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Tomasi, Francis Manapul, Gary Frank, Maytal Zchut, Lamont Magee, Brad Meltzer and Geoff Johns are launching a new comic book publisher through Image Comics, called Ghost Machine as a creator-owned and creator-shared universe of storytelling, set up by the already published Geoff Johns/Gary Frank and Bryan Hitch comics Geiger, Junkyard Joe and Redcoat. These are the[...]

Spinning out of his Batman V Robin series, the event showrunner Mark Waid teams up with Riccardo Federici, Gene Luen Yang, Billy Tan, Nicole Maines, Skylar Patridge, Francis Manapul, Dan Watters, Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Josie Campbell, and more, to transform DC's Super Heroes and Supervillains beginning in January 2023. "Following the events of Mark Waid and[...]

But the concept has legs and IGN have just run the news that Snyder and his Best Jackett Press is making his comiXology Originals debut, with eight new comics drawn by Rafael Albuquerque, Greg Capullo, Francesco Francavilla, Jamal Igle, Jock, Tula Lotay, Francis Manapul, and Dan Panosian. And rather than Image Comics, the books launching in[...]

Francis Manapul has been working on the original graphic novel Aquaman: Earth One for some considerable time Announced as one of the series of out-of-continuity original graphic novels intended to work as perennial summations of characters, DC Comics published multiple volumes of Superman: Earth One, Batman: Earth One, Wonder Woman Earth One and Titans: Earth[...]

Comic book cover artists Jock, Francis Manapul and BossLogic are providing limited edition prints for Scott Snyder and Tony S Daniel's Nocterra Collector's Edition, which is currently topping $150,000 on Kickstarter The three are below, respectively But Snyder also teased more comic book work to come with him, Jock and Manapul… Scott Snyder Teases New Comics With Francis Manapul[...]

Whatever you think that may mean. We have been told that the Aquaman treatment for 5G will be from Francis Manapul And that it will a repurposing of a number of his original plans for the formerly-announced-then-delayed Aquaman Earth One story, part of a series of original graphic novels published by DC as a separate continuity. Originally[...]

Can they arrive on Earth in time? What of Vril Dox? Justice League: No Justice #4 cover by Francis Manapul Like the ending to Dark Nights: Metal, the ending to Justice League: No Justice is a massive party with all your favorite DC characters that makes little coherent or flowing sense. I could break down the story and[...]

Mignola himself as well as Chris Roberson and D'Isreali bring you this tale. Batman: Detective Comics #981 cover by Eddy Barrows, Eber Ferreira, and Adriano Lucas Batman: Detective Comics #981 "Batmen Eternal" and James Tynion IV's legendary run on Batman: Detective Comics comes to their finale with the Gotham Knights uniting once more to stop the plans of Ulysses and his Omac army which has already[...]

As Wonder, Entropy, Mystery, and Wisdom, the four teams lead where their suits lead. Justice League: No Justice #2 cover by Francis Manapul Justice League: No Justice #2 is another exciting step in this miniseries While there feels like more unnecessary wordiness in this issue than the prior, the nuance of the concept holds the comic together[...]

Also, it will be listed in descending order, starting with the grandest winner going down until we reach the most abyssmal loser. Now, let's get started. Wins Justice League: No Justice #1 cover by Francis Manapul 1 Win: Justice League: No Justice #1 I'll admit this one is playing to my preferences, but I adored Justice League: No Justice #1[...]

Brainiac intends to stop that, and he is organizing the heroes and villains he's gathered into four Justice Leagues to stop the Titans. Justice League: No Justice #1 cover by Francis Manapul Justice League: No Justice #1 focuses on setting up the premise and lineup for these four bizarre Justice League lineups Oddly enough, it reads like[...]

This one comes courtesy of Max Landis and Francis Manapul. The Action Comics Special #1 is a wonderful read crafted by talented creators, and it's definitely helping me get into Superman more than I already was With great art and solid storytelling, this one easily earns a recommendation Give it a read. [rwp-review-ratings id="0"] [rwp-review-form id="0"] [...]

General Lane is something of the stereotypical military jackass here, like Thunderbolt Ross but less complex. Batman the Merciless #1 art by Francis Manapul Francis Manapul puts in some solid work His style is shadowed a bit more heavily to match the oppressive atmosphere of Metal It's still his unique look though, and it's one that has[...]

Francis Manapul's Aquaman Earth One graphic novel was announced way back in 2015, but since then the project has been pushed back by other priorities But at the DC Meet the Publishers panel at New York Comic Con today, DC Co-Publisher Dan Didio revealed that he subscribes to the notion that what's old is new[...]

They will also be including their Harley Quinn #1 exclusive variant drawn by Francis Manapul There is also a black & white version and graded copies sold separately. For more information on the Comic Mint or the Harley Quinn variants, click here. Back in December, Rich did an interview with Steve Finkel, the man behind[...]

Plus it seemed like there needed to be some Infantino art on this list. #5 – Flash: Move Forward by Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato This is the first trade from the New 52 Flash series and is probably the closest the comics have to what we see on Tuesday nights Also, Manapul's art is gorgeous The[...]

Here DC All-Access host Jason Inman talks to Francis Manapul about writing the Superman and Lex Luthor one-shots as well as drawing the covers for all six of the one-shots. [youtube]https://youtu.be/N05U9daiguw[/youtube] The Darkseid War is spinning into a series of one-shots with Jack Kirby inspired covers[...]

Francis Manapul writes on Tumblr, Here's a look at my first creator owned book, #BrokenHollow! I'll be collaborating with another talented artist that I hope to announce soon! You can also check the process of this piece via @microsoftcanada video at http://t.co/uYYpyuA7Qa using my #surfacepro3 Will do! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euXE5OKlC-kVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Meet Francis Manapul[...]

In October/November, Francis Manapul and Geoff Johns reunite for a sub arc of the Darkseid War called Justice League: Gods and Men This series of one-shots focuses on five characters Metron no longer sits in the Mobius chair Now Batman sits in this most coveted of thrones and has access to absolute knowledge Flash takes[...]

#Hopefully — Tony Lee (@mrtonylee) July 4, 2015 One of the de-tabled creators, Rachel Richey who we had previously spoken to, tweeted her own response to the escalating situation. As of about an hour ago I was actually starting to feel a little bad for Arthur until he came over with his agent and had her "speak"[...]

And, at Montreal Comic Con, the displaced peole were comic book creators Francis Manapul, Dan Parent and Rachel Richey And this is what his table looked like. Hey everyone-Look at this massive booth at the show I'm at It's much bigger than other booths in Artist Alley pic.twitter.com/nYxeSLTzvW — Jim Zub Montreal3305 (@JimZub) July 3, 2015 Bleeding[...]

Bleeding Cool has long championed the work of Francis Manapul at DC Comics, as he created many an innovative approach to comic book storytelling, especially on The Flash We have also enjoyed his work on Detective Comics, and wrote about it earlier today. But it will be a short lived stay He writes on Twitter. Today is[...]

The 30 minute documentary shows how the group of Francis Manapul, Ramon Perez, Marcus To and Kalman Andrasofszky support each other through the long hours with camaraderie and competition. Comic Book Artist: Next Generation can be seen on AT&T U-verse's Buzz channel (It can also be viewed online here.) [Source: THR] AT&T U-Verse has put together a documentary directed[...]

Do you remember when folks used to put out those videos of comic creators talking about their work back in the eighties and nineties? Well someone else does… Stephen Christy of Archaia has produced Comic Book Artists: The Next Generation, a documentary for AT&T UVerse featuring Stan Lee, Jim Lee, Francis Manapul, Ramon Perez, Kalman Andrasofsky, Marcus To and more. If[...]

An amazing line-up of talent was gathered here under moderator John Cunningham and group editor Mark Doyle to talk all things Batman (and family): including Batman's Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo, Detective Comics' Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato, Marc Andreyko (Batwoman),  James Tynion IV (Batman Eternal), Peter Tomasi (Batman & Robin) and the new Batgirl[...]

Back in August, Francis Manapul concluded his run with Brian Buccellato on Detective Comics with issue #34 Over on his blog/tumbler, Manapul posted some of his thumbnails to rough sketches to finished pencils process and it's fascinating to see how the artist works.   Back in August, Francis Manapul concluded[...]

So if you get lost, you have no one else to blame but Batman. And remember folks, this is the last NYCC where Batman publisher DC Comics will actually be

Francis Manapul and Brian Buccelato are leaving Flash for Detective Comics But what ideas did they have but never got round to? Manapul posted a scene entitled Flash At The Salt Flats to Instagram… FLASH: "I wanted to show you something I've never shared this place with anyone Here my mind is at peace[...]

The story is by Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato, and pencils are shared between Sprouse and Manapul, with the inks by Karl Story, Keith Champagne, and Manapul, colors by Buccellato and letters by Carlos M Managual This makes for a very team-created book in a studio collaborative style It looks like the first 19 pages[...]

What other DC NYCC announcements are coming, I wonder…? Because the comic that Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato are leaving The Flash to work on… is Detective Comics Manapul and Buccellato made Flash a very art-focused book, channeling the experimentation of Will Eisner and it's hoped they'll do the same with Batman. Most-Read Comic Stories Wednesday: Francis[...]