Francesco Francavilla
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Born | Francesco Francavilla |
Nationality | Italian |
Area(s) | Writer, Penciller, Artist, Inker, Letterer, Colourist |
Notable works | Zorro Detective Comics Black Panther The Black Beetle Afterlife with Archie |
Awards | "Favourite Newcomer Artist" Eagle Award 2012 "Best Cover Artist" Eisner Award 2012 |
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Francesco Francavilla is an Italian comic book artist known for his creator-owned series The Black Beetle and pulp-inspired comic covers. Other notable works include The Black Coat (which he co-created), Dynamite's Zorro series, and his recent run on Detective Comics with Scott Snyder and Jock.
Career
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Francesco Francavilla made his professional comics debut in the Italian comics anthology Amazing Comics.[1]
Within the industry he has become known for his pulp and retro-inspired style. He runs a blog, Pulp Sunday, dedicated to this kind of work.[2] His cover work is particularly noteworthy, he won an Eisner for it in 2012.[3]
He has worked as an interior artist for both Marvel Comics (Black Panther: The Man without Fear, Captain America and Bucky, Hawkeye) and DC Comics (Detective Comics for The Black Mirror story arc, which won the 2012 Eisner for best ongoing series).[4] Most recently he has been focusing on The Black Beetle, a series he originally created for his Pulp Sunday blog, which is now being published by Dark Horse Comics. This series has already had wide critical acclaim[5] and has been made an ongoing series as a part of Dark Horse Comics' superhero push.[6]
Nowadays, he is the featured visual artist in today's issue of The New York Times Magazine, his artwork is now moving into the non-fiction realm.[7]
Bibliography
[edit]Interior comic work includes:
- The Black Coat (with Adam Cogan and Ben Lichius, Ape Entertainment):
- A Call to Arms #1-4 (2006)
- Or Give Me Death #1 (of 4) (2007)
- Sea of Red #11-13 (layouts for Paul Harmon, written by Rick Remender, Image, 2006)
- 24Seven Volume 2: "Confession" (script and art, anthology graphic novel, Image, 2007)
- Fear Agent #11: "Along Come a Spider" (with Rick Remender, Image, 2007)
- Left on Mission #1-5 (with Chip Mosher, Boom! Studios, 2007)
- Sorrow #1-4 (with Rick Remender and Seth Peck, Image, 2007–2008)
- Zorro vol. 6 #1-8, 15-20 (with Matt Wagner, Dynamite, 2008–2010)
- Tales of the Starlight Drive-in: "1966" and "1972" (with Michael San Giacomo, anthology graphic novel, Image, 2008)
- The Fantastic Worlds of Frank Frazetta: Dracula Meets the Wolfman (with Steve Niles, one-shot, Image, 2009)
- Scalped #27: "High Lonesome, Part Three: The Ballad of Baylis Earl Nitz" (with Jason Aaron, Vertigo, 2009)
- Green Hornet: Year One #1-6 (colors on Aaron Campbell, written by Matt Wagner, Dynamite, 2010)
- Garrison #1-6 (with Jeff Mariotte, Wildstorm, 2010)
- Detective Comics (DC Comics):
- "Skeleton Cases" (with Scott Snyder, in vol. 1 #871-872, 874-875 and 879, 2011)
- "The Face in the Glass" (with Scott Snyder and Jock, in vol. 1 #881, 2011)
- "Rain" (script and art, in vol. 2 #27, 2011)
- Black Panther (with David Liss, Marvel):
- The Man without Fear #513-515, 517-518 and 521-523 (2011)
- The Most Dangerous Man Alive #524 (2011)
- Captain America (Marvel):
- "Old Wounds" (with Ed Brubaker and James Asmus, in #625-628, 2011–2012)
- "Captain America and Black Widow" (with Cullen Bunn, in #636-640, 2012–2013)
- Outlaw Territory Volume 2: "Lullaby" (script and art, anthology graphic novel, Image, 2011)
- The Black Beetle (script and art, Dark Horse):
- Dark Horse Presents (anthology):
- "The Night Shift" (in vol. 2 #11-13, 2012)
- "Kara Böcek" (in vol. 3 #28-32, 2016–2017)
- No Way Out #1-4 (2013)
- Necrologue #1-5 (announced for 2013; unreleased)[8][9]
- Dark Horse Presents (anthology):
- Swamp Thing vol. 5 #10: "Arcane's Lullaby" (with Scott Snyder, DC Comics, 2012)
- Robert E. Howard's Savage Sword #5: "Dark Agnes" (with Paul Tobin, anthology, Dark Horse, 2012)
- Hawkeye vol. 4 #10, 12 (with Matt Fraction, Marvel, 2013)
- Batwoman #21: "Interlude III" (with Haden Blackman and J. H. Williams III, DC Comics, 2013)
- Afterlife with Archie #1-10 (with Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Archie Comics, 2013–2016)
- American Vampire Anthology #1: "The Producers" (script and art, Vertigo, 2013)
- Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 3 #8-9: "Infinity" (with Brian Michael Bendis, Marvel, 2013–2014)
- Vertigo Quarterly: CMYK #4 "The Dying of the Light" (script and art, anthology, Vertigo, 2015)
- The Shadow #100: "The Laughing Corpse" (script and art, co-feature, Dynamite, 2015)
- Moon Knight vol. 6 #5-9 (with Jeff Lemire, Greg Smallwood, Wilfredo Torres and James Stokoe, Marvel, 2016–2017)
- All-Star Batman #6-9: "The Cursed Wheel, Act Two" (with Scott Snyder, co-feature, DC Comics, 2017)
- Will Eisner's The Spirit: The Corpse Makers #1-5 (script and art, Dynamite, 2017–2018)
- DC Holiday Special 2017: "Going Down Easy" (with Tom King, anthology, DC Comics, 2018)
- Hungry Ghosts #4: "The Cow Head" (with Anthony Bourdain, anthology, Berger Books, 2018)
- Shock (script and art, anthology graphic novel, Aftershock):
- "Invasion" (in Volume 1, 2018)
- "The Last Confession" (in Volume 2, 2019)
Covers only
[edit]- Zorro vol. 6 #9-11, 13-14 (Dynamite, 2008–2009)
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly #1 (Dynamite, 2009)
- The Perhapanauts Halloween Spooktacular #1 (Image, 2009)
- Hack/Slash: The Series #32 (Devil's Due, 2010)
- The Lone Ranger #21-22 (colors on John Cassaday) (Dynamite, 2010)
- Green Hornet: Year One #2-12 (Dynamite, 2010–2011)
- Kato Origins #1-11 (Dynamite, 2010–2011)
- The Broadcast tpb (NBM Publishing, 2010)
- Sherlock Holmes (Dynamite):
- Year One #1-6 (2011)
- The Liverpool Demon #1-5 (2012–2013)
- Moriarty Lives #1-5 (2013–2014)
- Hellboy: The Fury #1 (Dark Horse, 2011)
- B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth: Monsters #1 (Dark Horse, 2011)
- Baltimore: The Curse Bells #1 (Dark Horse, 2011)
- Abe Sapien: The Devil Does Not Jest #1 (Dark Horse, 2011)
- Warlord of Mars: Fall of Barsoom #1-3 (Dynamite, 2011–2012)
- The Lone Ranger: The Death of Zorro #1-5 (Dynamite, 2011)
- Pigs #2 (Image, 2011)
- Pilot Season: Fleshdigger #1 (Top Cow, 2011)
- The Last of the Greats #1 (Image, 2011)
- Dark Shadows vol. 4 #1-23 (Dynamite, 2011–2013)
- Flash Gordon: Zeitgeist #1-8 (Dynamite, 2011–2013)
- Black Panther: The Most Dangerous Man Alive #525-529 (Marvel, 2012)
- The Lone Ranger vol. 2 #1-25 (Dynamite, 2012–2014)
- Archie #627-630, 700 (Archie Comics, 2012; 2019)
- Lord of the Jungle #2-6 (Dynamite, 2012)
- Near Death #6-11 (Image, 2012)
- Smoke and Mirrors #3 (IDW Publishing, 2012)
- The Shadow vol. 7 #1, 5-25 (Dynamite, 2012–2014)
- The Spider #1-13 (Dynamite, 2012–2013)
- Mind the Gap #2 (Image, 2012)
- The Lovecraft Anthology Volume 2 gn (Self Made Hero, 2012)
- Star Trek TNG/Doctor Who: Assimilation2 #4 (IDW Publishing, 2012)
- American Vampire #30 (Vertigo, 2012)
- Resurrection Man vol. 2 #0, 12 (DC Comics, 2012)
- Life with Archie vol. 2 #23 (Archie Comics, 2012)
- Masks #1, 7 (Dynamite, 2012–2013)
- Mars Attacks vol. 3 #6 (IDW Publishing, 2012)
- Marvel Zombies Halloween Special #1 (Marvel, 2012)
- Doctor Who: Prisoners of Time #1-12 (IDW Publishing, 2013)
- New Crusaders: Rise of the Heroes #5 (Red Circle, 2013)
- Uncanny X-Men vol. 3 #1 (Marvel, 2013)
- Lost Vegas #1-4 (Image, 2013)
- Red She-Hulk #63-67 (Marvel, 2013)
- Secret Avengers vol. 2 #5 (Marvel, 2013)
- The Colonized #4 (IDW Publishing, 2013)
- Lords of Mars #1 (Dynamite, 2013)
- Codename: Action #1 (Dynamite, 2013)
- Grindhouse (Dark Horse):
- Doors Open at Midnight #1, 3, 5, 7 (2013–2014)
- Drive In, Bleed Out #3, 5, 7 (2015)
- Witchblade #170 (Top Cow, 2013)
- Legends of the Dark Knight vol. 2 Chapter 74[10] (DC Digital, 2013)
- Robert E. Howard's Savage Sword #6 (Dark Horse, 2013)
- Fantomex MAX #1-4 (Marvel MAX, 2013–2014)
- Savage Wolverine #9 (Marvel, 2013)
- Avengers Arena #16-17 (Marvel, 2013–2014)
- The Mighty Avengers vol. 2 #2, 11 (Marvel, 2013–2014)
- The Twilight Zone vol. 3 #1-12 (Dynamite, 2013–2014)
- Hellblazer Volume 7: Tainted Love tpb (Vertigo, 2014)
- Captain America: Living Legend #4 (Marvel, 2014)
- The Bunker #1 (Oni Press, 2014)
- Wraith #5 (IDW Publishing, 2014)
- Zero #6 (Image, 2014)
- Apocalypse Al #2 (Joe's Comics, 2014)
- Night of the Living Deadpool #1 (Marvel, 2014)
- The X-Files: Season 10 #10-25 (IDW Publishing, 2014–2015)
- Doctor Spektor: Master of the Occult #1-4 (Dynamite, 2014)
- Starlight #3 (Image, 2014)
- Silver Surfer vol. 5 #1-2 (Marvel, 2014)
- The X-Files: Year Zero #1 (IDW Publishing, 2014)
- Army of Darkness: Ash Gets Hitched #1-4 (Dynamite, 2014)
- Justice, Inc. vol. 3 #1-6 (Dynamite, 2014–2015)
- Bodies #2 (Vertigo, 2014)
- Wytches #1 (Image, 2014)
- The Damnation of Charlie Wormwood #1 (Dynamite, 2014)
- Chilling Adventures of Sabrina #1-2 (Archie Comics, 2014–2015)
- Empire of the Dead: Act Two #1 (Marvel, 2014)
- Django/Zorro #1-7 (Vertigo/Dynamite, 2014–2015)
- Revival #25 (Image, 2014)
- Shaft #1-6 (Dynamite, 2014–2015)
- The Valiant #1-4 (Valiant, 2014–2015)
- Original Sin Annual #1 (Marvel, 2014)
- The New Avengers vol. 3 #26 (Marvel, 2015)
- The Twilight Zone: Shadow and Substance #1-4 (Dynamite, 2015)
- Sensation Comics vol. 2 Chapter 26[11] (DC Digital, 2015)
- Archie vs. Predator #1 (Dark Horse, 2015)
- Re-Animator #1-4 (Dynamite, 2015)
- The Black Hood #1-10 (Dark Circle, 2015–2016)
- Justice, Inc.: The Avenger #1-6 (Dynamite, 2015)
- Star Wars: Princess Leia #3 (Marvel, 2015)
- Fight Club 2 #2 (Dark Horse, 2015)
- All-New Hawkeye #2 (Marvel, 2015)
- Big Man Plans #4 (Image, 2015)
- Archie vs. Sharknado #1 (Archie Comics, 2015)
- Justice League: Gods and Monsters — Batman #1 (DC Digital, 2015)
- Secret Wars: Master of Kung Fu #1-4 (Marvel, 2015)
- Star Trek/Green Lantern #3 (IDW Publishing, 2015)
- Will Eisner's The Spirit vol. 8 #1 (Dynamite, 2015)
- Secret Wars: Ghost Racers #1-4 (Marvel, 2015)
- Drive #1 (IDW Publishing, 2015)
- Groot #2 (Marvel, 2015)
- Archie vol. 2 #1, 4 (Archie Comics, 2015–2016)
- Secret Wars: Battleworld #4 (Marvel, 2015)
- Exodus: The Life After #1 (Oni Press, 2015)
- Secret Wars: 1872 #3 (Marvel, 2015)
- James Bond #1-2 (Dynamite, 2015)
- Secret Wars: Age of Ultron vs. Marvel Zombies #3 (Marvel, 2015)
- G.I. Joe #219-220, Cobra World Order Prelude #1 (IDW Publishing, 2015)
- Star Wars: Shattered Empire #1 (Marvel, 2015)
- Jughead vol. 3 #1-2 (Archie Comics, 2015–2016)
- Judge Dredd vol. 2 #1 (IDW Publishing, 2015)
- Dreaming Eagles #1-6 (Aftershock, 2015–2016)
- Spider-Gwen vol. 2 #1 (Marvel, 2015)
- The Hangman vol. 2 #1 (Dark Circle, 2015)
- Seduction of the Innocent #1-4 (Dynamite, 2015–2016)
- Howling Commandos of S.H.I.E.L.D. #2 (Marvel, 2016)
- Nova vol. 6 #2 (Marvel, 2016)
- Army of Darkness: Furious Road #1 (Dynamite, 2016)
- Star Wars: Vader Down #1 (Marvel, 2016)
- Star Wars: Darth Vader #15 (Marvel, 2016)
- Star Wars vol. 4 #15-19 (Marvel, 2016)
- Black-Eyed Kids #1-15 (Aftershock, 2016–2017)
- The Twilight Zone: The Shadow #1-4 (Dynamite, 2016)
- Star Trek: Manifest Destiny #1 (IDW Publishing, 2016)
- The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 4 #1.4 (Marvel, 2016)
- Betty and Veronica vol. 3 #1 (Archie Comics, 2016)
- Ghost Stories of an Antiquary Volume 1-2 gn (Self Made Hero, 2016–2017)
- Archie Meets Ramones #1 (Archie Comics, 2016)
- X-O Manowar vol. 3 #50 (Valiant, 2016)
- Civil War II: Ulysses #1-6 (Marvel, 2016–2017)
- James Bond: Hammerhead #1-6 (Dynamite, 2016–2017)
- Serenity: No Power in the 'Verse #1 (Dark Horse, 2016)
- Josie and the Pussycats vol. 3 #1 (Archie Comics, 2016)
- Kiss vol. 4 #1 (Dynamite, 2016)
- Vote Loki #3 (Marvel, 2016)
- Star Wars: Poe Dameron #7 (Marvel, 2016)
- Animosity: The Rise #1 (Aftershock, 2017)
- Spider-Woman vol. 6 #13 (Marvel, 2017)
- Highlander: The American Dream #1 (IDW Publishing, 2017)
- Deadpool and the Mercs for Money vol. 2 #9 (Marvel, 2017)
- Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 3 #17 (Marvel, 2017)
- Monsters Unleashed vol. 2 #1-5 (Marvel, 2017)
- Riverdale #0-7 (Archie Comics, 2017)
- American Monster #6 (Aftershock, 2017)
- Jughead: The Hunger #0-1 (Archie Horror, 2017)
- Man-Thing vol. 5 #1 (Marvel, 2017)
- Babyteeth #1 (Aftershock, 2017)
- Centipede #1-5 (Dynamite, 2017)
- Unholy Grail #1-2 (Aftershock, 2017)
- Venomverse #2 (Marvel, 2017)
- Doctor Radar #1 (Titan, 2017)
- Monsters Unleashed vol. 3 #6 (Marvel, 2017)
- Chilling Adventures in Sorcery tpb (Archie Horror, 2017)
- Rasputin: Voice of the Dragon #3 (Dark Horse, 2018)
- Vampironica #1-5 (Archie Horror, 2018–2019)
- Kick-Ass vol. 2 #2 (Image, 2018)
- X-Men Blue #25 (Marvel, 2017)
- The Wild Storm #13 (Wildstorm, 2018)
- Transformers: Unicron #1-6 (IDW Publishing, 2018)
- Archie Meets Batman '66 #1 (DC Comics/Archie Comics, 2018)
- Star Wars Adventures (IDW Publishing):
- Tales from Vader's Castle #1-5 (2018)
- Return to Vader's Castle #1-5 (2019)
- Archie 1941 #1 (Archie Comics, 2018)
- The Lone Ranger vol. 3 #1 (Dynamite, 2018)
- Dr. Horrible: Best Friends Forever #1 (Dark Horse, 2018)
- Hit-Girl vol. 2 #11 (Image, 2018)
- Mars Attacks vol. 4 #1 (Dynamite, 2018)
- Elvira: The Shape of Elvira #1-4 (Dynamite, 2019)
- Betty and Veronica vol. 4 #1 (Archie Comics, 2019)
- Hit-Girl Season Two #1-4 (Image, 2019)
- Fight Club 3 #2 (Dark Horse, 2019)
- Blossoms 666 #1 (Archie Horror, 2019)
- The Six Million Dollar Man vol. 2 #1 (Dynamite, 2019)
- Jughead: The Hunger vs. Vampironica #1 (Archie Horror, 2019)
- Red Sonja and Vampirella Meet Betty and Veronica #1 (Dynamite, 2019)
- Archie: The Married Life – 10th Anniversary #1 (Archie Comics, 2019)
- You are Obsolete #1 (Aftershock, 2019)
- Archie vs. Predator II #1 (Dark Horse, 2019)
- Jughead's Time Police #1 (Archie Comics, 2019)
- Black Hammer/Justice League #4 (Dark Horse, 2019)
- Black Terror vol. 4 #1 (Dynamite, 2019)
- Archie 1955 #1 (Archie Comics, 2019)
- Stranger Things: Halloween Special one-shot (Dark Horse, 2020)
Awards
[edit]- 2012: Won "Favourite Newcomer Artist" Eagle Award[12][13]
- 2012: Won "Best Cover Artist" Eisner Award[14]
- 2016: Nominated "All-in-One Award" Inkwell Awards[15]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Hooper, Terry (2006). "Wearing the Black Coat: Francesco Francavilla". Comics Bulletin. Archived from the original on August 19, 2006.
- ^ Francavilla, Francesco. "Pulp Sunday". Retrieved 9 September 2013.
- ^ "Eisner Award Recipients 2010-present". Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
- ^ "Eisner Award Recipients 2010-present". Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
- ^ Francavilla, Francesco. ""The Black Beetle: No Way Out #1" is a Smash Hit!". Retrieved 4 March 2013.
- ^ Khouri, Andy. "Dark Horse Superheroes: New Ongoings, Pulp Revivals and DC Refugees". Comics Alliance. Archived from the original on 4 March 2013. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
- ^ Bunce, C.J. (2018-05-06). "Francesco Francavilla–Looking for the work of your favorite comic artist in new places". borg. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
- ^ Glendening, Daniel (July 17, 2013). "SDCC EXCLUSIVE: Bodies Fall in Francavilla's "Black Beetle: Necrologue"". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on September 9, 2013.
- ^ "Black Beetle: Necrologue". Atomic Avenue.
- ^ Also used as cover for chapters 75 and 76.
- ^ Also used as cover for chapters 27-30 as well as print edition of Sensation Comics #10.
- ^ Morris, Steve (May 25, 2012). "The Final Eagle Awards have Landed". Comics Beat. Archived from the original on June 6, 2012. Retrieved May 25, 2012.
- ^ Spurgeon, Tom (May 25, 2012). "Your 2012 Eagle Awards Winners". The Comics Reporter. Retrieved May 25, 2012.
- ^ Francavilla, Francesco. "EISNER, The Black Beetle, & Creature From The Black Lagoon!". Retrieved 4 March 2013.
- ^ Inkwell Awards 2016 Winners
References
[edit]External links
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- Official website
- Francesco Francavilla at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- Pulp Sunday
- The Art of Francesco Francavilla
- Comic-Twart: Francesco Francavilla
- An Audio Interview with Francesco Francavilla, Word Balloon, May 25, 2011