COMICS: Francesco Francavilla Takes Over Art Duties In GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #8 Preview

COMICS: Francesco Francavilla Takes Over Art Duties In GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #8 Preview

Black Panther: The Man Without Fear artist Francesco Francavill joins Brian Michael Bendis (All-New X-Men) for Guardians of the Galaxy's "Infinity" tie in! In this first look at issue #8, the secret behind the return of Star-Lord, Drax and Thanos is partially revealed...

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By JoshWilding - Oct 27, 2013 08:10 PM EST
Filed Under: Marvel Comics

INFINITY TIE-IN
• What will it take for Peter Quill to betray the entire Marvel Universe?
• And if you don’t know Eisner award winning artist Francesco Francavilla yet, you will after this comic!












GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #8
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Pencils & Cover by FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA

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Reasonnnn
Reasonnnn - 10/27/2013, 8:13 PM
james francos art >
xcrementus
xcrementus - 10/27/2013, 8:33 PM
I loved Francavilla's art in Black Panther, really fit the noir tone it was going for.

If you don't the look of this particular issue, its only an Infinity tie-in so you could probably just skip it. I'll be into it though.
jlabatman
jlabatman - 10/27/2013, 8:37 PM
Not digging this art at all!
masterhater
masterhater - 10/27/2013, 8:45 PM
Liked the previous artist soo much better!
Logan276
Logan276 - 10/27/2013, 8:58 PM
It's a pretty drastic change from the previous issues. It could work depending on the tone of the story but I'm not 100% sold on it.
LeonStGiovanni
LeonStGiovanni - 10/27/2013, 9:02 PM
Not cool at all. Sigh...
TheAbomination
TheAbomination - 10/27/2013, 9:05 PM
I'm still waiting on them to address how Thanos and Quill made it back from the collapsing Cancerverse AND how Drax came back from the dead.
TheAbomination
TheAbomination - 10/27/2013, 9:06 PM
Btw the art sucks.
pesmerga44
pesmerga44 - 10/27/2013, 9:08 PM
I worry is in their entire conversation Gamora says how Drax and Star-Lord stayed behind to stop Thanos ,even though Drax got killed by Thanos about 3-4 issues in, but not a word about Richard Ryder the real Nova. I really hope they haven't just forgotten about him they need to bring him back and kick the stupid Sam kid out.
GLprime2814
GLprime2814 - 10/27/2013, 9:19 PM
Really?
mawilli4
mawilli4 - 10/27/2013, 9:38 PM
what happened to Richard Rider, dammit! The end of the Thanos Imperative was one of the most heart-wrenching things I've ever read, and Bendis has retconned it. Better be for a DAMN good reason.
Minato
Minato - 10/27/2013, 9:59 PM
For anyone who cares I might not be around for a long time. I have a personal situation that I have to handle for the foreseeable future. I have gone by the names Hush2010 and 2Challa. Peace out to all I’ve had a great relationship with.
beane2099
beane2099 - 10/27/2013, 10:12 PM
Okay so this book has gotten confusing. In issue 6 Quill is confronting Thanos and all we see is them about to attack one another, then Quill just pops up in the Angela fight with no mention to those events whatsoever.

A ginormous universe wide event is going on in Infinity and the the two titles that are supposed to be "Marvel cosmic" have little or nothing to do with it. How does that make sense? The Guardians are now protecting Earth, and Thanos has invaded the Earth. I could maybe give this one a pass cause we don't know where 6 & 7 take place in relation to Infinity. Regardless, the absence of Marvel's cosmic heroes from a Marvel cosmic event is a crime.

It seems like they're getting around to the Cancerverse business, and yet no mention of Richard Rider.
Scarycherry
Scarycherry - 10/27/2013, 10:44 PM
Yeah gonna have to say goodbye to this book. Art not so good.
loki668
loki668 - 10/27/2013, 10:46 PM
@ScottSummers

Good luck to you, with whatever it is you're dealing with. As they say, "May the road rise to meet your feet."
arkhamknight
arkhamknight - 10/27/2013, 10:47 PM
Eisner award winning? Yeesh....
hench
hench - 10/27/2013, 10:57 PM
im ok with this
LittleDanglyThing
LittleDanglyThing - 10/27/2013, 11:30 PM
No more "Jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeean!"? :(
I laugh every time.
TheDpool
TheDpool - 10/28/2013, 12:32 AM
Dunno how I feel about that art yet, could grow on me though.
TelaVizion
TelaVizion - 10/28/2013, 2:02 AM
Why do yall ppl keep asking about Rich?... He's gone at the moment. Deal with it. He ain't here. And you definitely shouldn't be looking for him in this book. Lookout for word of him in the "Nova" book.
NoAssemblyReqd
NoAssemblyReqd - 10/28/2013, 3:48 AM
I liked McGuiness'sand Pichelli's work. Very detailed, very refined and consistent. Francavelli's art is rougher and more off-the-cuff, which gives the book an EC Comics horror book feel. If they're going for an unsettling look to match the story, that's great, I guess, but I admit it will take some getting used to in the long term.

Then again, GOTG has switched artists a couple of times already in its short life, so no worries here.
marvel72
marvel72 - 10/28/2013, 4:46 AM
loving the art,loving this title in general.
NoAssemblyReqd
NoAssemblyReqd - 10/28/2013, 5:48 AM
@beane2099

The events of GotG so far are several issues behind the events of Infinity. Tony Stark is already back on Earth as of June's New Avengers #7 -- they're up to #11 now.

I think the upcoming GotG will either show Stark returning to Earth or jump ahead to the "present" Infinity story (I didn't read the excerpts above).
Soze
Soze - 10/28/2013, 7:33 AM
I bought the first TPB collection of this and wasn't very impressed at all. Wasn't planning on carrying on but I really like the art here, might give it one more shot.
vtopa
vtopa - 10/28/2013, 8:16 AM
The art is more appropriate for some noire detective graphic novel, not a swashbuckling space adventure group. WTF.
Crawler
Crawler - 10/28/2013, 9:10 AM
It's not that the art sucks. It's just a stark contrast to Sara Picheli's art. I think it's better suited to a Daredevil or Punisher book.
Crawler
Crawler - 10/28/2013, 9:12 AM
@ScottSummers I hope it all works out for you. Let us know if there's anything we can do for support.
ROMsnotdead
ROMsnotdead - 10/28/2013, 10:43 AM
looks good to me! i like the contrast and the use of colors.and i like that the drawing is not too "forced" as is often the case in the genre.To each his own i suppose...
crawley
crawley - 10/28/2013, 10:51 AM
Anything to keep him off Hawkeye. That book should be Aja's exclusively. And if I have to wait bi-monthly instead of monthly that's fine.
NoAssemblyReqd
NoAssemblyReqd - 10/28/2013, 2:15 PM
Oops, I wrote McGuinness instead of McNiven. Getting NOVA and GOTG mixed up.
osideous
osideous - 10/28/2013, 7:33 PM
it's GOTG so im in, but the art sucks
batmbl
batmbl - 10/28/2013, 8:09 PM
It's very much a Star Wars Dark Empire feel to me...I like it but at the same time I prefer more of a modern slick/very detailed art to sci-fi style stories...
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