In Part II of Guido Crepax's "Erotic Stories," Alain Robbe-Grillet introduces the Italian master's comics adaptation of the groundbreaking BDSM Story of O by Pauline Réage.
Guido Crepax Book order
July 15, 1933 – July 31, 2003
Guido Crepax was an Italian comics artist who profoundly influenced European erotic comics from the second half of the 20th century. He is best known for his character Valentina, created in 1965 amidst the spirit of the sixties. This character is distinguished by sophisticated design and psychedelic, dreamlike plots, typically featuring a strong dose of eroticism. Crepax's work is celebrated for its complex visual aesthetic and its thoughtful, often erotically charged narratives that draw the reader into a dreamlike world.
- 2024
- 2022
"Story of a Story" (1981) stars Milanese photographer Valentina. Finding herself home alone, she cheekily decides to fantasize about Georges Bataille's infamous novella The Story of the Eye -- with a twist: she's playing all the roles! In the stories "Emmanuelle" (1978) and "Emmanuelle: The Anti-Virgin" (1990), Crepax follows the titular heroine on her sensual journey as the polyamorous wife of a French diplomat in Thailand. While the character is best known as the star of a series of pornographic movies, most notably the 1974 film starring Sylvia Kristel, she originated in a banned 1959 novel by Marayat Rollet-Andriane (pen name Emmanuelle Arsan), a Thai French woman. Emmanuelle has a sexual encounter on a plane, plays a steamy game of squash with a countess, falls for a woman named Bee, and has an intense experience at a temple, among the many other transgressive exploits Crepax details from the novel. And, in an innovation of Crepax's own -- she crosses paths with King Kong! This volume is the first of two featuring comics adaptations from the literary erotica canon along with supplemental and contextual material. And, as Antonio Crepax observed in the Crepax Archives, "[The cartoonist,] covered by the authority of classics, ventures into territories of eroticism that up to now he had only dared to touch."
- 2018
Valentina's journey leads her to the notorious Baba Yaga in this collection of erotic comics. The story intertwines fantasy and seduction, exploring the dynamic between the daring protagonist and the legendary witch. Expect a blend of adventurous encounters and provocative themes as Valentina navigates this enchanting and dangerous world.
- 2000
Emmanuelle, Bianca and Venus in Furs
- 464 pages
- 17 hours of reading
Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket. Watermark to lower leading corner of jacket, slight bump to board spine end. A couple of minor marks to page block. No other notable flaws, contents clean and unmarked. AD
