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Calavera (comics)
''Calavera'' is an Italian adult comic book featuring a female character with razor claws named Francisca Calavera. It was created by Enrico Teodorani, published in Italy by E.F. edizioni, and in the U.S. by Carnal Comics as ''Calavera: Beautiful, Bloody & Bare''. Calavera is a Dr. Frankenstein's creature, but she hates her creator as she hates all monsters. In her adventures she has been a professional killer, a prostitute, a monster-huntress and a superheroine, and has crossed paths with other independent comics characters such as Marat Mychaels' Demonslayer, David Quinn and Tim Vigil's Faust, Tim Tyler's Blood Reign and Devil Jack, Bill Black's Femforce, Jason Crawley's Bloke and Ju Gomez's PsychoHunter and Son of 6. Special guest artists on the comic have included Joe Vigil, Tim Vigil, Jeff Austin, Tim Tyler, Jason Crager, Marat Mychaels, Ju Gomez and Jason Waltrip Jason Waltrip and John Waltrip are identical twins who comprise a comic book art and writing team, known f ...
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Italian Comics
Italian comics, also known as ''fumetto'' , plural form ''fumetti'' , are comics that originate in Italy. The most popular Italian comics have been translated into many languages. The term ''fumetto'' (literally ''little puff of smoke'') refers to the distinctive word balloons that contain the dialogue in comics (also called ''nuvoletta'', "little cloud", in Italian). In English, the term ''fumetti'' can refer to photo comics, regardless of origin or language. History Italian ''fumetto'' has its roots in periodicals aimed at younger readers and in the satirical publications of the 19th century. These magazines published cartoons and illustrations for educational and propagandist purposes. The first illustrated satirical publication appeared in 1848, in '' L'Arlecchino'', a daily paper published in Naples. Other noteworthy examples of satirical papers of the period include ''Lo Spirito Folletto'' published in Milan, Turin's ''Il Fischietto'' and ''Il Fanfulla'', established ...
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Adult Comic
The catch-all term adult comics typically denotes comic books, comic magazines, comic strips or graphic novels that are marketed either mainly or strictly towards adult (or mature) readers. This can be because they contain material that could be considered thematically inappropriate for children, including vulgarity, morally questionable actions, disturbing imagery, and sexually explicit material. Adult comics can be defined as intended for audience of 16 years or older. In English-speaking countries Early days Roger Sabin traces the history of adult comics back to the political cartoons published in broadsheets since the 19th century.Roger Sabin. Adult Comics: An Introduction (Taylor & Francis, 1993, , Routledge, 2005, ) p. 15 In the 1930s, there were clandestinely produced tijuana bibles – rectangular, eight page pamphlets with black printing on cheap white paper. The artwork ranged from excellent to utterly crude and the stories were explicit sexual escapades, usually ...
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Comic Book
A comic book, also called comicbook, comic magazine or (in the United Kingdom and Ireland) simply comic, is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panels that represent individual scenes. Panels are often accompanied by descriptive prose and written narrative, usually, dialogue contained in word balloons emblematic of the comics art form. "Comic Cuts" was a British comic published from 1890 to 1953. It was preceded by "Ally Sloper's Half Holiday" (1884) which is notable for its use of sequential cartoons to unfold narrative. These British comics existed alongside of the popular lurid "Penny dreadfuls" (such as "Spring-heeled Jack"), boys' " Story papers" and the humorous Punch (magazine) which was the first to use the term "cartoon" in its modern sense of a humorous drawing. The interweaving of drawings and the written word had been pioneered by, among others, William Blake (1757 - 1857) in works such as Blake's "The Descent Of Christ" ...
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Enrico Teodorani
Enrico is both an Italian masculine given name and a surname, Enrico means homeowner, or king, derived from ''Heinrich'' of Germanic origin. It is also a given name in Ladino. Equivalents in other languages are Henry (English), Henri ( French), Enrique (Spanish), Henrique (Portuguese) and Hendrik (Dutch). Notable people with the name include: Given name * Enrico Albertosi (born 1939), Italian former football goalkeeper * Enrico Alfonso (born 1988), Italian football player * Enrico Alvino (1808–1872), Italian architect and urban designer * Enrico Annoni (born 1966), retired Italian professional footballer * Enrico Arrigoni (1894–1986), Italian individualist anarchist * Enrico Baj (1924–2003), Italian artist and art writer * Enrico Banducci (1922–2007), American impresario * Enrico Barone (1859–1924), Italian economist * Enrico Berlinguer (1923–1984), Italian politician * Enrico Bertaggia (born 1964), Italian former racing driver * Enrico Betti (1823–1892), Italian ma ...
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Carnal Comics
Carnal Comics is an adults-only comic book imprint created in 1992 which has so far been published by three companies: Revolutionary Comics, Re-Visionary Press, and Opus Graphics. Carnal Comics' flagship title is ''Carnal Comics: True Stories Of Adult Film Stars'', which features autobiographies co-created with porn stars. Since the line’s inception, over 100 Carnal Comics have been published, including several crossovers with other adult comic publishers (Rip Off Press, Mu Press, Eros Comics and others). Carnal claims to have sold over a million comic books, and their late-90s series ''Triple-X Cinema: A Cartoon History'' was reported to be the best-selling adult comic ever carried by Diamond Comic Distributors, the leading (and essentially only) full-service United States comic book distributor. Carnal’s comics were the first monthly comics widely carried in adult novelty boutiques and their inclusion in large-scale mail order catalogs like Adam & Eve’s enabled the line ...
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Frankenstein
''Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus'' is an 1818 novel written by English author Mary Shelley. ''Frankenstein'' tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was 18, and the first edition was published anonymously in London on 1 January 1818, when she was 20. Her name first appeared in the second edition, which was published in Paris in 1821. Shelley travelled through Europe in 1815, moving along the river Rhine in Germany, and stopping in Gernsheim, away from Frankenstein Castle, where, two centuries before, an alchemist had engaged in experiments.This seems to mean Johann Konrad Dippel (1673–1734), one century before (not two). For Dippel's experiments and the possibility of connection to ''Frankenstein'' see the Dippel article. She then journeyed to the region of Geneva, Switzerland, where much of the story takes place. Galvanism an ...
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David Quinn (writer)
David Quinn is a comic book writer, known for writing and co-creating ''Faust'' alongside artist Tim Vigil. Their book's main storyline, '' Faust: Love of the Damned'', was adapted by director Brian Yuzna as the 2001 film of the same name. A spin-off mini-series, '' Faust: Book of M'', was nominated for the 1999 Bram Stoker Award for Best Illustrated Narrative. Among other comic book work, Quinn has co-created & written '' 777: The Wrath'' as well as written runs on Marvel Comics's ''Doctor Strange'' and Chaos! Comics' ''Lady Death'' and ''Purgatori''. References External links * David Quinnat the Grand Comics Database The Grand Comics Database (GCD) is an Internet-based project to build a database of comic book information through user contributions. The GCD project catalogues information on creator credits, story details, reprints, and other information useful ... * Living people American comics writers Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-comics-crea ...
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Faust (comics)
''Faust'' is the lead superhero character and title of a collective series of comic books by Tim Vigil (art) and playwright David Quinn (writer), David Quinn (stories), released by American publishers Northstar Comics, Avatar Press, and principally by Vigil and Quinn's own Rebel Studios. Alongside contemporaries ''Watchmen'', ''The Crow'', and ''The Dark Knight Returns'', Faust was credited with popularizing the "deconstructed superheroes" genre and the notion that "comics aren't just for kids." One of the bestselling independent comics of the era, ''Faust'' issue 1 sold over 100,000 copies with later issues averaging 50,000 sales per issue, most of which sold through several printings and editions. The series features strong graphic violence and sexual situations. The main series is known as ''Faust: Love Of The Damned'' and debuted in 1987 in comics, 1987, with new issues published irregularly, roughly once a year, or sometimes every two years. David Quinn completed a script ...
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Femforce
''Femforce'' is a comic book published by AC Comics that began publication in 1985, detailing the adventures of the titular team: the "Federal Emergency Missions Force" or "Femforce", some of them original creations, while others originated in the 1940s and 1950s, lapsing into public domain by the time ''Femforce'' was published. The team are, as their name implies, all superheroines, and are the first and the longest running all-women 'super-team'. The series has passed 150 issues, a significant milestone for an independent comic book company. Writers on the book have included Bill Black, Stephanie Sanderson, Mark Heike, Paul Monsky, Enrico Teodorani and Francesca Paolucci. Artists on the book have included Bill Black, Stephanie Sanderson, Mark Heike, Brad Gorby, Jeff Austin, Dave Roberts and Rik Levins. Fictional history The team was formed by Miss Victory, She Cat, the Blue Bulleteer and the original Rio Rita in the 1940s during World War II, in which they fought as aides to th ...
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Jason Waltrip
Jason Waltrip and John Waltrip are identical twins who comprise a comic book art and writing team, known for their work on '' Robotech comics'' and in webcomics. Comics career The Waltrips were discovered by a talent scout in 1987 who was sent a copy of their amateur comic called ''CyberKnights''. They first became publicly known for their work on '' Robotech II: The Sentinels'', for Eternity Comics in 1988, despite earlier efforts for Steve Jackson Games on the ''Car Wars'' game line. They soon followed up with other spin-off comic series such as ''Robotech Genesis: The Legend of Zor'' along with work on occasional swimsuit issues. Their work on the comic adaptation of ''The Sentinels'' spanned two publishers, Eternity and Academy Comics through 1996, longer than any other Robotech creative team. However, ''The Sentinels'' comic series ended prematurely after four of five planned parts had been published. A purported follow up series by Antarctic Press, ''Robotech: Sentinels Ru ...
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Erotic Comics
Erotic comics are adult comics which focus substantially on nudity and sexual activity, either for their own sake or as a major story element. As such they are usually not permitted to be sold to legal minors. Like other genres of comics, they can consist of single panels, short comic strips, comic books, or graphic novels/albums. Although never a mainstream genre, they have existed as a niche alongside but usually separate from other genres of comics. During the mid-20th century, most comics were produced for children, and in North America the contents of most comics were constrained by the Comics Code Authority to be suitable for children. Consequently, erotic comics have sometimes been subject to criticism and extra scrutiny compared to other forms of erotic art and storytelling. Additionally, the application of laws against child pornography to materials featuring fictional characters with no legal ages, have varied internationally. History Europe Erotica has been a f ...
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