Francesco Francavilla

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 Francesco Francavilla made his professional comics debut in the Italian comics anthology Amazing Comics.

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. His cover work is particularly noteworthy, he won an Eisner for it in 2012.

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). 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 and has been made an ongoing series as a part of Dark Horse Comics' superhero push.

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. He also has continued to work with both Dark Horse and Detective Comics over the past few years, with some of his recent works including The Joker: The Man the Stopped Laughing and Night of the Ghoul. At the end of 2024 it was announced that Francavillia would be working once again with Scott Snyder on Snyder’s latest comic series White Boat, which is set to be released in 2025.