Franco Urru

Franco Urru was an artist whose work includes Buffyverse comics from IDW Publishing.

Career[]

Urru debuted in the American comic book industry by illustrating covers and interiors for the miniseries Spike: Asylum, in 2006. He continued to pencil Angel and Spike comics, with titles such as Spike: Shadow Puppets, After the Fall, Spike: After the Fall, Barbary Coast, and Spike.

In IDW Publishing, Urru also illustrated the comics Liberty Comics #7, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Microseries: Raphael, Heroic Spotlight #1, and Flare #37.

Notably, Urru penciled a cover for the crossover comic Fallen Angel: Reborn and featured Spike and his bug crew in a cover for Mars Attacks: The Transformers. His last work for the Buffyverse comics is a limited cover for the first Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Nine trade paperback released exclusively in Germany by Panini Comics.

Urru passed away on November 29, 2012.^[1]

Buffyverse credits[]

Interiors[]

Urru illustrated the interiors for the following Buffyverse stories:

• Spike: Asylum
  • Asylum, Part One
  • Asylum, Part Two
  • Asylum, Part Three
  • Asylum, Part Four
  • Asylum, Part Five

• Spike: Shadow Puppets
  • Once More, with Felt
  • Plush
  • Two to Sew
  • Doppelgangbang

• After the Fall
  • After the Fall, Part One
  • After the Fall, Part Two
  • After the Fall, Part Three
  • After the Fall, Part Four
  • After the Fall, Part Five
  • After the Fall, Part Fifteen
  • After the Fall, Part Sixteen
  • After the Fall, Part Seventeen

• Spike: After the Fall
  • Spike: After the Fall, Part One
  • Spike: After the Fall, Part Two
  • Spike: After the Fall, Part Three
  • Spike: After the Fall, Part Four

• Angel
  • Become What You Are
  • Drusilla, Part One
  • Drusilla, Part Two
  • "This One Time"
  • "A Blessing and 'The Curse'"

• Spike
  • Alone Together Now
  • What Happens in Vegas, Slays in Vegas
  • Stranger Things

• Barbary Coast
  • Barbary Coast, Part One
  • Barbary Coast, Part Two
  • Barbary Coast, Part Three

Covers[]

Urru provided covers for the following Buffyverse publications:

• Spike: Asylum
  • Asylum, Part One
  • Asylum, Part Two
  • Asylum, Part Three
  • Asylum, Part Four
  • Asylum, Part Five
  • Asylum (reused)

• Spike: Shadow Puppets
  • Once More, with Felt
  • Plush
  • Two to Sew
  • Doppelgangbang
  • Shadow Puppets (reused)

• After the Fall
  • After the Fall, Part One
  • After the Fall, Part Two
  • After the Fall, Part Three
  • After the Fall, Part Four
  • After the Fall, Part Five
  • After the Fall, Part Fifteen
  • After the Fall, Part Sixteen

• Spike: After the Fall
  • Spike: After the Fall, Part One
  • Spike: After the Fall, Part Two
  • Spike: After the Fall, Part Three
  • Spike: After the Fall, Part Four

• Angel
  • Become What You Are
  • Drusilla, Part One
  • Drusilla, Part Two

• Fallen Angel: Reborn
  • Reborn, Part One

• Spike
  • Alone Together Now
  • What Happens in Vegas, Slays in Vegas
  • Everybody Loves Spike
  • You Haven't Changed a Bit
  • Stranger Things

• Spike: The Devil You Know
  • The Devil You Know, Part One
  • The Devil You Know, Part Two
  • The Devil You Know, Part Three
  • The Devil You Know, Part Four

• Barbary Coast
  • Barbary Coast, Part One
  • Barbary Coast, Part Two
  • Barbary Coast, Part Three
  • Barbary Coast (reused)

• Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Nine
  • Freefall

Artbooks[]

Urru's previous covers were collected in the following artbooks:

• After the Fall Cover Gallery
• The Portraits 100-Page Spectacular
• The Covers

External links[]

• Franco Urru on Comic Book DB
• Franco Urru on Wikipedia

References[]