Black Beetles - Part 6

Some days you just can't get rid of the Black Beetle... ;)

This is definitely a good week for the Black Beetle: so much love coming his way that he almost blushed. But then he remembered that's not something his enemies wanna see from him ;)

Today's homage is from a pulp afecionado and long time friend of Pulp Sunday: Kyle Latino. His "get rid of a bomb" gag is just hilarious: always loved those big bowl-shaped bomb in cartoons and old silent movies (and in the 60s Batman series ;))
Great fun stuff, and beutifully rendered with some old school inking: thank you so much, Kyle :D
If you haven't yet, please check out Kyle's pulp goodness at his site.

And stay tuned for page 4 of Kara Bocek coming this Sunday: things will get kinda "busy" ;)

Cheers,
Francesco

KARA BOCEK, BLACK BEETLE & COLT CITY created by, ™ and © 2009 Francesco Francavilla

"Capitan Cold" (aka Xmas 2009)

Hello Pulp Friends,

we are only a week away from Xmas so I thought it was a good time to post the card I did this year for the holidays: "CAPITAN COLD"!
My wife and I liked this guy (and the evil polar bear foes ;)) so much that we are planning to develop it a little more, so stay tuned on that.

Meanwhile I wish you all - and your families and friends - a wonderful Holiday Season and a deliciously Pulpish 2010, full of good things for you (and hopefully Pulp Sunday and Black Beetle are part of those things).

Speaking of the Black Beetle, I am working on page 4 of "KARA BOCEK" which will be up this Sunday, soon followed by page 5 before taking a so much needed holiday break.

Cheers to you all, my friends, and thanks for making this such a cool place :)

Francesco

p.s. click on the image for slightly bigger size.

Capitan Cold created by, ™ and © 2009 Francesco Francavilla
All titles, characters, character names, logos and related indicia
are ™ and © 2009 Francesco Francavilla.

SHHHHhhhhhh!

While waiting for Zorro #18 to hit the shelves, here's a sneak peek at #19 ;)

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2009 Francesco Francavilla

Black Beetles - Part 5

Feeling like a proud dad right now, for all the love my baby (if we can call a grow up asskicking pulpish hero a baby ;)) is receiving :)

After the sweet tributes from Simon and Evan in the last few days, I got up today to find another awesome fanart of our favorite masked hero, this time from the skillfull hands of Thomas Boatwright, talented co-creator and artist of horror little gems like the Surreal Adventures of Edgar Allan Poo and Cemetery Blues.
You can check more of Thomas' work and coming projects here.

Thank you, Thomas, I really appreciate you taking time to draw Black Beetle :)

Cheers,
Francesco

KARA BOCEK, BLACK BEETLE & COLT CITY created by, ™ and © 2009 Francesco Francavilla

Black Beetles - Part 4

(part 3 being Simon's realistic take at our pulp masked hero I posted a couple of days ago).
This morning I woke up to find this beutiful rendition of the Black Beetle by the supertalented - and all around swell guy - Evan "Doc" Shaner.

Evan was already kind enough to send me, some time ago, a beutiful drawing depicting The Shadow, Green Hornet, and the Spider, a pulp trinity if you wish ;), (and he drew a Zorro on the envelope to make it even sweeter), so I was super happy to see him taking a stab at BB and the Kara Bocek's trio of baddies.
You can see more of Evan's beutiful work here.

Thank you, Evan, I owe you a few more drinks :)

Cheers,
Francesco

KARA BOCEK, BLACK BEETLE & COLT CITY created by, ™ and © 2009 Francesco Francavilla

Kara Bocek pag.3

Hello Pulp friends :)

A little late, but here's page 3 :)
Click on the image or click here for a bigger view.

These are taking longer than expected but, man, are they fun! :D
Hope you guys dig it, and if you do, please lemme know :)

Have a Pulp Sunday (evening), everyone!

Cheers,
Francesco

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

BB The Movie (!?!)

No, as much as I wish it was an actual news, there is still no movie development attached to BB, not yet anyway ;)

Some time ago my good friend and pulp afecionado Simon Pimpernel (everyone should visit his wonderful pulp blog, if you are not doing it already) asked me who would I cast if a real movie about the Black Beetle was to be made. I replied a young Kirk Douglas would have been perfect for the role.
Well this morning Simon surprised me with this fanart photo manipulation, which looks like a real still from some '40s movie :)
I thanked him and asked permission to dress it up as movie poster and post it in here. Permission granted so here it is :)

Thanks again, Simon, it looks AWESOME.
Now if I can only time-travel and get young Kirk to sign for the movie...

Cheers,
Francesco

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