We Were Soldiers

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Hello Pulp Friends,

I wanted to do something to commemorate Memorial Day and this is what came out of it.
Hope everyone is having a safe holiday weekend and a sincere slaute to all veterans out there.

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2010 Francesco Francavilla

Kato: The Way of the Ninja

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Hello Pulp Friends,

with the upcoming HEROES Convention in Charlotte (next week, June 4-6) and several projects/deadlines to take care, both "Kara Bocek" and "Nightmare Town" are taking an "intermezzo" (yeah, that sound better than "a break" ;)).

It still is Pulp Sunday thou, so how about an exclusive look at my cover for KATO Origins #4? :D

Hope you guys have a wonderful holiday weekend and I hope to see as many of you as possible at Heroes Con in a few days: will have tons of new pulpy prints and maybe... well I will tell you later when I know for sure ;)

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2010 Francesco Francavilla

Green Hornet Year One #5 Cover

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Hello Pulp Friends,

Green Hornet Year One (and related crew) gets some love in the current issue of Wizard magazine (click on the image below to read the article) so what better to celebrate the event by showing the cover I did for issue 5 ?(which is solicited in June's Previews)
Hope you guys dig it :)

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2010 Francesco Francavilla


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Ben Grimm, P.I.

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Hello Pulp Friends,

I did the above fake cover as (a bit silly) take on Ben Grimm for Comic Twart - inspired by an initial headsketch of Ben with fedora-like and coat on by Ramon Perez, sketch that I inked and transformed in the above cover.
This morning I couldn't help to do another take on this noir Ben Grimm as warmup sketch and the result is the above (quick) splash page that could actually open the story, which is...

Synopsis:
What if Ben and Reed part ways (not in a good way). After a few years Ben is a PI and (femme fatale) Sue steps in his office. She wants Ben investigating on the murder of Mr Fantastic.
How does that sounds for a NOIR take on the FF? :) Now if only I could find anyone at Marvel who lets me do it ;)

I am reposting these here becuase I think they belong here :)

Cheers,
Francesco

GARRISON #2 & GREEN HORNET Y1 #3

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Hello guys,

It's comicbook day and I have a couple of suggestion for ya ;)

First, WildStorm's GARRISON #2 (of 6), my and Jeff Mariotte's new creator owned title (and as such it has a special place in my heart :)). Above is 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! :)

Second, Dynamite's GREEN HORNET YEAR ONE #3, by Matt Wagner and Aaron Campbell and me at the coloring duties. Below you can see a preview of the pages and the 2 covers (one by yours truly :))
Some really good PULP fun (I know you guys like that) so make sure to pick this up as well while you are in the shop :)

Cheers,
Francesco

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


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The Dark Queen of Heart

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Hello Pulp friends :)

And this is my other banner :D
Now to hope I can have these two babies printed out in time for Heroes Con. ;)

For those interested, I will have this available as nice archival print as well along with the Dark Winged Skull King, both at the show and on my website thereafter.

Cheers,
Francesco

All images © 2010 Francesco Francavilla.
Dark Queen of Heart ™ and © 2010 Francesco Francavilla

The Dark Winged Skull King

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Hello Pulp friends :)

I decided to make it easier for those of you looking for me at shows to find me ;)
So, starting from the very upcoming HEROES CON, look for this image printed on a big vertical banner :)
I might have some print of this (minus my name ;)) for sale as well, if you guys dig the image :)

Cheers,
Francesco

All images © 2010 Francesco Francavilla.
Dark Winged Skull King ™ and © 2010 Francesco Francavilla

Lovecraftian Teaser

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Hello Pulp friends :)

I am working on a wrapparound cover for a LOVECRAFT book (gig that I absolutely adore).
Here's a "little" detail/teaser of it while we wait the time I allowed to show it entirely ;)

Cheers,
Francesco

All images © 2010 Francesco Francavilla.
PULP ILLUSTRATED ™ and © 2006-2010 Francesco Francavilla

Nightmare Town - Pt.4

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Hello Pulp friends :)

After a little break, we are back to the normal transmissions with pt.4 of Dashiell Hammett's "Nightmare Town" :)
Hope you guys dig it and hope you all had a fantastic Pulp SUnday :)

Cheers,
Francesco

All images © 2010 Francesco Francavilla.
PULP ILLUSTRATED ™ and © 2006-2010 Francesco Francavilla

A Tribute to O'Donnell

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Hello Pulp friends,

as mentioned earlier this week, I wanted to do also a tribute piece for O'Donnell, but when I saw my dear Friend Steve Gordon's beutiful Modesty Blaise, I asked him if I could ink it(I love inking Steve's work every now and then, and I haven't done it since our Gen 13 illos), and he graciously said yes.
Of course, being me, I went a little far than just inking Steve's piece, and the result is the above "copertina" :)
Hope you enjoy it. Below are Steve's awesome pencils.

This is dedicated to you, Peter: thanks for your beautiful work.

Francesco

Artwork © 2010 Francesco Francavilla & STeven E. Gordon

A Tribute to Frazetta

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Thanks for everything, Frank.

Francesco

So Long, Frank Frazetta & Peter O'Donnell

Hello Pulp Friends,

this last week has been a sad one for all the pulp aficionados, with the passing of Peter O'Donnell a few days ago and today's passing of legendary Frank Frazetta.

I was lucky enough, some time ago as you know, to be involved in one of the Frazetta's book (Dracula Meets The Wolfman) and was totally geeked out to know my work was reviewed my the master himself, an artist that has been a huge inspiration for me since ever.

I am planning to pay proper tribute to Frank and Peter later this week, when I will have taken care of a couple of deadlines and have the right time to do it.
For now, So Long, Frank and Peter, you will be both greatly missed.

Francesco

"LULLABY" A short tale by Francesco Francavilla

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Hello Pulp Friends,

To celebrate FreeComicbookDay, here's "LULLABY" in its entirety, and for FREE! :)
Hope you guys enjoy it and hope you don't mind the lack of dialogues or sfx: I wanted this to be almost a silent tale and only you guys can tell me if I succeded at it.
Click on the image above to open the first page and then browse LULLUBY's 8 pages from there.
Cheers,
Francesco

© 2010 Francesco Francavilla
Francavilla's Lullaby ™ and © 2010 Francesco Francavilla