Francesco Francavilla Archives

The recent issue of Afterlife With Archie contained a very cool cover called "Here's Juggy!" by artist Francesco Francavilla The piece is of course an homage to the Jack Nicholson "Here's Johnny!" moment from The Shining. Now we hear from Francavilla that the piece is going to be made available as an official, limited signed and[...]

And for an extra treat, check out the "Here's Juggy" variant cover by Francesco Francavilla. Afterlife With Archie #8 Written by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa  Art by Francesco Francavilla and Jack Morelli  Covers by Francesco Francavilla "A Ghost Story." Contrary to popular belief, the current zombie outbreak is not the first time a shadow fell across Riverdale and its citizens[...]

The series starts this July. The creative team for the series was not announced, though the preview pages do say "Silas", which I'm guessing is Thony Silas and the cover appears to be by Francesco Francavilla. There will also be a line of action figures featuring their unique take on Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman coming out[...]

The issues has two covers provided by Hack and Francesco Francavilla The book goes on sale April 15th. CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA #2 On the eve of Sabrina's sixteenth birthday, as she faces a choice that will determine her destiny as a half-witch/half-mortal, an unspeakable terror arrives in Greendale, and her name is… Madam Satan! At long[...]

Choi, Francesco Francavilla, Tom King, Jeff Lemire, Steven T Seagle , Si Spencer, John Paul Leon, Jeff Lemire, Will Morris, Fabio Moon and more. We mentioned Teddy Kristiansen working on "Fade" with Steven T Seagle. Now we understand that the creator list has been joined by Gene Luen Yang of American Born Chinese and Boxers & Saints, making his[...]

I'm guessing those last two days will change pretty sharpish. Afterlife With Archie also suffered delays due in part to the writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa working on the TV pilot for Riverdale, and a car accident that the artist Francesco Francavilla was in. Aguirre-Sacasa is also the writer on Sabrina, though the artists is Robert Hack[...]

Francesco Francavilla often draws illustrations while watching Doctor Who And he has just put together a belter, capturing the "Hi Hi Rudolph" moment from last night's Christmas special… Although, do you remember a certain scene from the final issue of The Forgotten, which also dealt with a Dreaming Doctor? And of course don't forget… Well, Alan nicked from[...]

Dynamite Entertainment has announced the launch of The Twilight Zone: Shadow and Substance, an all-new ongoing series written by Mark Rahner (Vampirella) and illustrated by Edu Menna (Army of Darkness), the new series will feature a cover by Francesco Francavilla. The Twilight Zone: Shadow and Substance will be Rahner's third contribution to the Twilight Zone franchise, following his work on The Twilight[...]

Along with the announcement they released the following promo image by Francesco Francavilla. Here's the first three titles from Dark Circle Comics: THE BLACK HOOD is a gritty, noir crime thriller written by Duane Swierczynski with artwork by Michael Gaydos presenting the Black Hood as an urban vigilante. THE SHIELD features a new and different incarnation of the classic character[...]

Dynamite has gotten covers from Jae Lee and Francesco Francavilla. Set several years after the events of Django Unchained, Django/Zorro #1 finds Django again pursuing the evil that men do in his role as a bounty hunter Since there's a warrant on his head back east, he's mainly been plying his trade in the western states[...]

This is Francesco Francavilla's variant cover to Original Sin Annual #1.   And this is Gallieno Ferri's cover for Zagor #85 from July 1972. Thanks to Eurocomics USA Invasion for the spot! In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some degree They may be homages, parodies, ironic appropriations, coincidences or works of the lightbox[...]

And lots of retailers will be getting their own exclusive cover from Cliff Chiang, Becky Cloonan, Francesco Francavilla, Dustin Nguyen, Sean Murphy and Bill Sienkiewicz. Such as Francavilla's cover above… Across the globe, century after century, men and women were burned, drowned, hanged, tortured, imprisoned, persecuted, and murdered for witchcraft[...]

Now the series by Christina Blanch, Chris Carr and Chee is getting to see print with a cover by Francesco Francavilla thanks to Dynamite The book will make it's debut on October 1st, but the final order cutoff is coming up early next week so Dynamite has sent over the first 10 pages to preview…[...]

By Erik Grove I’ll be honest. As a kid, Batman wasn’t my favorite. In fact, the first superhero books that really hooked me were Marvel books. I was an

That's the retailer subscriber variant cover for Doctor Spektor, the Gold Key title from Dynamite launching in May with Mark Waid and Neil Edwards on the

It's another luscious cover from Francesco Francavilla, casting Moriarty in red shadows under the looming angles of Big Ben, warning readers that Moriarty might he heading home to jolly old England to engage his nemesis again Written by David Liss, illustrated by Daniel Indro, with colors by Josan Gonzales and letters by Joshua Cozine, the[...]

This is from the printed version of Earth 2 Annual #2, published yesterday. And this is from the digital version, though I understand it has now been amended to match the print version… At one point, it appears that a certain character was named after artist Francesco Francavilla, but then amended to Falcone. Shame, Frankie would[...]

Banished to witches' purgatory after using the dreaded Necronomicon, she's now fighting for her immortal soul! The award winning team of writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and artist Francesco Francavilla continue their celebrated run on the critically acclaimed series A perfect entry-point for new readers as the smash horror TEEN+ hit of the season continues! Definitely NOT[...]

Over on his blog Francesco Francavilla is having some fun The cover artist for After Life With Archie, Fantomax and The Shadow is giving us a proposal for a concept all his own He's doing up Batman 1972 in classic exploitation style art He calls it the grooviest story of the year and ask us to reblog[...]

A new free app is now available for Afterlife With Archie on Apple (iPhone, iPad), Amazon Kindle, Google Play and the Windows Store. The series written by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and with art by Francesco Francavilla has been selling out in comic shops regularly So it seems like a good time for the company to try and[...]

From Marko Manev's series of iconic superhero posters from February this year. And from the March solicitations for Marvel Comics' Silver Surfer, by Dan Slott and Michael Allred, variant cover by Francesco Francavilla. But was actually published originally in 2010! In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some degree[...]

Dynamite brings us a cover by Francesco Francavilla (and the comic world says "thank you"), and the books is by David Liss (writer), Daniel Indro (illustrator), Josan Gonzales (colors), and Joshua Cozine (letters) The book, touchingly, is dedicated to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Fan fiction based on Sherlock Holmes stories has been around almost as[...]

Above, Francesco Francavilla's illustration for Bee Vixens From Mars, part of Alex De Campi's Grindhouse comic book from Dark Horse… and below, the cover of Terror Blu #131, a long running Italian exploitation science fiction/horror comic book from the eighties… In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some[...]

Francesco Francavilla's covers on the series, for one, scream "collectible" and you just end up hoping they'll make it to poster form (and in fact there was a small poster for "Bee Vixens" from Dark Horse; I snagged one at a signing in New York) This second arc, "Prison Ship Antares", which focuses on the[...]

Francesco Francavilla has been sharing some lovely spooky stuff for Halloween, so let's have a look, but why not just have a little festival for the master of mood? Gives you something to amuse yourself with if you're constantly running to the sound of the doorbell, like me, to dump buckets of candy at tots[...]

These are the books that found me: Afterlife With Archie, by Roberto Aguirre Sacasa and Francesco Francavilla I really can't believe my own eyes when I page through this comic As a pretty committed fan of Francesco Francavilla's, I should have known a little what to expect, but no This is a simply dazzling book that recasts[...]

In this story brought to you by Brian Michael Bendis and Francesco Francavilla, Thanos and his army attack Earth and its up to Peter Quill and the Guardians to stop him Seems very David and Goliath to me… Even the S.W.O.R.D orbiting headquarters have been taken over and all weapons aimed at Earth. Marvel Comics has sent out these[...]

Grindhouse, scripted and lettered by Alex de Campi (Smoke/Ashes), with artwork on this issue by Chris Peterson, colors by Nolan Woodward, and a cover by Francesco Francavilla, is, quite simply, something that needs to exist in comics form We have our B-movie tradition, and our pulp literature tradition, and while that has inspired many comics,[...]

Dark Horse have braced us for the impact by warning that it'll be available "everywhere it's not outlawed", and looking at the artistic team on the book, including Simon Fraser, Gary Erskine, Frederica Manfredi, and Francesco Francavilla, it seems like fair warning. Smoke features special forces officer turned assassin Rupert Cain and newbie journalist Katie Shah[...]

The panel featured Tim Seeley and Mike Norton, of The Occultist and Revival, Joe Casey, of Cataclysm Comix and Sex, Joshua Williamson, of Captain Midnight; Donny Cates of Buzzkill, and Duane Swierczynski of X.. The panel started off with announcement of Francesco Francavilla's Black Beetle getting a second miniseries Below is the cover of what will[...]