Flash Gordon - ZeitGeist #1 Cover

~~ Click on the image for biggie ~~

Hello Pulp Friends,

I am not just providing the regular covers for the new Flash Gordon series at Dynamite, but the first issue will have this Al Williamson inspired, incentive wraparound cover by yours truly as well :)
Thi is one of those cases where it's really a good thing to click on the image to see it in full big size ;)
Below is the solicts for the first issue.

FLASH GORDON: ZEITGEIST #1
The year is 1934, a time of two-fisted swashbuckling, of fearsome threats and wild adventure -- and of ever-growing threats on the horizon. Three valiant humans -- Flash Gordon, Dale Arden and Dr. Hans Zarkov -- are plucked from the Earth, traveling to the distant planet Mongo. Their exploits are legendary, battling the machinations and terror schemes of the dreaded emperor Ming, the All-Seeing Ruler of Mongo. But they did not fight alone...

32 pages for $1!!!

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2011 Francesco Francavilla

Al Williamson Tribute

(click on the above image for a larger view)

Just right after Frazetta a few weeks back, we lost another true master of the illustrated literature.
Al Williamson, probably even more than Frazetta but as much as Alex Raymond, has been a huge inspiration fo mine, so I definitely planned to do a tribute to the man when I heard the sad news.
Along with fellow twartist, we decided to devote this week to Al Williamson, so I have been posting this on the Comic Twart yesterday and I am reposting it in here today with a detail/closeup on the "Easter Egg" I inserted in the composition.
I am planning to have a colored version of this up in here soon.
Hope you guys dig the EC sci-fi vibe of it.

So long, Al, thanks for the constant inspiration.

Cheers,
Francesco


(click on the above image for a larger view)