Francis Manapul

Francis Manapul is a Filipino-Canadian comic book artist.

Biography

Manapul is best known for his works 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.

To date, he has signed an exclusive contract to work with DC Comics' "Legion of Super-Heroes", starting with issue #37. [ [http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=124788 WW CHICAGO: FRANCIS MANAPUL IN THE FUTURE - AND ON DC'S LEGION] , Newsarama, August 10, 2007]

He also served as a guest judge in the fourth week round of Comic Book Idol, third season, sponsored by the Comic Book Resources. [ [http://cbi.comicbookresources.com/cbi3/round-four-the-final-four/ Round 4: The Final Four - Comic Book Resources, February 29, 2008] ]

He also provides covers for various titles, most notably for some of the recent "G.I. Joe" comics from Devil's Due Publishing.

Bibliography

*"Witchblade" #48, 53-65, 68-75, 92 (Top Cow, 2001-2005)
*"" #50 (with Dan Slott, with inks by Kevin Conrad and Jay Leisten, Top Cow, 2005)
*"The Darkness" #21 (with Brian Buccelato, with inks by Kevin Conrad, Rob Hunter and Jay Leisten, Top Cow, 2005)
*"The Necromancer" (with Joshua Ortega, 6-issue mini-series, Top Cow, 2005-2006)
*"Iron and the Maiden" (with Jason Rubin and backgrounds by Joel Gomez, Aspen Comics, 2007-ongoing)

References

*gcdb|type=credit|search=Francis+Manapul|title=Francis Manapul
*comicbookdb|type=creator|id=3176|title=Francis Manapul
* [http://lambiek.net/artists/m/manapul_francis.htm Francis Manapul] at Lambiek

Footnotes

External links

* [http://www.francismanapul.com/ Official home page]
* [http://manapul.deviantart.com Francis Manapul's deviantART account]
* [http://manapul.blogspot.com/ Current blog] and [http://that-fjm-guy.livejournal.com/ old one]

Reviews

* [http://www.comicsbulletin.com/reviews/101820853818280.htm Review of "Witchblade" #54] , [http://www.comicsbulletin.com/reviews/102420502859416.htm #56] , [http://www.comicsbulletin.com/reviews/102833237379079.htm #57] , [http://www.comicsbulletin.com/reviews/106282197176273.htm #68] and [http://www.comicsbulletin.com/reviews/106454982440992.htm #69] , Comics Bulletin
* [http://www.comicsbulletin.com/reviews/110879235743933.htm Review of "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider" #50] , Comics Bulletin
* [http://www.comicsbulletin.com/reviews/112903775033035.htm Review of "Necromancer" #1] and [http://www.comicsbulletin.com/reviews/113523044649157.htm #2] , Comics Bulletin