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1 Career  





2 Bibliography  



2.1  Interior work  





2.2  Cover work  



2.2.1  Aspen MLT  





2.2.2  DC Comics  





2.2.3  Devil's Due Publishing  





2.2.4  Image Comics  







2.3  Writer  



2.3.1  DC Comics  









3 References  



3.1  General references  





3.2  Inline citations  







4 External links  



4.1  Reviews  
















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Francis Manapul
Manapul at the New York Comic Con in Manhattan, October 10, 2010
Born (1979-08-26) August 26, 1979 (age 44)
Manila, Philippines[citation needed]
NationalityCanadian
Area(s)Artist

Notable works

Witchblade
The Necromancer
The Flash
AwardsJoe Shuster Award for Outstanding Artist (2011)
Inkwell Award for The All-in-One Award (2011)
francismanapul.com

Francis Manapul (born August 26, 1979) is a Canadian comic book artist and writer.

Career

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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 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 Legion of Superheroes with Jim Shooter as the writer. Francis co-created the character 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 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[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 FlashtoDetective 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 New York Comic Con that they were forming a cooperative media company called Ghost Machine which would publish creator-owned comics, and allow the participating creators to benefit from the development of their intellectual properties. The company publishes its books through Image Comics, and its founding creators include Geoff Johns, Brad Meltzer, Jason Fabok, Gary Frank, Bryan Hitch, and Peter J. Tomasi, all of whom would produce comics work exclusively through that company.[9][10] Manapul's inaugural work for Ghost Machine would be drwing The Rocketfellers, which is written by Tomasi.[11][12] The series' premise is based on the idea that Manapul explains thus: "The best place to hide when you're in the Witness Protection Program perhaps is through a different time."[13] The story depicts a 26th century dysfunctional family who when threatened, flee by 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

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Interior work

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Cover work

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Aspen MLT

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DC Comics

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Devil's Due Publishing

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Image Comics

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Writer

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DC Comics

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References

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General references

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Inline citations

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  • ^ 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.
  • ^ "2011 Nominees and Winners". Joe Shuster Awards. February 2011. Retrieved 2011-12-28.
  • ^ Hyde, David (June 2, 2011). "The New Justice". DC Comics: The Source.
  • ^ Campbell, Josie (October 10, 2013). "NYCC: Manapul & Buccellato Go Gotham For 'Detective Comics'". Comic Book Resources.
  • ^ "New York Post Reveals New York Comic Con 2014 Poster". DC Comics. 2014-08-27. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  • ^ Sava, Oliver (September 19, 2016). "DC's biggest heroes reunite in this Trinity #1 exclusive". A.V.Club. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
  • ^ "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.
  • ^ Gustines, George Gene (October 12, 2023). "A Comic Book Upstart Seeks to Shake Up the Industry". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on October 14, 2023. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
  • ^ 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.
  • ^ 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.
  • ^ "Welcome to Ghost Machine". Ghost Machine Productions. October 11, 2023. Archived from the original on October 18, 2023. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via YouTube.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  • ^ Johnston, Rich (October 12, 2023). "Johns, Hitch, Frank, Fabok, Tomasi, Meltzer & Manapul's Ghost Machine". Bleeding Cool. Archived from the original on October 19, 2023. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
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    Reviews

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    Preceded by

    John Layman

    Detective Comics writer
    2014
    (with Brian Buccellato)
    Succeeded by

    Benjamin Percy

    Preceded by

    Benjamin Percy

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

    Peter Tomasi


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