Franco Saudelli (born 4 August 1952) is an

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artist, mostly known for his erotic stories.

Biography

Franco Saudelli was born in

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. He made his debut in the comics world in the mid-1970s, first collaborating with Ugolino Cossu and

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and then, from 1978, with some western stories for the magazine ''

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''. He was later to work with

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, Stefano Piselli and Riccardo Morrocchi creating ''Baldazzini & Saudelli's Bizarreries: Book one and Book two''. Saudelli's works appeared in several other

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and

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magazines, like ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. In the 1980s, he started making short erotic comics for the magazines ''Comic Art'', ''Glamour'' and ''Diva'', sometimes in collaboration with

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. Bondage and barefoot fetish scenes play a big part in the stories, for example in ''La Bionda'', published in album format by

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References

External links

Personal website
1952 births Living people People from the Province of Latina Italian comics artists Bondage artists {{Europe-comics-creator-stub