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Emanuelle

by Guido Crepax, Τατιάνα Καββαδία (μετάφραση)

From the novel by Emmanuelle Arsan.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels

80 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1980

About the author

Guido Crepax (born Crepas, 1933-2003) was an Italian illustrator and comics author, considered one of the most influential cartoonists of the second half of the 20th century. He is notably remembered for his sophisticated black and white art, as well as his dreamlike storylines, often involving a significative dose of erotism.
Crepax was born and raised in Milan, the son of famed cellist Gilberto Crepas. He graduated in Architecture in 1958, then started a successful career in illustration, mostly for advertisement and record covers.
Crepax began making comics in the middle of the 60's, particularly for the Italian magazine 'Linus'. He is best known for the Valentina series of stories. Originally introduced as a side character in the sci-fi story The Curve of Lesmo (1965), Valentina is a fictional photographer from Milan. She is a cultured strong woman, with sophisticated art and fashion tastes, left-wing political ideals and a marked sexual curiosity. Valentina quickly became a staple of European counterculture of the late 60s and early 70s. The series run for thirty years, until 1995, with the titular character aging in real time.
Over the decades Crepax created other female characters, such as Belinda, Anita, Bianca, Giulietta, usually used as protagonists of erotic comics. His other works include a number of comic book adaptations of erotic novels, like Emmanuelle, Justine, Venus in Furs, Story of O, as well as horror classics Dracula, Frankenstein, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

Reviews

[Dominick · Rating 2 out of 5]

Nicely drawn, if eccentric in layout and construction. Crepax's people look like real people, more or less, which adds a certain level of plausibility to the endless debauchery, and his visual style manages to suggest decadence. But there's virtually nothing that would qualify as plot or even as coherence. It reads like a series of disconnected and disjunctive episodes rather than like a story.

[Paul · Rating 4 out of 5]

Yes, I admit, I'm a doirty old-man ;-)
But when you are faced with artwork so amazing as that as Guido Crepax, I guess you can be forgiven. His simple line style is so sensuous, his women are so gorgeous. Your eyes follow the curves of his artwork and you can practically feel your hands caressing the soft skin of his illustrated women.