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M
aurilio Manara (born
September 12, 1945),
known professionally
as Milo Manara, is an Italian
comic book writer and artist.
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
“Il Corriere dei Ragazzi”, he worked
with Rubino, Carlo Barbieri, Mino Milani and
Silverio Pisú.
With Pisú Manara launched the publications
“Telerompo” and “Strategia della Tensione”
in 1974 and the series “Alessio”, “Il
Borghese Rivoluzionario”, and with writer
Mino Milani the series “La parola alla giuria”
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.
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 “Tutto
ricominciò con un’estate indiana” (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 “L’uomo di carta” (1982, The Paper
Man).
Erotic illustration
Typical of Manara’s style as it comes to expression
in his “Click” series.
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 “Il Gioco” (1983, also known
as “Click” or “Le Déclic”), about a device
which renders women helplessly aroused; “Il
Profumo dell’invisibile” (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
περισσότερα: www.milomanara.it
helmet for Moto GP rider Valentino Rossi,
specifically made for the Italian GP in Mugello.
Rossi declared:
He has drawn some kind of a mythical
history of my life, in cartoons, with some
of my heroes such as Steve McQueen,
Enzo Ferrari, Jim Morrison, and other
characters such as my dog Guido, the
chicken Osvaldo and a lot of beautiful
women! I really like Milo...he’s a person
that I have admired for a long time.
• 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.
“X-Men: Ragazze in fuga” was released in
April 2009 in Italy this was later reprinted by
Marvel Comics in English as “X-Women”.
• In 2013 he started to do variant covers for
issues of Marvel comic books.
He was profiled in the 2011 documentary
film “Derailments” (Deragliamenti).
Awards
1978: Yellow Kid [de] and Gran Guinigi
prize [it] 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”
Works
Jolanda de Almaviva – La Figlia del Mare,
1971, written by Francesco Rubino
La parola alla giuria, 1975, written by Mino
Milani
Alessio, Il Borghese Rivoluzionario Alessio,
1975, written by Silverio Pisu
Lo scimmiotto [The Ape], 1976 written by
Silverio Pisu
Un uomo un’avventura: L’uomo delle
nevi [The Snowman], 1978, written by
Alfredo Castelli
HP e Giuseppe Bergman [HP and Giuseppe
Bergman], 1978
Le avventure asiatiche di Giuseppe Bergman
[The Indian Adventures of Giuseppe
Bergman], 1980
L’uomo di carta, o Quattro dita [The Paper
Man], 1982
Tutto ricominciò con un’estate Indiana
[Indian Summer], 1983, with Hugo Pratt
Il gioco [Click], 1983
Il profumo dell’invisibile [Butterscotch],
1986
Candid camera [Hidden Camera], 1988
L’apparenza inganna, 1988
Viaggio a Tulum [Trip to Tulum], 1989, with
Federico Fellini
L’arte della sculacciata [The Art of Spanking],
1989, written by Jean-Pierre Enard
Le avventure africane di Giuseppe Bergman
[An Author in Search of Six Characters
and Dies Irae], 1990, Published as
a serial in Heavy Metal Magazine (1984-
1985)
Breakthrough, 1990, Written by Neil
Gaiman
Il gioco 2 [Click 2], 1991
El Gaucho [El Gaucho], 1991, with Hugo
Pratt
Il sogno di Oengus, 1991, written by
Giordano Berti
Il viaggio di G. Mastorna detto Fernet
[The Voyage of G. Mastorna], 1992, with
Federico Fellini
La feu aux entrailles, 1993, with Pedro
Almodóvar
Il gioco vol.3 [Click 3], 1994
Seduzioni, 1994
Storie brevi [Shorts], 1995
I viaggi di Gulliver, o Gulliveriana [Gulliveriana],
1995, based on text by Jonathan
Swift
Kamasutra [Manara’s Kama Sutra], 1997,
based on text by Vatsyayana
Ballata in si bemolle [Fatal Rendezvous],
1997
L’asino d’oro [The Golden Ass], 1999,
based on text by Apuleius
Le avventure metropolitane di Giuseppe
Bergman [The Urban Adventures of Giuseppe
Bergman], 1999
Bolero, 1999
Tre ragazze nella rete, 2000
Rivoluzione [Revolution], 2000
Il gioco vol.4 [Click 4], 2001
Il profumo dell’invisibile 2 [Butterscotch 2],
2001
Le donne di Manara [Women of Manara],
2001
Memory, 2001
Fuga da Piranesi [Piranese: The Prison
Planet], 2002
Il pittore e la modella [The Model], 2002
Pin-up art, 2002
Aphrodite [Aphrodite, Book 1], 2003
written by Pierre Louÿs
Donne e motori, 2003
Fellini, 2003
L’odissea di Bergman [The Odyssey of Giuseppe
Bergman], 2004
I Borgia – La conquista del papato [Borgia
1: Blood for the Pope], 2004, with Alejandro
Jodorowsky
The Sandman: Endless Nights, 2004, written
by Neil Gaiman; Manara illustrated
one chapter, “What I’ve Tasted of Desire”
I Borgia vol.2 – Il potere e l’incesto [Borgia
2: Power and Incest], 2006, with Alejandro
Jodorowsky
Quarantasei, 2006, with Valentino Rossi
I Borgia vol. 3 [Borgia 3: Flames from Hell],
2008, with Alejandro Jodorowsky
X-Men: Ragazze in fuga [X-Women], 2009,
written by Chris Claremont
Gli Occhi di Pandora [Pandora’s Eyes],
2009, written by Vincenzo Cerami
“Grazie.”
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