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Erotico y fantastico 1980-1995
Roberto Raviola, conocido universalmente como Magnus, es uno de los grandes maestros del cómic italiano en blanco y negro. Su producción es abundante y variada pero sus mejores obras las encontramos en sus producciones más tardías, a partir de la década de 1980. De ese periodo son precisamente las historias recopiladas en este necesario tomo. Fantasía, ciencia ficción y erotismo de alto voltaje se alternan en estos diez relatos que cuentan con el dibujo meticuloso y preciosista que hizo famoso al artista italiano y lo convirtió en referente del cómic europeo de su época.
248 pages, Hardcover
First published October 21, 2009
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Magnus
395 books21 followersMagnus, pseudonym of Roberto Raviola, was an Italian comic book artist. He is regarded as one of the foremost cartoonists of his country.
Having worked as an illustrator, he started his comics career and his association with Max Bunker in 1964 with the series Kriminal. He took the pseudonym Magnus from the Latin phrase "Magnus Pictor Fecit" ("A Great Painter Made It"). During the 1960s the duo became a mainstay of Italian comics, creating successful series such as Kriminal, Satanik, Dennis Cobb, Gesebel and Maxmagnus. In 1969 the duo released Alan Ford, their most successful series.
After leaving Alan Ford in 1975, Magnus started working for Renzo Barbieri's publishing house. He devoted several years to research and the result was a revolution in the erotic comics genre. In the 1970s works like Midnight of Fire, Ten Knights and a Wizard, Vendetta Macumba and The Living Skull came out. Magnus continued creating the long saga The Outlaws and in 1975 he started the Lo Sconosciuto series. In 1977 The Company of the Gallows series appeared.
In the 1980s he created two heroines: Milady 3000 and Necron's Frieda Boher, written by Ilaria Volpe. Milady is a science fiction series where Chinese culture, erotism and science-fiction. Necron instead was a pornographic series.
Inspired by eastern literature, he created The 110 Pills, Fiori di prugno in un vaso d'oro and The Enchanted Women. In 1989 Magnus began his last work, a graphic novel featuring the popular Italian western character Tex Willer. Magnus completed 223 exceedingly detailed plates in 7 years of work, for which he used original sources for any historical element. He died of cancer just few days before completing his work.
Having worked as an illustrator, he started his comics career and his association with Max Bunker in 1964 with the series Kriminal. He took the pseudonym Magnus from the Latin phrase "Magnus Pictor Fecit" ("A Great Painter Made It"). During the 1960s the duo became a mainstay of Italian comics, creating successful series such as Kriminal, Satanik, Dennis Cobb, Gesebel and Maxmagnus. In 1969 the duo released Alan Ford, their most successful series.
After leaving Alan Ford in 1975, Magnus started working for Renzo Barbieri's publishing house. He devoted several years to research and the result was a revolution in the erotic comics genre. In the 1970s works like Midnight of Fire, Ten Knights and a Wizard, Vendetta Macumba and The Living Skull came out. Magnus continued creating the long saga The Outlaws and in 1975 he started the Lo Sconosciuto series. In 1977 The Company of the Gallows series appeared.
In the 1980s he created two heroines: Milady 3000 and Necron's Frieda Boher, written by Ilaria Volpe. Milady is a science fiction series where Chinese culture, erotism and science-fiction. Necron instead was a pornographic series.
Inspired by eastern literature, he created The 110 Pills, Fiori di prugno in un vaso d'oro and The Enchanted Women. In 1989 Magnus began his last work, a graphic novel featuring the popular Italian western character Tex Willer. Magnus completed 223 exceedingly detailed plates in 7 years of work, for which he used original sources for any historical element. He died of cancer just few days before completing his work.
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May 29, 2024
Storie diseguali ma tratto magistrale.
Però pubblicare Le Femmine Incantate in questo formato è una bestemmia.
Però pubblicare Le Femmine Incantate in questo formato è una bestemmia.
February 16, 2021
Solo para muy fans del autor (yo no lo era...ahora lo soy). Lo compré hace algunos años, recordando sus entregas para Madriz , La Luna y El Víbora con su Necrón (que aquí no aparece) y descansaba en una de mis librerías buscando la ocasión de meterle mano. Recreación de leyendas y cuentos orientales con una estética que recuerda una mezcla entre Doré y la chinoisserie del 19. Fascinación también por ese mundo aristocrático/fascistoide trasalpino en sus historias de CIFI. Una delicia de arte, con un gusro para el detalle exquisito. Yo lo he disfrutado y he soltado una lagrimilla cuando se ha acabado. Pero es para paladares muy...especiales?
March 5, 2016
Raccolta di storie, alcune molto note altre inedite o quasi. Magnus si conferma un autore di livello altissimo, per la raffinatezza delle trame, per il disegno netto e ricco, per la poesia che viene mescolata a situazioni comiche o più "pop".
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