Francis Manapul

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Francis Manapul
The Flash
AwardsJoe Shuster Award for Outstanding Artist (2011)
Inkwell Award for The All-in-One Award (2011)
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Francis Manapul (born August 26, 1979) is a Canadian

comic book artist and writer
.

Career

Manapul is known for his work on

Top Cow
, working on the former for three years, off and on, returning for the tenth anniversary issue in 2005. He has provided covers for various titles, most notably for some
G.I. Joe comics from Devil's Due Publishing.

In 2007, he signed an exclusive contract to work with DC Comics.[dead link][1] Manapul served as a guest judge in the fourth week round of the third season of

Comic Book Idol, a comic book art competition sponsored by Comic Book Resources.[2]

In 2008 Francis became the artist for DC's

Gazelle
with Shooter before leaving the title. In January 2010,
Newsarama named Manapul one of ten creators to watch for the coming year.[3] In 2009, he was named to be the artist in DC's new Flash series written by Geoff Johns which stars Barry Allen in the lead role.

He was also one of the TV presenters on

SyFy
.

In 2011 Manapul was awarded the Joe Shuster Award for Outstanding Artist[4] and the All-in-One Award (Favorite artist known for almost-exclusively inking his/her own interior comic book pencil work and rarely the work of others in '10) from the Inkwell Awards. That May, DC Comics announced a massive revamp and relaunch of their entire superhero line, as part of this Francis was named writer/artist on the Flash, with his longtime colorist/collaborator, Brian Buccellato co-writing with him.[5]

In April 2014, Manapul and Buccellato moved from The Flash to Detective Comics.[6] That August, Manapul created Batman poster for New York Comic Con.[7] In 2016, Manapul became the writer and artist for the DC Rebirth comic book series Trinity.[8]

On October 12, 2023, Manapul and a group of colleagues announced at the

traveling through time to the year 2024, where they to encounter the strange inhabitants and culture of that era, only to find that the threat they thought they had escaped has followed them.[14]

Bibliography

Interior work

Cover work

Aspen MLT

  • Aspen
    , 2006)
  • Aspen Showcase: Benoist #1 (Aspen, 2008)
  • Executive Assistant Iris #2 (Aspen, 2009)
  • Soulfire #2 (Aspen, 2010)

DC Comics

  • Legion of Superheroes
    #47, 50 (2008–2009)
  • Wonder Woman #32 (2009)
  • Red Robin #1-5 (2009)
  • Green Lantern (Vol. 4) #45 (variant cover) (2009)
  • Blackest Night: The Flash #1-3 (variant covers) (2009-2010)
  • The Shield (Vol. 2) #1-3 (2009–2010)
  • Justice League of America
    (Vol. 2) #46 (variant cover) (2010), #49 (variant cover) (2010)
  • Adventure Comics #4 (2010)
  • Superboy (Vol. 4) #5 (variant cover) (2011)
  • T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents (Vol. 3) #5 (2011)
  • The Flash
    (Vol. 3) #7, #11 (2011)
  • Flashpoint: Grodd of War #1 (2011)
  • Flashpoint: Kid Flash Lost #1-3 (2011)
  • Green Lantern Corps (Vol. 2) #62 (variant cover) (2011)
  • Green Lantern (Vol. 5) #4 (variant cover) (2012)
  • Sword of Sorcery Featuring Amethyst (Vol. 2) #2 (variant cover) (2012)
  • Superman Unchained #5 (Superman 75th Anniversary 1930s variant cover) (2013)
  • Flash Season Zero #1 (variant cover) (2014)
  • Lobo (Vol. 3) #3 (variant cover) (2014)
  • Superman (Vol. 4) #36 (variant cover) (2014)
  • Superman/Wonder Woman #16 (variant cover) (2015)
  • Justice League of America (Vol. 4) #2 (variant cover) (2015)
  • Aquaman (Vol. 5) #44 (variant cover) (2015)
  • Convergence #4 (variant cover) (2015)
  • Multiversity #2 (variant cover) (2015)
  • Batman/Superman #25 (2015)
  • Justice League: The Darkseid War Superman #1 (2015)
  • Justice League: The Darkseid War Lex Luthor #1 (2015)
  • Justice League: The Darkseid War Flash #1 (2015)
  • Justice League: The Darkseid War SHAZAM #1 (2015)
  • Justice League: The Darkseid War Batman #1 (2015)
  • Justice League: The Darkseid War Green Lantern #1 (2015)
  • Batgirl (Vol. 5) #1-12 (variant covers) (2016-2017), #34-36 (2019)
  • Superman: American Alien #5 (variant cover) (2016)
  • Scooby Apocalypse #5 (variant cover) (2016)
  • Flash Omnibus By Francis Manapul & Brian Buccellato (new cover) (2016)
  • Kamandi Challenge #10 (2017)
  • Hal Jordan And The Green Lantern Corps #33-36 (2017-2018)
  • Action Comics (Vol. 3) #992 (2017), #993-994 (variant covers) (2017), #1001-1006 (variant covers) (2018-2019), #1009-1011 (2019)
  • Teen Titans (Vol. 6) #15 (2017)
  • Super Sons #11 (2017)
  • Justice League/Aquaman: Drowned Earth #1 (variant cover) (2018)
  • Flash Starting Line DC Essential Edition (new cover) (2018)
  • Titans (Vol. 3) #36 (variant cover) (2019)
  • Green Arrow (Vol. 7) #49 (variant cover) (2019)
  • Justice League (Vol. 4) #18 (2019), #26 (2019)
  • Flash (Vol. 5) #75 (Year of the Villain variant cover) (2019)

Devil's Due Publishing

Image Comics

Writer

DC Comics

  • Detective Comics: Futures End #1 (2014)
  • Justice League: The Darkseid War Superman #1 (2015)
  • Justice League: The Darkseid War Lex Luthor #1 (2015)
  • Trinity (Vol. 2) #1-6 (2016-2017), #9-11 (2017)

References

General references

Inline citations

  1. ^ "WW Chicago: Francis Manapul in the Future - and on DC's Legion". Newsarama. August 10, 2007 Archived October 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Round 4: The Final Four" Archived 2008-07-20 at the Wayback Machine. Comic Book Resources' February 29, 2008
  3. ^ Arrant, Chris (January 4, 2010). "Ten for '10: Things to Watch in the New Year - Creators". Newsarama. Archived from the original on September 30, 2015.
  4. ^ "2011 Nominees and Winners". Joe Shuster Awards. February 2011. Retrieved 2011-12-28.
  5. ^ Hyde, David (June 2, 2011). "The New Justice". DC Comics: The Source.
  6. ^ Campbell, Josie (October 10, 2013). "NYCC: Manapul & Buccellato Go Gotham For 'Detective Comics'". Comic Book Resources.
  7. ^ "New York Post Reveals New York Comic Con 2014 Poster". DC Comics. 2014-08-27. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  8. ^ Sava, Oliver (September 19, 2016). "DC's biggest heroes reunite in this Trinity #1 exclusive". A.V.Club. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
  9. ^ "NYCC 2023: Ghost Machine Launches A Cooperative Media Company". Graphic Policy. October 16, 2023. Archived from the original on October 19, 2023. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
  10. from the original on October 14, 2023. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
  11. ^ Connelly, Eileen A.J. (October 12, 2023). "Comic Book Artists, Writers Launch Creator-Owned Media Company 'Ghost Machine'". TheWrap. Archived from the original on October 19, 2023. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
  12. ^ Cronin, Brian (October 12, 2023). "NYCC: Johns, Meltzer, Frank, Hitch and More Form New Creator-Owned Company, Ghost Machine". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on October 19, 2023. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
  13. ^ "Welcome to Ghost Machine". Ghost Machine Productions. October 11, 2023. Archived from the original on October 21, 2023. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via YouTube.
  14. from the original on October 19, 2023. Retrieved October 21, 2023.

External links

Reviews

Preceded by Detective Comics writer
2014
(with Brian Buccellato)
Succeeded by
Preceded by Detective Comics writer
2014–2015
(with Brian Buccellato)
Succeeded by