''The Adventures of Jodelle'' (original title ''Les Aventures de Jodelle'') is a 1966 French erotic comic drawn by

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and scripted by

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. Drawings and screenplay were deeply influenced by pop art.Laterza and Vinella (1980
p.155
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/ref> Many of the characters looks were taken from public pop figures of the past and present; Jodelle herself looks like French singer

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, stereotyped as the

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''fiancée'',Laterza and Vinella (1980
p.154
/ref> while other characters are look-alikes of Emperor

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's architecture of the

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,Favari (1996
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. In a Pop version of Imperial Rome, neon ads promote "stripteases and Christian slaughters."

Influence

Jodelle was the first pop art book by Peellaert, followed up by ''

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'' (never published in English), one year later. Peellaerts comics were published by

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s Le Terrain Vague, just like the Barbarella comic. A somewhat likeminded comic book that appeared was Phoebe Zeit-Geist.

Notes

References

*Favari, Pietro (1996
''Le nuvole parlanti: un secolo di fumetti tra arte e mass media''
*Laterza, Rossella and Vinella, Marisa (1980
''Le donne di carta: personaggi femminili nella storia del fumetto''
Adult comic strips Erotic comics Belgian comic strips Bandes dessinées Literature related to the sexual revolution 1966 comics debuts Comics characters introduced in 1966 Belgian comics characters Comics about women Jodelle {{FrancoBelgian-comics-stub

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