Milo Manara

Maurilio Manara (; born 12 September 1945), known professionally as Milo Manara, is an Italian comic book writer and artist.

Career

After architecture and painting studies, he made his comics debut in 1969 drawing for ''Genius'', a Fumetti neri series of pocket books from publisher Furio Vanio in the wake of the popularity of '' Kriminal'' and ''Satanik''. In 1970, he illustrated for the magazine ''Terror'', and starting in 1971 drew the erotic series ''Jolanda de Almaviva'' written by Francisco Rubino, issued in small format by publisher Erregi. Joining the youth magazine ', he worked with Rubino, Carlo Barbieri, Mino Milani and Silverio Pisú. With Pisú Manara launched the publications ' and ' in 1974 and the series ', and with writer Mino Milani the series ' in 1975. Manara and Pisú later went on to publish ''Lo Scimmiotto'' (''The Ape'') along the story of the Chinese Monkey King in '' Alter Linus'' in 1976, and with Alfredo Castelli, ''L'Uomo delle Nevi'' (''The Snowman'') in 1978.

During this period Manara began publishing work in several Franco-Belgian comics magazines including ''Charlie Mensuel'', ''Pilote'' and ''L'Écho des savanes''. For '' (A SUIVRE)'' Manara created the first stories featuring ''HP and Giuseppe Bergman'', which grew to become a large body of work. The character "HP" is based on Manara's friend, the Italian comics creator Hugo Pratt, and a collaborator on some of Manara's most acclaimed work, initially ' (1983, ''Indian Summer'') and later ''El Gaucho'' (1991). Manara also completed two stories working with another of his heroes, Federico Fellini. In his own right Manara has been commended on his skills as a writer, as with the western ' (1982, ''The Paper Man'').

Manara's reputation for producing comics that revolve around elegant, beautiful women caught up in unlikely and fantastical erotic scenarios became solidified with work such as ' (1983, also known as '' Click'' or ''Le Déclic''), about a device which renders women helplessly aroused; ' (1986, ''Butterscotch''), introducing the heroine Miele (Honey) and a sweet-smelling body-paint which makes the wearer invisible; and ''Candid camera'' (1988, ''Hidden Camera''), featuring the same protagonist in further explicit adventures. In the following years of combining sequels, original work, and collaborations with noted creators, Manara's production continued in this direction to explore erotic comics themes with an artistic and storytelling expression in a manner considered unique to Manara.

In the U.S. ''The Ape'' was serialised in '' Heavy Metal'' in the early 1980s and Manara received some exposure through collaborations with Neil Gaiman and other artists.

Later work

In connection with their joint project ''Quarantasei'', in July 2006, Manara designed a helmet for Moto GP rider Valentino Rossi, specifically made for the Italian GP in Mugello. Rossi declared:

In 2003, Manara's work featured on the cover of Scottish rock band Biffy Clyro's second studio album ''The Vertigo of Bliss''. Manara also created the artwork for all the singles released from this album.

In October 2006, Manara developed character designs for the animated television series ''City Hunters''. The series, of ten 11-minute episodes, blends traditional animation techniques with modern CGI, to be broadcast across all of Latin America on the FOX network throughout 2006 and 2007.

Manara penciled an ''X-Men'' project written by Chris Claremont for Marvel Comics called ''X-Men: Ragazze in fuga'' that released in April 2009 in Italy, and was later reprinted in short circulation by Marvel Comics in English as ''X-Women''.

In 2013 he started to do low print variant covers for issues of Marvel comic books.

He was profiled in the 2011 documentary film ''Derailments (Deragliamenti)''."Derailments: A short film based on a famous unmade film and the friendship between Fellini and Manara will be shown in Toronto today and tomorrow"
'' L'Uomo Vogue'', September 12, 2011.

Awards

* 1978: and for an Italian artist
* 1998: Harvey Awards: Inducted into the Jack Kirby Hall of Fame
* 2004: Eisner Award, with various artists for Best Anthology, for ''The Sandman: Endless Nights''

Bibliography

Adaptations

*Series
**''Click'' (1997)
**''City Hunters'' (2006, animated TV series created by Gastón Gorali & Alberto Stagnaro)
*Films
**''Le Déclic'' (1985)
**''Le Parfum de l'invisible'' (199
IMDb

**''La Légende de Parva'' (2003)
**''The Erotic Misadventures of the Invisible Man'' (200
IMDb

See also

* Fernando Carcupino
* Hugo Pratt
* Guido Crepax
* Italian comics

Notes

References

Manara publications in ''(A SUIVRE)''
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– Europeancomics.net

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1945 births
Living people
People from Lüsen
Italian comics writers
Italian comics artists
Italian erotic artists