA, HAWKEYE and IRON FIST :D

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2011 Francesco Francavilla

Doctor Fate & Dr Who's The Weeping Angels

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Hi guys,

more of my Not-At-NYCC sketches: I amsharing them with you all in here and on Pulp Sunday all week long.
Hope you guys enjoy them and pls keep an eye on my blogs (follow them, feed, etc) cause I do plan to do this again in the near future: my blogs are the places where I will announce it.

Today's offering: DC Comics' DOCTOR FATE and BBC's Doctor Who's WEEPING ANGELS :D

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2011 Francesco Francavilla

Apocalypse & James Gordon JR.

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Hi guys,

now that I am done with my Not-At-NYCC sketches, I am gonna share then with you all in here and on Pulp SUnday all week long.
Hope you guys dig 'em and def keep an eye on my blogs (follow them, feed, etc) cause I do plan to do this again in the near future and my blogs are the places where I will announce it.

To start, here's Marvel's APOCALYPSE and one of my babies (and one of the creepiest villains of all), DC's James Gordon JR. :D

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2011 Francesco Francavilla

Ultimate Marvel VS CapCom 3 Promo Art

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Hello Friends,

I can finally share this sweet piece I did for MARVEL & CAPCOM in relation to the release of the videogame. Frist time I had to deal with so many characters all together on a cover, but it was FUN :)
Hope you guys dig it :)

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2011 Francesco Francavilla

Captain America VS Bucky! (#Cap&Bucky #626 Cover)

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Hello Friends,

above is my cover for CAPTAIN AMERICA & BUCKY #626, out in January. As you can see, things get serious :) Can't wait to start sharing some interior pages too.

To know more about this arc, you can also check out the interview with co-writer James Asmus just posted on the official MARVEL website.

And here's the solicits for this issue:

CAPTAIN AMERICA & BUCKY #626
Written by Ed Brubaker & James Asmus
Pencils & Cover by Francesco Francavilla

• Captain America battles Bucky Barnes!
• Who is this uncanny twin to Cap’s first sidekick, and where did he come from?
• The deadly legacy of the original Human Torch and the mad android Adam II revealed!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2011 Francesco Francavilla

CAPTAIN AMERICA & BUCKY Teaser Poster

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Hello Friends,

I've been working on the interiors for my first Cap America & Bucky issue (#625) so I decided to put together a little teaser poster (above) with the pre-order code. If needed, you guys can print this, bring it to your local comic shop and help spreading the word & make sure as many people as possible pre-order this.
It's a fun story from those talented Brubaker and Asmus fellas (and me ;)) and can't wait for you all to read it (in December :))

Cheers,
Francesco

CAPTAIN AMERICA & BUCKY #625
Written by Ed Brubaker & James Asmus
Pencils & Cover by Francesco Francavilla

• The original Human Torch guest-stars as Captain America teams up with Bucky in the present day… for the first time?!
• Rising stars James Asmus and Francesco Francavilla join Eisner award winner Ed Brubaker for a rollicking adventure into the future of the star-spangled Avenger’s past!
• Brand new arc! Easy jumping on point!

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99
Pre-order code OCT11 0636

Artwork © 2011 Francesco Francavilla

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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Not-at-NYCC Sketches

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As you might know by now, I had to cancel my attendance to NYCC this week due to workload. It's a bit of a bummer cause I've never been at that show or in NYC at all, so I was looking forward to it, but these pages need to be drawn so...

So, if you were planning to go to the show and you were hoping to get a sketch from me, I wanted to give you a chance to do so even if I am not gonna be on the convention floor physically: just contact me via email (no need to reply on the blog or on twitter - only emails count) at info (at) francescofrancavilla (dot) com with your sketch request. (all skethces will be one character with some bg, fully inked - see above con sketch of the Fly)

I will be replying to the first 10 people who will send me an email and I'll give all the details for paypal payment - once the payment is through, you will be officially on the sketch list. I am also planning to take 2 or 3 additional requests randomly from request #11 and up, so even if yours is request #24 you still have a chance.
Cool? :)
This is for domestic shipping only - US resident only.
Will do something similiar later on for International request.

Good luck, everyone :)

EDIT: 3.35 pm - Closing the request/email window.

Thank you so much everyone for the great warm response :) We have the top ten (who have been contacted already) and we have plenty of runner-ups to pick 2-3 randomly from. All runner-ups will receive an email later today, so if you haven't been contacted so far, it means your email/request is #11 and up. Still a good chance to be picked so fingers crossed :)

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2011 Francesco Francavilla

Dr WHO - The Wedding of River Song

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Hi guys,

here's my tribute poster to this season finale of Doctor Who, The Wedding of River Song.
I realy enjoyed how all came together in this episode, and didn't expect the final twist. I am not adding anything to not spoil the vision of the show (for those who haven't seen it yet), but I hope you guys have been enjoying these posters.
Next Who poster will be this Xmas, when the Doctor will be back on the BBC America programming with new episodes :)

Cheers,
Francesco

DR WHO - Closing Time

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Hey guys,

And here's "Closing Time", episode 12 of this season of Doctor Who, featuring the good ole Cybermen :)
Tomorrow I will be watching "live" the Season Finale and draw the last poster for this season right after :(
Hope you guys have been enjoying these as much as I did drawing them.

Cheers,
Francesco

DR WHO - The God Complex

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Hey guys,

still catching up on my DVRed Doctor Who episodes.
Here's a 15 minutes quick minimalist poster of "The God Complex". Really enjoyed this episode: had quite a few creepy moments, which is super-fine in my book. Hope you guys dig it :)
Next one will be up hopefully before the new episode will air this Sat.

Cheers,
Francesco

DR WHO - The Girl Who Waited

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Hey guys,

got back home last Sunday night and only today had time to watch the previous episodes of Doctor Who (which I had DVRed).

To start, here's my 15 minutes quick minimalist poster of "The Girl Who Waited". Hope you guys dig it :)

I am gonna watch "The God Complex" next, and the new one this evening on BBC America, so expect two more WHO posters between today and tomorrow :)

Cheers,
Francesco