Demi the Demoness is a fictional, humorous,
erotic comics
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character whose fantasy adventures have been published since 1992. Demi was created by
SS Crompton
Steven S. Crompton is a Canadian-born artist, author and designer who has worked in the role-playing and comic genres since 1981. In the gaming industry he is best known as the artist for the Grimtooth's Traps books as well as other ''Catalyst' ...
. Demi has appeared in numerous
comics crossovers with other characters, including ''Shaundra'', ''
Captain Fortune'', ''Mauvette'', ''Vampirooni'', ''Cassiopeia the Witch'', ''
Djustine
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The Djustine character was created from a fusion of Sergio Corbucci's film character Django, and the Marquis de Sade's titular " Justine".
Publication history
In the ...
'', ''Crimson Gash'', and
adult film stars
Tracey Adams
Tracey Adams, is an American former pornographic film actress who has also appeared in mainstream films. She is an AVN Hall of Fame founding inductee.
Career
Adams moved to the west coast in the early 1980s to pursue a career in entertainment. ...
,
Tabitha Stevens
Tabitha Stevens (born February 16, 1970) is an American pornographic actress. In 2007 she was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame.
Career
Stevens joined the adult-entertainment industry in the summer of 1995 at the age of 25 after meeting erotic ...
, Deja Sin, and Bonnie Michaels.
Over 35 different ''Demi the Demoness'' comics have been published. Numerous artists and authors have worked on Demi comics over the years, including
Frank Brunner
Frank Brunner (born February 21, 1949) is an American comics artist and illustrator best known for his work at Marvel Comics in the 1970s.
Early life
Brunner attended Manhattan's High School of Art and Design. He was in the same graduating class ...
,
Tim Vigil,
Seppo Makinen, Philo, Ryan Vella, Gus Norman, Enrico Teodorani, Silvano, Diego Simone,
Jay Allen Sanford
Jay Allen Sanford (born February 18, 1960) is an American author and cartoonist best known for his work with Revolutionary Comics, Carnal Comics, and Pacific Comics. He began writing the comic book '' Rock ‘N’ Roll Comics'' (created by Todd L ...
, and many others. Demi has also been the subject of T-shirts, dice, a trading card set, a resin model kit, and a movie.
Publication history
Demi the Demoness first appeared in ''Demi the Demoness'' #1 by
Revolutionary Comics
Revolutionary Comics was an American comic book publisher specializing in unauthorized profiles of entertainers and professional athletes, as well as a line of erotic comics. Its flagship series was ''Rock 'N' Roll Comics''. Founded by Todd Lore ...
'
Carnal Comics
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imprint in 1992. After the publisher,
Todd Loren
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was murdered, the series moved to underground comic publisher
Rip Off Press
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from 1993 to 1997, where eight more Demi comics were published, including a trade paperback collection and a choose-your-own-adventure book.
Demi was then published by Revisionary Press, the company that took over the Carnal Comics imprint. Revisionary published six more Demi titles from 1997 to 2000. Demi's ribald adventures were also published in full-color in ''
Oui'' magazine from 1996 to 1998.
Carnal spun off from Revisionary in 2000 and Demi has been published in more than a dozen more comics by Carnal since then. Demi has also appeared in comics published by
Eros Comix
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History
Founding
Fantagraphics was founde ...
,
MU Press
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, Hippy Comix, and several smaller publishing ventures.
Demi stories have been translated into Swedish and Italian.{{citation needed, date=March 2016
Character biography
Raised in one of the few "sanctuaries" in Hell, the
Rookery
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was a hidden, safe place to be compared to the more gruesome inner areas of Hell. Demi was raised there, so she never experienced the cruelty that almost all demons possess. Thus her personality is charming and naïve.
After a Demon army attacked the Rookery, Demi escaped and found the pyramid of Kit-Ra, a banished cat goddess. Kit-Ra took Demi in and she has lived there ever since. She regularly uses Kit-Ra's mystical transport mirrors to visit other worlds and times outside of Hell.
In other media
A Demi the Demoness movie was released on DVD in May 2008. The film was co-written by
SS Crompton
Steven S. Crompton is a Canadian-born artist, author and designer who has worked in the role-playing and comic genres since 1981. In the gaming industry he is best known as the artist for the Grimtooth's Traps books as well as other ''Catalyst' ...
and Steve Steele, and directed by Steele. The film stars Ellie Idol as Demi, Sinn Sage as Vampirooni, and Audrey Elson as Lyssa the Witch.
Bibliography
* ''Demi the Demoness'' #1 (Revolutionary/Carnal, 1992)
* ''Demi the Demoness'' #2–4 (Rip Off Press, 1993–1997)
* ''Demi the Demoness'' #5 (Revisionary/Carnal, 1999)
* ''Demi the Demoness'' #6–7 (Carnal Comics, 2002–2004)
* ''Demi Adventure Special'' (Rip Off Press, 1995)
* ''Demi: Erotic Saga Graphic Novel'' (Rip Off Press, 1996)
* ''Demi Saga of a Demoness'' (Carnal Comics, 2006)
* ''Pantheon'' #1–3 (Archer Books, 1995–1997)
* ''Demi Meets Cassiopeia'' #1 (Rip Off Press, 1997)
* ''Demi & Capt. Fortune'' #1 (Rip Off Press, 1997)
* ''Demi & Shaundra'' #1 (Rip Off Press, 1997)
* ''Demi's Wild Kingdom Adventure'' (Carnal/MU Press, 2000)
* ''Sex Squad'' #1–2 (Carnal Comics, 2003–2004)
* ''Demi & Vampirooni'' #1 (Carnal Comics, 2006)
* ''Demi Hardcore'' #1–3 (Eros Comix, 1999–2005)
* ''Demi's Strange Bedfellows'' #1–6 (Carnal Comics, 2001–2021)
* ''Carnal Comics: The Inside Story'' (Carnal Comics, 2004)
* ''Demi's Rear Entry'' #11 (Eros Comics, 2005)
* ''Demi's Pin-Up Diary'' (Carnal Comics, 2007)
* ''Demi the Demoness Movie'' (Carnal Comics/MSD, 2008)
* ''Demi meets the Crimson Gash'' (Carnal Comics, 2008)
* ''Girl meets Tentacle'' (Demi co-star) #1 (Carnal Comics, 2010)
* ''Demi & the Sex Squad Giant Size'' #1 (Carnal Comics, 2011)
* ''Roxy Ramjet One Day in Hell'' (Demi Cameo) #1 (3rd Nip, 2012)
* ''SS Crompton's Lost Comics'' #1 (Demi scene) (Raven Press, 2013)
* ''Demi vs the Monsters of the 3rd Reich'' #1 (Carnal Comics, 2014)
* ''Demi's Rarities'' #1 (Carnal Comics, 2018)
* ''Cthulu Crisis #1 (Raven Press, 2019)
References
* Don & Maggie Thompson, ''Comic Book Superstars'', 1993, pg. 47
* Loren, Sanford, Crompton, ''Carnal Comics: The Inside Story of Art Sex & Porn Stars'', 2004
* Brent Frankenhoff, ''The Standard Catalog of Comic Books'', 2002, pg. 333
* ''Fogel's Underground Comix Price Guide'', 2006
* ''Comic Buyers Guide'' #1621, pg. 87, 2006
* ''Demi: Saga of a Demoness, Vol. 1'', 2006
External links
Carnal Comics & Demi official website''Demi the Demoness'' movie siteInterview with SS Crompton (re)Search my Trash, 2008
Comics characters introduced in 1992
Fictional demons and devils
Underground comix
Female characters in comics