Newsarama have an exclusive interview with rising artist Francis Manapul on his upcoming two-issue storyarc for Superman/Batman. For this storyarc, Manapul is using a new technique – applying inkwash to his pencils for a dramatically different look.

Newsarama: Can you tell us what you're working on today, Francis?

Francis Manapul: Currently I'm working on Superman/Batman #60. I'll be doing a two issue story. I also got other things in the works but I'll wait until after they are announced to talk about them.

NRAMA: How did you end up on Superman/Batman?

FM: I've been talking to Dan Didio throughout the summer cons on what I could work on after Legion. I expressed to him my desire to draw anyof my 3 favourite characters at DC. I was lucky enough to get two of them! Well technically 3 of them. [laughs]

NRAMA: So what is this storyarc about?

FM: The basic concept is that Superman and Batman wake up in an alternate universe. I think the preview art has enough there to tell you what kinda alternate universe they find themselves in. I also have to say that Mike Johnson and Michael Green have been fantastic to work with they really wrote a script that I feel plays up to my strength. I don't know if they wrote the story after they found out I was drawing it but it certainly felt tailor made for me to draw. I told them that I really felt like a kid in a candy store and I hope my enthusiasm shows in the end results.

For the entire interview and images of Francis Manapul's amazing artwork, head on over to Newsarama.com

(Source - Newsarama.com)