Legion World Forums LEGION CLUBHOUSE The Legion of Super-Heroes Visionaries of Tomorrow Welcome Francis Manapul!

Hi and welcome.

Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome!

Let me add my voice to the choir: be welcome and rock away (I definitely like your preview art).

thanks again for the welcome guys! I'm really pumped about this book. Also as a side note, if you guys check my blog regularly, I'll be posting panel snips from my first issue. I don't want to get into trouble showing whole pages, but I think I can get away by showing little snips of it

I'll have to bookmark the page. Like that one snippet already, looks very dynamic and makes me think "oh sprock" (or whatever the proper interlac slang would be). But seriously, if one panel can do that than it makes me even more excited for the next issue.

Another panel appeared on today. I'm really looking forward to the finished product. Tinya's looking great.

Thanks Francis! Lookin' good!

I can't wait to see this book!! Thanks for the sneak peeks Francis, looks fantastic already!

I even like his sketches!

Do they look *exactly* like I want them to look? No, and I doubt that's even possible (unless Steve Lightle came back or something). But this is the best looking Legion I've seen in a long, long time!

The finished cover with Projectra looks so clean, like you'd expect a young person from the 31st century to look. (The rough draft of her sitting on the throne, all King Conan-esque, was an evocative visual. It makes for a darker, angrier looking character, while the one of her kneeling and grieving suggests a completely different character. Interesting.)

Projectra on the throne

Also eenteresting that the Orandan throne room had a big honkin' chain that seems to have been attached to the arm of the throne. Did daddy have a large guard-beast of some sort?

Great stuff, Francis. Keep it up!

thanks guys! posted another one today, and I'm hoping to post one every day until the book is out

Ayla looks so young there. I like it.

The biggest irony of the 'underagers' movement was that so many of the Legionnaires appeared to be in their late twenties or early thirties (Rokk, especially). Then again, in the 30th century the average human lifespan could be 250+ and a 30 year old might seem like a puling infant to the 70+ year old 'adults.'

thanks Set. from what I've gathered they seem to range from 15 to 20's. So I wanted to try and make them look like their age...although I tend to draw people "young" looking so that could also be a reason

Loving the panel looks so far Francis. Can't wait to see the whole thing come together. I may have to try to pick up a couple of pages featuring Lightning Lad to add to my collection.

Wow. Today's panel is just... WOW! I'm falling in love with Imra all over again.

Ditto on confident-looking-Imra. I've always seen her in my head as someone who would *look* confident (especially when she has her doubts), just because she knows what everyone is all anxious about, and, more importantly, she knows that showing apprehension will help no one.

Artists interpretations of their features may come and go, but I've always felt that most of the Legionnaires should be able to be identified by their posture. Some are subdued and often hang out towards the rear (Lyle, Gim), others are confident and out front (Imra, Rokk), still others are *aggressively* confident, daring the world to bring it on (Jo, Shady).

Brin's looking nice. Very not-Furball, which is 10,000 points in the plus column.

thanks folks! and Saturn Girl kicks a lot of butt in our second issue!

Good! Great!

Congrats Francis! Issue 37 was awesome! Only disappointment to me was a coloring error so not your fault. Just wanted to let you know that I enjoyed the art (and the writing) immensely and I'm so happy to be a Legion fan now.

So a big thank you for a job well done!

The coloring error where Saturn Girl is 'calling her mother' (top of page 8) and her hair is orange (as if she was Ayla?). That's amusing.

I was oogling the team spread Francis did, and part of me wondered what it would be like if Tinya and Lyle got together...

Sorry, just random thoughts

thanks guys. yeah there were a few coloring mistakes that made it into the book. More than I was hoping for, but thats the ins and outs of a monthly book. But yeah I did a double take as well when I saw SG's hair colored that way.... we will be getting a new colorist as of issue 39 though, JD Smith, real talented fella so I'm looking forward to it. Nathan did a great job but I'm excited to be working with a really old collaborator. Ironically enough Livesay and JD were the first "professional" art team I worked with when I first broke in at top cow.... cool huh...

Francis gave CBR a studio tour. Check it out!

Nice pad, Francis! Your girlfriend Agnes has a nice setup, too-- what does she do for work?

thanks Pov! Agnes is currently attending Sheridan college taking Illustration. She's also done freelance work here and there in the comic industry. here's her site http://evilwabbit.deviantart.com/

Nice write-up, I love this kind of stuff. A studio down by the river, that'd be a dream for me but strangely, none to be had around here even though our river front is spectacular.


"Moo and Otis:" any chance of them sneaking into an issue of Legion?