Lord of the Jungle #5 Cover

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Hello Pulp Friends,

I can finally reveal my cover for Lord of the Jungle #5, one of my fave yet for this title. :D

This issue should be out in April (it is in February's PREVIEWS) and here are some details:

LORD OF THE JUNGLE #5
Written by ARVID NELSON Art by ROBERTO CASTRO
Covers by LUCIO PARRILLO (50%), PAUL RENAUD (50%),FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA (1:10)

The rough-and-ready sailors who set out to rescue Jane Porter from hairy man-apes find themselves in need of salvation. Lucky for them, they have the greatest action hero of all time on their side!
Tarzan has already rescued Jane, but can he win the confidence of the men he is trying to help? Jane, meanwhile, is torn between her feelings for Tarzan and her desire to return to civilization.
She'll have to make a difficult choice in Lord of the Jungle #5: Lost Treasure.

Pls enjoy :)

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2011 Francesco Francavilla

"007 - Dr No" (1962)

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Hello Pulp friends,

this new 2012 is special not just because it will see the debut of our beloved Black Beetle in stores ;) but also because it marks the 50th Anniversary of the first James Bond movie! Yep, it has been 50 years that the most famous super spy has been entertained us in the movie theaters, so I thought Pulp SUnday should celebrate this even with a gallery of Bond inspired art (and more)

To start, here's my movie poster version of the first 007 film of all: "Dr No", from 1962.

Hope you guys like the initiative and pls feel free to turn this in a Bond/Fleming discussion club: I am gonna go ahead and work on those Martinis ;)

Have a wonderful Pulp Sunday , everyone :)

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2012 Francesco Francavilla

THE BLACK BEETLE Cover for DHP #11 revealed!!!

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Hello Pulp Friends,

Dark Horse released an early look at the solicits for APril, and that means I can finally reveal my cover for Dark Horse Presents anthology featuring our favorite hero: The Black Beetle! :)
Hope you guys dig it and pls spread the news/link and pre-order DHP #11 at your local comicbook store.
Below is the description for #11 - as you can see, BB is in good company :)
Dark Horse Presents #11 (with the Black Beetle cover) will be on sale on APril 18.

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2011 Francesco Francavilla
KARA BOCEK, BLACK BEETLE & COLT CITY created by, ™ and © 2006-2012 Francesco Francavilla

DARK HORSE PRESENTS #11

Francesco Francavilla (W/A/Cover), Steve Horton (W), Carla Speed McNeil (W/A), Steve Niles (W), Evan Dorkin (W/A), Tim Seeley (W), John Arcudi (W), Andrew Vachss (W), Neal Adams (W/A), Frank Barbiere (W), Michael Dialynas (A), Jonathan Case (A), Victor Drujiniu (A), Tonci Zonjic (A/Cover), Geof Darrow (A), and Luke Radl (A)

On sale Apr 18
FC, 80 pages
$7.99
Ongoing

Don’t miss the continuing exploits of cunning assassin Amala, Carla Speed McNeil’s Finder, Evan Dorkin’s House of Fun, and Steve Niles’s Criminal Macabre.

This issue is also packed with the exciting premiere of Francesco Francavilla’s pulp-noir hero the Black Beetle, the return of John Arcudi’s The Creep, and a new story by Andrew Vachss with illustrations by Geof Darrow!

And in an exciting feature by Frank Barbiere and Luke Radl, meet the killers known as the White Suits, who have left their bloody fingerprints throughout modern history. When a young girl encounters one of the Suits during a mob deal gone wrong, she is forced to make a decision that will change her life forever—or end it!

FRANKENSTEIN's MONSTER

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Hello Pulp friends,

here's something that is really "pulp" as it's from 23 years ago: one of my first (of many) drawings of the Frankenstein Monster :)
Below you can see the original drawing, from 1989, all in charcoal (note I already had a passion to hand draw titles/text in the art at that time ;)), and above is an updated version from this morning: decided to give it a color treatment and when I was done I realized I had channeled - subconscious - a Basil Gogos vibe into it.

Any-who, hope you guys dig it and wish you all a wonderful Pulp Sunday :)

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2012 Francesco Francavilla


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"Hi Ho Silver!" (aka Lone Ranger #3 Cover)

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Hello Pulp Friends,

The new LONE RANGER series hits the stores today, so I thought to celbrate the event by sharing my cover for issue 3 :)
Of Course the "Silver" int he title of the post refers more to the color approach on this cover rather than LR's horse. Hope you guys dig it.

And ples go grab issue 1 in stores today: it's written by my friend Ande Parks and drawn by the excellent Esteve Polls, the same creative team that brought you the LR/Zorro mini few months ago, so you this is good :)

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2011 Francesco Francavilla

Flash Gordon VS Nazi Zeppelins!

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Hello Pulp Friends,

Hope everyone had a wonderful Holiday Season and - once again - pls allow me to wish you all the best for this brand new TwentyTwelve :)

Tomorrow is comicbook day and 2 of our favorite classic heroes will be on the store shelves. The first is Flash Gordon #2, so I thought what better way to announce the release than sharing my cover for Flash Gordon #5?

The second hero... well tune in tomorrow to find out :)

Meanwhile pls check out my new blog for THE BLACK BEETLE and bookmark it: I will be posting new art and updates as soon as tomorrow :)

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2011 Francesco Francavilla

Happy TwentyTwelve!!!

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Hello my friends,

I wanted to celebrate the beginning of the new year with a series of sneak peeks (below - click on the images for bigger views) at what's coming from me in 2012. And most of all, I wanted to let you all know that I started a new blog dedicate to all things THE BLACK BEETLE (click on the image above) - feel free to bookmark it and refer to it for updates and news related to the work and publication of our favorite Pulp hero :)

Wish you all a wonderful 2012 ahead and thanks again for all the love and support :)

Cheers,
Francesco

Artwork © 2011 Francesco Francavilla
KARA BOCEK, BLACK BEETLE & COLT CITY created by, ™ and © 2006-2010 Francesco Francavilla




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