The Complete Crepax Vol. 3: Evil Spells (Vol. 3)
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Rating | : | 4.86 (638 Votes) |
Asin | : | 1683960580 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 424 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2017-04-27 |
Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
He went on to become one of Italy’s most important cartoonists, most famous for his psychedelic and erotic Valentina stories. Some of her exploits were adapted into a TV series and a film. . He died in 2003. Guido Crepax was born in Milan, Italy, in 1933. After acquiring a degree in architecture, he worked on award-winning advertising campaigns for such corporations as Shell and Dunlop
Hyde, Henry James’s The Turn of the Screw, and a giallo genre take on Edgar Allan Poe. Black & white illustrations with some color.. Under Baba Yaga’s influence, a doll, Annette, comes to life; Valentina and her lover, Philip, are forced to act out the fairy tale Bluebeard; and Philip must fight the witch in her lair. Evil Spells also features the famed Italian cartoonist’s sinuous adaptations of several literary masterpieces: Robert Louis Stevenson’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. In this collection of erotic comics, Valentina encounters the baddest witch of them all: Baba Yaga! The third volume of Fantagraphics’ monumental collection of Guido Crepax’s comics collects the “Baba Yaga” storyline, which recasts the witch of folklore (it was adapted for the screen in 1973 starring Carroll Baker as the middle-aged, lesbian villainess)
. He died in 2003. After acquiring a degree in architecture, he worked on award-winning advertising campaigns for such corporations as Shell and Dunlop. Some of her exploits were adapted into a TV series and a film. He went on to become one of Italy’s most important cartoonists, most famous for his psychedelic and erotic Valentina stories. About the Author Guido Crepax was born in Milan, Italy, in 1933