Clara de noche (Clara at night), is a series of

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s created in 1992 by comic book writers

Carlos Trillo Carlos Trillo (May 1, 1943 – May 8, 2011) was an Argentine comic book writer, best known for writing the ''Cybersix'' comics. Biography Born in Buenos Aires, Trillo began a prolific career as writer at the age of 20, penning his first story for ...

and Eduardo Maicas, and the

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Jordi Bernet. It was published weekly in the Spanish magazine '' El Jueves'', starting from number 772. After 1243 consecutive weeks of circulation, the series ended in 2015 in Spain. It had stopped the year before in Argentina (September 2014), where it was simultaneously published in a young persons supplement called ''No'' in the newspaper '' Página/12''. Over 1,000 episodes of the comic strip were also published in the Italian magazine '' Skorpio''.

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, German, Greek and Croatian translations were also made. The series has been compiled periodically into albums, and is considered one of the most important works of the three creators. The central character is the

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Clara, and the cartoon reflects her amusing adventures and misadventures as a sex worker, along with the peculiar characters that get involved with her and her son Pablito.

Description

Clara de noche was a humorous series of erotic cartoons. Initially it was produced in black and white but later in colour, and covered two pages. It recounts the adventures of an innocent prostitute, called Clara Fernandez, and her relationship with clients. Other characters include her very clever son Pablito and her friend Virtudes. Clara's physical appearance is clearly inspired by the famous American bondage model and pin-up, Bettie Page.

Controversy

Clara become one of the most well-known and loved characters of ''El Jueves'', with a large following of fans who see in her the idealisation of a woman; a

libertine A libertine is a person devoid of most moral principles, a sense of responsibility, or sexual restraints, which they see as unnecessary or undesirable, and is especially someone who ignores or even spurns accepted morals and forms of behaviour ob ...

, independent and attractive. Despite this success in both in the Spanish and Argentine press, the comic had been the target of strong criticism and denunciations for alleged sexist and degrading content. However, over the years, the comic's appeal was strengthened and popularised within both the mainstream and also

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in these countries.

References

Bibliography

* * * {{cite book , last1=Trillo , first1=Carlos , last2=Maicas , first2=Eduardo , last3=Bernet , first3=Jordi , title=Clara De Noche , date=2017 , publisher=Evolution , isbn=978-84-9167-160-2 , language=es

External links

Archive of the comic strips
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