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Edifumetto
Edifumetto was an Italian publishing house of comics, founded by Renzo Barbieri. It was started in 1972 and folded in 1993. The majority of their publications were digest- or pocket-sized adult comics known in Italy as '' fumetti''. Popularity peaked in the mid 1970s when they were selling millions of comics each month.Castaldi, Simone. ''Drawn and Dangerous: Italian Comics of the 1970s and 1980s''; University Press of Mississippi; 2012; Their success was due in large part to the elaborate cover illustrations, rendered by classically trained painters such as Alessandro Biffignandi, Emanuele Taglietti, Pino Dangelico, Fernando Carcupino, Roberto Molino, Carlo Jacono, Averardo Ciriello or Enzo Sciotti.''Sex And Horror - The Art of Alessandro Biffignandi'', Korero Press, 2016, Publications Here is a list of some of their notable series titles, the most successful being ''Biancaneve'' and vampire-themed titles like ''Zora'' and ''Sukia''.''Sex and Horror - The Art of Emanuele Tagl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renzo Barbieri
Renzo Barbieri (10 March 1940 – 23 September 2007) was an author and editor of Italian comics as well as the founder of the publishing house Edifumetto. In 1980 he wrote ''Il Manuale del Playboy'' (Manual for Playboys), a textbook about where European playboys live, what cars they drive, and other lifestyle tips. Biography The Beginning Barbieri was born in Milan, Italy. In the early 1960s he started collaborating with comics publishers like Editoriale Dardo and Edizioni Alpe. He was also a journalist for the tabloid ''La Notte''. In the mid-1960s, after reading a rather violent White Cartoon French book, he decided to open a publishing house in Milan and developed the idea of "pocket comics", also known as a digest. This was a time when the adult ''black comics'' genre (''Diabolik'', '' Kriminal'' and ''Satanik''), a series of paperback featuring graphic violence and scantily-clad women, was at its peak. In 1966 he created Editore 66, inspired by film and literary subj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wallestein The Monster
Wallestein the Monster was a central character in one of the pocket digests produced by the Italian publisher Edifumetto which appeared on Italian newsstands between 1972 and 1982. Wallestein's world was one in which the Gothic and the contemporary intertwined. These comics offered readers a heady mix of Gothic horror, fantasy, sex and violence. Ruined castles, deserted cemeteries and grotesque monsters collided with a world of fast cars, guns and glamour in stories that revelled in depictions of sex and violence that were filtered through the symbols and structures of the Gothic imagination. The series’ narrative revolved around the exploits of the aristocratic Jimmy Wallestein, whose dashing good looks and affluent lifestyle masked a terrifying secret: the real Jimmy was long since dead, and his place had been taken by a beast of terrifying power who wore a special mask to hide its true features. Wallestein the Monster is the name given to the character who uses Jimmy Wallestein ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emanuele Taglietti
Emanuele Taglietti (born 1943)''Sex and Horror: The Art of Emanuele Taglietti'', Korero Press, 2015, is an Italian illustrator, mostly known for his covers for digest-sized, adult comics whose themes were Erotic literature, sex, violence, and Horror fiction, horror. Biography Emanuele Taglietti was born in 1943 in Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. His father, Otello, was a painter and a decorator. In the 1960s in film, 1960s, Otello Taglietti worked as a set designer on movies made by his cousin, acclaimed movie director, director Michelangelo Antonioni, who would often take Emanuele with him on the Set (film and TV scenery), set. After attending a local art school, Emanuele Taglietti studied Design#Design and art, design at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Experimental Centre of Cinematography, in Rome. He went on to work as decorator and assistant director in around thirty movies, including Federico Fellini's ''Juliet of the Spirits'', Dino Risi's ''Dirty Weekend (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sukia
''Sukia'''' succhiare'' is Italian for "to suck". was a vampire-themed Italian comics series by Renzo Barbieri and Fulvio Bosttoli published by Edifumetto from 1978 to 1986, for a total of 153 albums and 6 extra albums. In the series Sukia faces people or creatures who are trying to do some form of harm to the world or other. Sukia is displayed as an antihero since she at times helps people fight crimes against humanity or committing crimes for personal gain. Each issue usually was self-contained. The physical characteristics of ''Sukia'' are said to have been inspired by the looks of the actress Ornella Muti. Emanuele Taglietti painted numerous covers for the series. The series was published in Italy, Germany, France, Spain, Brazil, Belgium and in Latin America where the series was published in Colombia and distributed all over Latin America. The Latin American version of the series can also be found in North America. In Brazil it was printed under the title "Vampi". The C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biancaneve
''Biancaneve'' is an Italian erotic comic book, created in 1972 by Renzo Barbieri and Rubino Ventura (pseudonym of Giuseppe Pederiali) and illustrated by Leone Frollo. The series, published by Edifumetto, was based on ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'', however soon lost most of its connections with the original story. The series chronicles the sexual adventures of the title character in a world of magic and monsters. Biancaneve (Snow White) remains a virgin under attack during the first four issues of the series, however, after losing her virginity in volume 5, she becomes increasingly addicted to sex. The comic has lasted for 94 issues, distributed in four series: #1-2, #1-12, #1-12, #1-68. It has also been published in other countries, like France, where it was published as ''Contes malicieux'', by Elvifrance, and Brazil, where it was published as ''Branquela'', by (a subsidiary of Editora Três), and Denmark, where it was published as ''Snehvide og de 7 frække dværge'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zora (vampire)
Zora (Italian: Zora la Vampira) is an Italian comic book erotic character from the 1970s. Zora la Vampira ("Zora the vampiress") is one of many such characters from the Italian '' fumetti'' tradition. Other figures from the same era, and with similarly violent or erotic preoccupations, include Maghella, Lucifera, Biancaneve, Vartan, Jacula, Sukia, and Yra. History The first comic book was published in 1972. ''Zora la vampira'' was published from 1972 to 1985 and featured a blond female protagonist who, on some covers, resembles French actress Catherine Deneuve. The series was published by Edifumetto. The cartoonists were Renzo Barbieri and Giuseppe Pederiali as writers and Birago Balzano as artist. Emanuele Taglietti and Alessandro Biffignandi painted the majority of the covers for the series. Together with the original series, stories of ''Zora'' were published also in the comic magazines ''Orror'', ''I Notturni'' and ''Fasma''. The series was also published with some succe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yra (vampire)
Yra the Vampire is the main character from the eponymous series of erotic comic books. She was drawn by Leone Frollo and Rubino Ventura. Her 12-episodes fumetti series, titled ''Yra'', published from 1980 to 1981 in Italy by Edifumetto. She is shown in the first episode as an innocent young girl, the only daughter of a couple of humble shepherds. Due to her beautiful looks, she gets the unwanted attention of the evil Lord of the Castle, who sends his guards to kidnap her. The story in later episode shows how she turns into a , through an incantation by Romilda, an ugly, centuries-old |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alessandro Biffignandi
Alessandro Biffignandi (8 October 1935 – 22 January 2017) was an Italian illustrator, mostly known for his covers for digest-sized, adult comics whose themes were sex, violence, and horror. Biography Alessandro Biffignandi was born in 1935 in Rome, Italy. As a child, he was a comics fan, reading titles such as ''Topolino'', an Italian, digest-sized comic series featuring Disney comics, and subsequently getting interested in their drawings. In 1954, he was accepted as a student in the studio of Averardo Ciriello, a movie theater billboard designer. After moving on to work for a while for the brothers Enzo and Giuliano Nistri, who also produced movie theater advertising, Biffignandi was hired by the studio of Augusto Favalli, at the time Italy's biggest producer of movie posters. In 1958Dan Dare, pilot of the future website [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando Carcupino
Fernando Carcupino (23 July 1922 – 22 March 2003) was an Italian painter, illustrator and comics artist. He was most widely known for his female nudes, but he also painted landscapes, still lifes, historical subjects, and portraits of mothers and their children. In his early career he worked as a comics artist for '' Asso di Picche''. Life and career Carcupino was born in Naples to a Milanese family who were temporarily working there. He grew up in Milan and studied art under Achille Funi at the city's Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera. During World War II, he worked in the animation department for the film ''La Rosa di Bagdad'' before serving as a sub-lieutenant in the Granatieri Brigade of the Italian Liberation Corps.Galleria d'arte GelmiCarcupino, Francesco Retrieved 8 September 2016 . Fondazione Franco Fossati (2004)Fernando Carcupino Retrieved 8 September 2016 . In 1946, after producing the episode "Scacco matto a Coe" for the comics series ''Il Solitario'', he joined h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leone Frollo
Leone Frollo (9 April 1931 – 17 October 2018) was an Italian comic book artist. Frollo was born in Venice. He debuted in 1948 with a western called ''Sui Grandi Laghi ("On Great Lakes")''. From 1958 to 1968, he worked for London agency Fleetway, doing war stories. After that, until the mid-1980s he did works in several genres, including fantasy and horror, but specially erotic comics. His main work in the erotic genre in this period is ''Biancaneve'', based on Snow White, '' Lucifera'' and '' Yra'', which he did for Edifumetto. After 1987, he changed his style and drew some series for the French market: '' Malicieusement Femmes'', '' Mona Street'' and ''Diva''. '' Mona Street'', the erotic adventures of a young American lady, just graduated from college in Boston, set in the first decade of the 20th century, was Frollo's last comic work. After abandoning comics, Frollo dedicated himself to erotic work, doing illustrations on paper with watercolour, pencil, and pastels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Necron (comics)
Necron is the title character of an Italian humorous-horror adult comics miniseries published between 1981 and 1985. Publication history ''Necron'' debuted in January 1981, published by editor Edifumetto; the authors, writer Mirka Martini and illustrator Roberto Raviola, signed the comics with the pen names Ilaria Volpe and Magnus. ''Necron'' was initially intended to be a single episode, but the publisher convinced the authors to make a whole miniseries. The series closed after 11 episodes in November 1981, then the character returned in a twelfth out of series episode in 1983, and finally in two special issues in June 1985. During the years, the series was republished and several anthologic books were released. Plot and style The comic, a sexy-parody of Frankenstein, features the adventures of the nymphomaniac and necrophiliac mad doctor Frieda Boher and of her slave-lover Necron, a strong, well endowed and cannibal humanoid assembled with fragments of corpses. The serie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
