Guido Crepax
Guido Crepax, was an Italian comics artist. He is most famous for his character Valentina, created in 1965 and very representative of the spirit of the 1960s. The Valentina series of books and strips became noted for Crepax's sophisticated drawing, and for the psychedelic, dreamlike storylines, generally involving a strong dose of eroticism. His work was often politically motivated too, inspired by his Communist convictions. A film based on his work called Baba Yaga, featuring the character Valentina, was made in 1973.
Works
Valentina stories
The Lesmo Curve The Subterraneans The Descent Un Poco Loco Ciao, Valentina The Force of Gravity Funny Valentine Prelude to The Subterraneans Valentina in Sovietland Valentina in Boots Marianna in the Country Fearless Paper Doll Valentina Filippo and Valentina Valentina's Baby The Manuscript Found in a Stroller Baba Yaga Bluebeard Who's Afraid of Baba Yaga? Valentina the Fearless Annette The Little King Pietro Giacomo Rogeri The Time Eater Fallen Angels The Empress's New Clothes Reflection Private Life Subconscious Valentina Valentina the Pirate Rembrandt and the Witches Anthropology- ''Le Zattere, Venice''
Other heroines
La casa matta, EdipAnita, una storia possibile, Persona/Ennio Ciscato EditoreHistoire d'O, Franco Maria Ricci Editore, from the novel by Pauline RéageEmmanuelle, Olympia Press, from the novel by Emmanuelle ArsanJustine, Olympia Press, from the novel La nouvelle Justine by de SadeHello, Anita!, L'isola trovata, in colourBelinda 1 & 2, Editori del GrifoI viaggi di Bianca, Milano Libri, inspired by Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's TravelsVenere in pelliccia, Olympia Press, inspired to a tale by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch.Bianca 2. Odesseda, Editori del GrifoEmmanuelle l'antivergine, RizzoliEroine alla fine: Salomé, Lizard EdizioniCrepax 60|70, Fiction inc. TokyoOther works
L'astronave pirata, RizzoliIl dottor Jekill, Persona/Ennio Ciscato EditoreCircuito interno, Edizioni Tempo MedicoCasanova, Franco Maria Ricci EditoreL'uomo di Pskov, CEPIM, in colourL'uomo di Harlem, CEPIM La calata di Macsimiliano XXXVI, Editori del GrifoConte Dracula, Rizzoli-Milano Libri, from the novel Dracula by Bram StokerDr.Jekyll e Mr.Hide, Rizzoli-Milano Libri, from the novel by Robert Louis StevensonGiro di vite, Olympia Press, from the novel The Turn of the Screw by Henry JamesNessuno, Milano LibriLe clinicommedie, EditiemmeIl processo di Franz Kafka, Piemme, from the novel The Trial by Franz KafkaJustine and The Story of O, graphic novel of the works by Marquis de Sade and Anne Desclos respectivelyFrankenstein, Grifo Edizioni, from the novel by Mary ShelleyWargames
Besides his much better known activity as a graphic artist, Crepax was a keen wargamer and wargame designer and collector of paper soldiers, drawn by himself.He was the author of some of the first wargames published in Italy to be widely circulated:La Battaglia di Trafalgar La Battaglia di Waterloo La Battaglia di Pavia
- ''La Battaglia del Lago Ghiacciato - Alexandr Nevsky''