"King Creole" (1958)

Hello, Pulp Friends,

to tribute the 75th birthday of the man who defined (and maybe created) the word "rockstar", I decided this morning to do a little noir movie poster of one of my favorite Elvis Presley's movies, "King Creole", from 1958.
I love this movie not just becuase of Elvis' starring, but also because of the settings (New Orleans, I city and its music I dearly love), the B/W noir feel of it, and the Casablanca director Michael Curtiz.
Click on the image for bigger poster.

To add to the celebrations, on my sketchblog I also posted a commission from (ommy) 5 ys ago.

Happy Birthday, Elvis :)

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2010 Francesco Francavilla.

Some Z and some News

Hello Pulp Friends,

sorry for the interruption of transmission in this past week but I have been without Internet service since Dec 30th (I guess I can say since last year ;)) and finally got the technical issue resolved yesterday (YAY!) :)
I used the the "down time" to wrap up an issue of Zorro and at the same time I have been invited by the supersweet folks (Shelton, Dustin and friends) of Heroes Aren't Hard to FInd to be featured guest at their one day show, the Charlotte Mini Con, on the 23rd of this month. If you are in the area, please stop by and say hi (I might have some Kara Bocek movie posters/prints too ;))

So here's the Zorro back cover for the upcoming issue 19 that teases about issue 20 (conclusion of the third arc) and below the mini poster I did for let you know about the Charlotte mini con. You can go here for more details and for downloading a pdf flyer, if needed. As you can see, our Black Beetle will be helping in promoting the show :)

I will be right back with more pulpy stuff soon, including Sherlock Holmes and, of course, the next pages of Black Beetle's Kara Bocek :)
I am planning to make the 2010 even pulpier than 2009 here @ Pulp SUnday: stay tuned, everyone! :D

Cheers,
Francesco



KARA BOCEK, BLACK BEETLE & COLT CITY created by, ™ and © 2006-2010 Francesco Francavilla

Black Beetles - Part 8

Dear Pulp Friends,

after the Australian love from Jason Paulos, the Black Beetle gets more international love today, this time from Panagiotis Mitsobonos, Athens, Greece :D

Panagiotis is a Pulp Sunday friend and he was kind enough to take some time off his schedule to do a tribute to the Black Beetle. That, of course, makes me feel again like a proud dad :)
Love the Ted McKeever vibe of it, almost a chalked graffiti on the walls of a Colt City alley, reminding the crooks that THE BLACK BEETLE IS ALWAYS WATCHING! :D

You can check more of Panagiotis' work here.

σας ευχαριστούμε, Panagiotis :)

Cheers,
Francesco

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

Black Beetles - Part 7

Hello Pulp Friends,

hope you all had a wonderful Xmas time this past weekend :)

Coming back from my little visit @ the in-laws, I found these two cool Black Beetle tributes under the tree (metaphorically speaking ;))
They are both by a good friend and talented pulp artist Jason Paulos. I really dig the "SPIRIT/Eisner" vibe of these and they definitely bring back our pulp hero in the noirish settings of Colt City in "NO WAY OUT".
Thank you so much, Jase, you nailed it! :D
To check out more on Jason's own creation like the pulp Detective "HAIRBUTT the Hippo" or the EC inspired horrors of "EEK", I invite you to visit his site :)

Stay tuned for KARA BOCEK page 5 this week :)

Cheers,
Francesco



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

Merry Pulpy Xmas!!!

Hello Pulp friends :)

I couldn't make time to do the next page of KARA BOCEK but I did find time to do this quick Xmas-sy card so we all can get a bit of Black Beetle spirit for the holiday :)
Have a Wonderful Christmas, everyone, and I will see you next week with a new Kara Bocek page!

Cheers,
Francesco

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

Riding Tornado!

I bet you have never seen Zorro riding THIS Tornado ;)
(again, click on the image for IMAX version ;))

Just one more reason to not miss issue 18 coming out today in the stores.
Matt came up with a structure similiar to issue 15, with tales of the Fox told (and quite filtered) by a bunch of peones around a campfire. Campfire tales, that is, allowing me to have MUCH fun drawing it. Thank you, Matt :)

Below the back cover for issue 17 that teased on the tales you will find in #18.
Hope you guys enjoy the read :)

Happy Holidays!

Cheers,
Francesco

WEREFOX!!!

WEREFOX!
Where? In issue 18 of Zorro coming out tomorrow, that's where! :D
Definitely click on the image to see it in a IMAX version :D

Seriously, I got my comps today and this issue is FUN!
That Matt Wagner dude can write, and that artist is half decent too ;)

I will share more tomorrow if you are not convinced yet.

Cheers,
Francesco