Francis Manapul

Francis Manapul is a Filipino-Canadian comic book artist.

Career

Manapul is known for his work on Witchblade and The Necromancer for Top Cow, working on the former for three years, off and on, returning for the tenth anniversary issue in 2005.

He 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.^[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 Legion of Superheroes with Jim Shooter as the writer. Francis co-created the character Gazelle with Shooter before leaving the title.

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 Beast Legends from Yap films, which currently airs Wednesday nights at 10pm EST on History Television Canada. Its premiere in the US was on September 9, Thursday at 10pm EST on SyFy.

In 2011 Manapul was awarded the Joe Shuster Award for Outstanding Artist^[3] 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.^[4]

In April 2014, Manapul and Buccellato moved from The Flash to Detective Comics.^[5]

Bibliography

Interior work

• Love in Tights #1 (with J. Torres, Slave Labor Graphics, 1998)
• Monster Fighters, Inc. (with J. Torres, Image):
  • The Ghosts of Christmas (one-shot, 1999)
  • The Black Book (one-shot, 2000)
• Fear Effect: Retro Helix (with Frank Mastromauro and David Wohl, one-shot, Top Cow, 2001)
• Witchblade (Top Cow):
  • "XLVIII" (with Paul Jenkins, in #48, 2001)
  • Witchblade/Lady Death (with David Wohl and Joel Gomez, one-shot, 2001)
  • "LIII" (with Paul Jenkins, David Wohl and Brian Ching, in #53, 2002)
  • "The Return of Tora No Shi" (with David Wohl and Joel Gomez, in #54-57, 2002)
  • "Endgame, Part Two" (with David Wohl, Joel Gomez and Eric Basaldua, in #60, 2002)
  • "LXII-LXV" (with David Wohl, Joel Gomez, Mike Choi and Romano Molenaar, in #62-65, 2003)
  • "Road Trip" (with David Wohl, Joel Gomez and Mike Choi, in #68-69, 2003)
  • "Death Pool" (with David Wohl, Joel Gomez, Mike Choi and David Nakayama, in #70 & 72-75, 2003–2004)
  • "10th Anniversary" (with Ron Marz and various artists, in #92, 2005)
• Tomb Raider: The Series (Top Cow):
  • "Without Limit" (with Dan Jurgens, in #15, 2001)
  • "Alpha Omega" (with Dan Slott, in #50, 2005)
• Image Comics FCBD '04: "First Strike" (with Robert Place Napton, Image, 2004)
• Magdalena/Vampirella (with Robert Kirkman, one-shot, Top Cow, 2004)
• The Darkness #21: "The Reckoning" (with Brian Buccelato, Top Cow, 2005)
• Necromancer #1-6 (with Joshua Ortega, Top Cow, 2006)
• The Iron Saint (with Jason Rubin, Aspen):
  • Iron and the Maiden #0-4 (with Joel Gomez, 2007)
  • Iron and the Maiden: Brutes, Bims and the City (with various artists, one-shot, 2008)
• Sept Guerrières (7 Warriors) (with Michaël Le Galli, graphic novel, Delcourt, 2008)
• Legion of Superheroes #37-46, 48-49 (with Jim Shooter, DC Comics, 2008–2009)
• Adventure Comics #0-3, 5-6 (with Geoff Johns, DC Comics, 2009–2010)
• Superman/Batman (DC Comics):
  • "Mash-Up" (with Michael Green and Mike Johnson, in #60-61, 2009)
  • "Friendly Advice" (with J.T. Krul, in #75, 2010)
• The Flash volume 3 #1-6, 9-10, 12 (with Geoff Johns and Scott Kolins, DC Comics, 2010–2011)
• The Flash volume 4 #1-25 (script and art, with Brian Buccellato, DC Comics, 2011–2013)
• Detective Comics volume 2 #30-ongoing (script and art, with Brian Buccellato, DC Comics, 2014-...)

Cover work

• Witchblade #43, 55-56, 61, 62-65, 68-70, 73, 84 (Top Cow, 2000–2005)
• Masters of the Universe #2 (Image, 2002)
• The Darkness #2 (Top Cow, 2003)
• G.I. Joe #16 (Devil's Due, 2003)
• G.I. Joe: Frontline #9-14 (Devil's Due, 2003)
• G.I. Joe: Reborn #1 (Devil's Due, 2004)
• G.I. Joe Declassified #1-3 (Devil's Due, 2006)
• G.I. Joe Dreadnoks: Declassified #1-3 (Devil's Due, 2006–2007)
• Soulfire: Chaos Reign #2 (Aspen, 2006)
• G.I. Joe Special Missions: Antarctica #1 (Devil's Due, 2006)
• Pilot Season: The Necromancer #1 (Top Cow, 2007)
• Aspen Showcase: Benoist #1 (Aspen, 2008)
• Legion of Superheroes #47, 50 (DC Comics, 2008–2009)
• Adventure Comics #4 (DC Comics, 2010)
• Wonder Woman #32 (DC Comics, 2009)
• Executive Assistant Iris #2 (Aspen, 2009)
• Red Robin #1-5 (DC Comics, 2009)
• Green Lantern volume 4 #45 (DC Comics, 2009)
• The Shield #1-3 (DC Comics, 2009–2010)
• Soulfire #2 (Aspen, 2010)
• Blackest Night: The Flash #1-3 (DC Comics, 2010)
• Justice League of America #46, 49 (DC Comics, 2010)
• Superboy #5 (DC Comics, 2011)
• T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #5 (DC Comics, 2011)
• The Flash volume 3 #7, 11 (DC Comics, 2011)
• Flashpoint: Grodd of War #1 (DC Comics, 2011)
• Flashpoint: Kid Flash Lost #1-3 (DC Comics, 2011)
• Green Lantern Corps #62 (DC Comics, 2011)
• Green Lantern volume 5 #4 (DC Comics, 2012)

Notes

References

• Francis Manapul at the Grand Comics Database
• Kousemaker, Kees. Francis Manapul. Kees Kousemaker's Lambiek Comiclopedia. Retrieved November 15, 2011.

External links

• Official website
• Current blog and old one
• Francis Manapul at DeviantArt
• Francis Manapul at the Comic Book DB
• Interview with Legion of Substitute Podcasters

Reviews

• Review of Witchblade #54, #56, #57, #68 and #69, Comics Bulletin
• Review of Lara Croft: Tomb Raider #50, Comics Bulletin
• Review of Necromancer #1 and #2, Comics Bulletin