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Where was Guido Crepax?. Was it really Italian?. No, this is not an enigma as that of Christopher Columbus. Guido was born in Milan, all the effects, and to my knowledge, Italy. What happens is that Guido Crepax is international, as the socialist and communist political parties. And so Crepax, as the great authors and artists, seems to belong only to the world without a nation. Disservice, on the other hand, in this author Milan who combines in its thoroughness and precision industrial designer close to the German or Swiss mentality, and at the same time, freedom and fantasy typical of a Mediterranean soul.

Guido was born in 1933, lived as a child by both Italy's World War II, the post-war recovery and full maturity, rise of communism in Europe pre and post 68 of the Europe of the armed struggle. In addition to the political world in which he dwelt, lived the world of jazz with great passion, as big fan as a connoisseur. And the world erotic, Valentina, that of Emmanuelle. Unlike other Italian artists like Manara own, or Tinto Brass, or Fellini, the erotic vision of Guido Crepax is not very passionate, it seems that the author is delighted with his story, but becomes a witness to narrate the relationship accuracy and objectivity unusual. Nor Crepax woman is a heroine or protagonist common, is not a myth erotic or sexual object, is is a free woman who lives her life as freely as possible and in which sexuality is manifested as an exercise more of their free will. There is not even the supposed naivety of Milo Manara, the woman is conscious and accountable.

of his political adventure I'm highlighting a comic masterpiece. In English, translated and edited by Super Totem, like Russia in Flames. I still have, not only in memory but in my library, a copy of that story. It has an episode centered on a little-known era of the Russian Revolution, the civil war that followed the end of World War I, when some European powers and Japan supported the counterrevolutionary White Russians. In this context a patrol outpost, in the style of commands, or saboteurs, faces the first line of the White Army. Of his escape and capture this book. The white officer, full of doubts, full of remorse, overwhelmed by the horror and terror caused by its army, from the original name of the comic, also one of the major allegations, as in Kubrick's Paths of Glory, from due obedience . His images are powerful, the lethargy that characterized the pattern of Crepax, their faces, apparently not graceful, but full of poetry, utilization communist symbols, decanting, no doubt, by the Bolsheviks, are a masterpiece, could convulse any conscience. Awareness, it is understood, the blackout did not move at all.

For others, Guido Crepax is only the creator of Valentina, the Italian erotic myth. This character was born in 1965, the girlfriend of a superhero who soon became someone forgot that this woman had taken his fame and prominence. This character has a strange life, the cartoonist wanted Valentina was born in 1942 and grew old over the passing of his stories and he died in 1995. Along with Emmanuelle and Story of O, Valentina forms a series of stories in which this author unleashes the world of erotica. When it began Valentina, eroticism was a rebellious way to dominant forms, a transgression of a moral capitalist and oppressive, a way of recovering lost liberty. Many of those who began this journey, followed him, still exhausted and libertarian origin. And that claim, in equal part, partly feminist, because he defended the freedom of women to decide on their sexuality, went on to explore other worlds within sexuality. Casanova, Emmanuelle and Story of O, are traversed by the world of erotica. Not reach the level pornographic manga drawings or other publications merely masturbatory dyes, but their degree sexual is very high. while in Spain, but late 70's began to distribute these works ... say licentious. The picture of the voluptuous female figure is less than that of other authors such as Milo Manara, faithful to its tradition of stylization of the figure. In a bit euphemistic terms we can speak of a loving woman's body.

Being left alone with that part of this operator is constrain a primary work of the ninth art, which makes up the entire production, prolific, long. Not only does Crepax drawing peculiar, different, great, the composition of his work, with set design and cinematography, both in the development of the work as in the layout of the page, making it a major author. Not only his own work but as an adapter of other literary works, already mentioned, and children, Story of O and Emmanuelle, and important works of gothic horror, Bram Stoker and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, or the Marquis de Sade, Justine . Everything done well out of step, out of fads. It is good reflection of the Italian School comic book line Manara, Pratt and Battaglia, the comic is a visual art and tells a story sequentially, both the story and the drawing must be faithful to reality, although the story is fantastic to be consistent, although the characters are legendary must have body, soul, apparel, and must operate natural laws.

Man In Harlem (Harlem Blues) portrayed as a true lover of the jazz world, that damn legend poverty, alcohol and loss that accompanies the greats of the genre. The series ... Man created the odd story, never as a solo album as stories published in magazines. But, despite be faithful portraits of situations and areas throughout the world, never reached the heights of passion in Harlem and Pskov. These different men born in Rio de Janeiro, Africa, Asia, ... are various attempts to reflect the world who are passionate about the political struggle, the art, the marginal spaces.

Guido Crepax died in 2003. I have not known until recently, was a time when other family and work duties did not allow me to devote to this hobby. It's a shame. For me it is his Russia Aflame. Without knowing why, I saved for three or four months, two hundred and fifty pesetas was 1980 and I was nine or ten years. With that money I bought the copy that still retains. The first was the angry father, 250 pesetas in a comic! and also the drawings are not good! (Now when I see my daughter squander their savings in chrome I always remember this.) The second was that at that time I did not really know what were the left and right, and be doubted whether left or right. After reading this comic, my first graphic novel, I've always been clear.

A pearl in Italian literature of Crepax.

1968	The pirate ship		Rizzoli hardcover, 116 pp, science fiction rest. Off-Side in nn. 1 to 12, 1969 rest. by Savelli in paperback
1968	Valentina	Milan Books	hardcover, 128 pp. Contains: · introduction · The Caves · Valentine lost in the Land of Soviets rest. several times
1969	The crazy house (White, a story too)	Edip (Publisher Periodicals)	soft cover, 96 pp + bn 2-color cover, L. 1000, suppl. in New Kent No 24 December 1969. Contains: · reprint of the 12 episodes appeared in Kent Nos 2, 1968 · more unpublished plates 16 rest. as suppl. New to Chronicle Vera rest. in the series "The new balloon" No 3, 1987, Editori del Grifo
1969	Valentina special	Milan Books	soft cover, 144 pp
1970	Valentina in boots	Milan	Books hardcover, 192 pp. Contains: · introduction · The gravity · Valentine in boots · The Marianna is in the countryside • The child Valentina
1971	Baba Yaga	Milan Books	in "Ali Baba Yaga", soft cover, 128 pp
1972	Dr. Jekyll	Person / Ennio Ciscato Publisher	suppl. Sorry to No 1, free to subscribers, roll horiz. 24.5x16.9 cm 16 pp bn + cop in color, written and illustrated by Crepax a child in 1945, unpublished
1972	Hello Valentina!	Milan Books	soft cover, 128 pp
1972	Anita, a story can	publisher	theme: relationships with television; published beginning in Sorry No Ciscato Publisher 1 (May 1972) and No 1 (September 1972) and . in volume in 1974 by Editions Morgan the story is published it The Wizard Mondadori nn. 91 (October 1979) to 100 (July 1980), repr. in the series "The new balloon" No 19, Editori del Grifo
1972	White, a history of excessive	Editions Morgan	hardback. Contains: · The mad house · Odessa 1905 • The college girls · Picture extraordinary
1973	Valentina in the oven	Milan	Books hardcover, 192 pp. Contains: · introduction · Baba Yaga · Bluebeard · Annette • The Little King
1974	Anita, a story can	Editions Morgan	hardback
1975	Diary Valentina	Milan	Books hardcover, 192 pp. Contains: · The intrepid Valentina paper · Valentine intrepid · Life Private · Angels Fall · Viva Trotsky · Reflection
1975	About Valentina	Milan Books	dedicated to Louise Brooks, curated by Francesco Casetti
1975	Histoire d'O	Franco Maria Ricci Editore	screen-printed edition, numbered and signed, 340 pp, based on the novel by Pauline Réage
1976	Valentina yellow	Milan	Books hardcover, 176 pp. Contains: • The Murders in the Rue Morgue dual · without title (unpublished episode) · The curve Lesmo · Hello Valentina! · The descent • A little spot
1977	Valentina Murderer	Milan	Books hardcover, 224 pp. Contains: · Bonnie & Clyde • The Manuscript Found in a wheelchair ° Pietro Giacomo Rogeri · · Valentine blindman's buff in the metro · Valentine killer · Subconscious Valentina
1977	Internal circuit	Editions Tempo Medico	hardcover, 196 pp (+ 999 numbered copies, bound in cloth, with dust jacket, not on sale), with the first 80 "clinicommedie" Time of Medical , lyrics of "Mr. Hyde "and Donizetti Pino, illustrated by Crepax, published by No 33 (January 1965) to No 112 (May 1973), foreword by the Director of the head, Carlo Felice Venegoni
1977	Man Pskov	CEPIM (Sergio Bonelli)	series "A man adventure" No 11 (November 1977), hardcover color register
1977	Casanova	Franco Maria Ricci Editore	numbered edition (900 copies) and signed; rest. in "The Classic of the Griffin" No 11, Editori del Grifo, 1993
1978	Emanuelle	Olympia Press	hardback canvas, from the novel of Arsan
1979	The portrait of Valentina	Milan	Books hardcover , 224 pp. Contains: · introduction · Rembrandt and witches · Anthropology · Appendix Funny Valentine is the game of Philip and Valerie • Who is afraid of Baba Yaga · The Emperor's New Clothes · Valentine in Pandora's box
1979	Reflection Valentina	Mondadori	pocket, necklace Oscar No 1101 (November 1979), foreword by Ranieri Carano. It contains, reassembled: · Viva Trotsky! (From "The Diary of Valerie") · Reflection (from "The Diary of Valentina") · blindman's buff (from "Valentina Murderer")
1979	The Man from Harlem	CEPIM (Sergio Bonelli)	series "A man adventure" No 21 (April 1979), hardcover color register rest. 1986 Editori del Grifo, the series "The new balloon" No 11, repr. 1990 ed. Hobbies & work
1979	Magic Lantern	Editions Art Corner	edition serigraph, signed and numbered 300; Editiemme paperback (1979), hardback, 112 pp; rest. in the series "The new balloon" No 18, Editori del Grifo
1979	Justine	Olympia Press	from "La nouvelle Justine, the Marquis de Sade novel, 160 pp, repr. ES, 2000, series "Ars Amandi"
1980	Valentina pirate	Milan	Books hardcover, 56 pp color
1980	Hello, Anita!	Island found	hardbound, color, relationship with the phone
1981	Valentina alone	Milan	Books hardcover, 56 pp colors. Contains: · The rafts · Twenty years later · Nostalgia · alphabetic dumb
1982	Valentina, history of a history	Olympia Press	series "The adventure of the comic strip" No 5, hardcover, 96 pp; rest. ES series "Ars Amandi"
1983	For the sake of Valentina	Milan	Books hardcover, 224 pp. Contains: Made in Germany · · Rosselli und Frau Fraulein Lang · Andante · Schwaerzer Helm
1983	Belinda one and two	Editors Grifo	necklace "Balloon" No 1; story that appeared in 1967
1984	Travels White	Milan Books	vol. soft cover. Contents: Preface by Franco · Cavallone · Lilliput · Brobdingnag · Laputa · Houyhnhnm (episodes inspired by "Gulliver's Travels" by Swift)
1984	To lower Macsimiliano XXXVI	Editors Grifo	series "Balloon" No 3; story published in Linus nn. 55 (10/69) 60 (3 / 70), 36 tables
1984	Venus in Furs	Olympia Press Italy	novel by Leopold Sacher-Masoch , repr. ES, 2001, series "Ars Amandi" 96 pp
1985	I Valentina the life and works	Milan	Books hardcover, 224 pp. Contains: · The Magic Mountain · Valentine intrepid · Life Private
1987	White 2. Odessa	Editori del Grifo	series "The new balloon" No 11
1987	Count Dracula	Rizzoli-Milano	Books hardcover, the novel by Bram Stoker; rest. Hobby & Work 1998, hardcover, 136 pp 22x29 cm, 5
1987	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde	Rizzoli-Milano Books	novel by Robert L. Stevenson
1989	Crackdown	Olympia Press	the novel by Henry James
1990	None	Milan Books	soft cover, 184 pp
1990	The clinicommedie	Editiemme	hardcover, 192 pp, edited by Massimo Obbie, "eighty clinical cases drama", a collection of cases from 186 to 265, published by No 218 (January 30, 1984) to No 297 (November 15, 1988) Time of Medical (see also 1977: "Internal circuit)
1990	Emanuelle the antivergine	Rizzoli	series I teachers Glénat, from the novel of Arsen
1991	Valentina and other	Mondadori	Oscar necklace, "you are complete stories, hardcover, 240 pp, edited by Massimo Moscati, repr. Club by the publishers
1992	Valentina, the magpie	Rizzoli-Milano Books	paperback, 176 pp
1994	And Valerie is ...	Rizzoli-Milano	Books paperback, 160 pp
1994	Crepax - Valentina [7 volumes]	Blue Press	paperback, varies foliation, bn. Contain: · Volume 1 Privacy Valentina intrepid curve Lesmo Funny Valentine · Volume 2 Hello Valentina The Caves · Volume 3 The gravity map of the Underground The descent Funny Valentine · Volume 4 Valentina lost in the Land of Soviets Valentina in boots Funny Valentine · Volume 5 Marianna The game of Philip and Valerie The time eater · Volume 6 A little spot 's baby Valentina The Manuscript Found in a wheelchair · Volume 7 Baba Yaga Bluebeard
2001	In art ... Valentina	Lizard	Contains: · foreword by Vincenzo Mazzarella • The false Kandinsky · Syndrome Moore
2002	Frankenstein	Grifo Edizioni	series "The Waves" No 20, 96 pp bn