VMAN celebrates its 15th issue with actor James Franco on the Fall 2009 cover.

The hunky actor does not simply appear on the cover of this issue — he also, through a self-portrait of sorts, brings to readers an impressive 10-page work of art within the magazine’s pages. It’s artistic, expressive, and worth seeing — both in print and as a moving image.

Says Editor in chief/founder of V and VMAN, Stephen Gan of Franco: “Who would think that an actor of his caliber would have such fantasies. He is an “artist” in every sense of the word, and very much a modern Renaissance man. I don’t know that we’ve ever come across someone who so credibly rests one foot in Hollywood and one in the art world. For that reason I think this body of work is a milestone. Plus, his fascination with burning motorcycles, flamethrowers, and archers shooting flaming arrows…well it lends new meaning to the word, ‘Hot!’”