Guido Crepax
| Guido Crepax | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born |
Guido Crepas 15 July 1933 Milan, Italy |
| Died |
31 July 2003 (aged 70) Milan, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Area(s) | Artist, writer |
Notable works |
Valentina Anita Histoire d'O Belinda Bianca |
Guido Crepas (15 July 1933 in Milan – 31 July 2003 in Milan),[1] better known by his nom de plume 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 erotism. A film based on his work called Baba Yaga, featuring the character Valentina, was made in 1973.
Works
Valentina books
Crepax's grave at the Monumental Cemetery of Milan
- Valentina (1968), Milano Libri
- Valentina speciale (1969), Milano Libri
- Valentina con gli stivali (1970), Milano Libri
- Baba Yaga (1971), Milano Libri
- Ciao Valentina! (1972), Milano Libri
- Valentina nella stufa (1973), Milano Libri
- Diario di Valentina (1975), Milano Libri
- A proposito di Valentina (1975), Quadragono Libri, edited by Francesco Casetti
- Valentina in giallo (1976), Milano Libri
- Valentina assassina (1977), Milano Libri
- Ritratto di Valentina (1979), Milano Libri
- Riflesso di Valentina (1979), Arnoldo Mondadori
- Lanterna Magica (1979), Edizioni d'arte Angolare
- Valentina pirata (1980), Milano Libri, in colour
- Valentina sola (1981), Milano Libri, in colour
- Valentina, storia di una storia (1982), Olympia Press
- Per amore di Valentina (1983), Milano Libri
- Io Valentina, la vita e le opere (1985), Milano Libri
- Nessuno (1990), Milano Libri
- Valentina e le altre (1991), Mondadori, collana Oscar
- Valentina, la gazza ladra (1992), Rizzoli-Milano Libri
- Valentina a Venezia (1992)
- E Valentina va... (1994), Rizzoli-Milano Libri
- Valentina (1995), Fiction inc. Tokyo
- Al diavolo, Valentina (1996)
- In arte... Valentina (2001), Lizard Edizioni
- Valentina (2003), Panini Comics
Other heroines
- La casa matta (feat. Bianca, 1969), Edip
- Anita, una storia possibile (1972), Persona/Ennio Ciscato Editore
- Histoire d'O (1975), Franco Maria Ricci Editore, from the novel by Pauline Réage
- Emmanuelle (1978), Olympia Press, from the novel by Emmanuelle Arsan
- Justine (1979), Olympia Press, from the novel La nouvelle Justine by de Sade
- Hello, Anita! (1980), L'isola trovata, in colour
- Belinda 1 & 2 (1983), Editori del Grifo
- I viaggi di Bianca (1984), Milano Libri, inspired by Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels
- Venere in pelliccia (1984), Olympia Press, inspired to a tale by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch.
- Bianca 2. Odesseda (1987), Editori del Grifo
- Emmanuelle l'antivergine (1990), Rizzoli
- Eroine alla fine: Salomé (2000), Lizard Edizioni
- Crepax 60|70 (feat. Belinda, and Valentina 2003), Fiction inc. Tokyo
Other works
- L'astronave pirata (1968), Rizzoli
- Il dottor Jekill (1972), Persona/Ennio Ciscato Editore
- Circuito interno (1977), Edizioni Tempo Medico
- Casanova (1977), Franco Maria Ricci Editore
- L'uomo di Pskov (1977), CEPIM (Sergio Bonelli Editore), in colour
- L'uomo di Harlem (1979), CEPIM (Sergio Bonelli Editore)
- La calata di Macsimiliano XXXVI (1984), Editori del Grifo
- Conte Dracula (1987), Rizzoli-Milano Libri, from the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker
- Dr.Jekyll e Mr.Hide (1987), Rizzoli-Milano Libri, from the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Giro di vite (1989), Olympia Press, from the novel The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
- Nessuno (1990), Milano Libri
- Le clinicommedie (1990), Editiemme
- Il processo di Franz Kafka (1999), Piemme, from the novel The Trial by Franz Kafka
- Justine and The Story of O (2000), graphic novel of the works by Marquis de Sade and Anne Desclos respectively
- Frankenstein (2002), Grifo Edizioni, from the novel by Mary Shelley
Wargames
Besides his much better known activity as a graphic artist, Crepax was a keen wargamer and wargame designer[2] and collector of paper soldiers, drawn by himself.[3] He was the author of some of the first wargames published in Italy to be widely circulated:
- La Battaglia di Trafalgar (Corriere dei Piccoli, 1964)
- La Battaglia di Waterloo (Linus, 1965)
- La Battaglia di Pavia (Linus, 1967)
- La Battaglia del Lago Ghiacciato - Alexandr Nevsky (Linus 1972, poi ristampato da Milano Libri)
English translations
- Stories published in Heavy Metal
| Original title and publishing date | English title | Date | HMM Issue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riflesso di Valentina (1979) | Valentina: Reflection | 1980-12 | Vol. 4 No. 9 |
| 1981-1 | Vol. 4 No. 10 | ||
| 1981-5 | Vol. 5 No. 2 | ||
| 1981-6 | Vol. 5 No. 3 | ||
| L'uomo di Harlem (1979), CEPIM (Sergio Bonelli Editore) | The Man From Harlem | 1983-1 | Vol. 6 No. 10 |
| 1983-2 | Vol. 6 No. 11 | ||
| 1983-3 | Vol. 6 No. 12 | ||
| 1983-4 | Vol. 7 No. 1 | ||
| 1983-5 | Vol. 7 No. 2 | ||
| 1983-6 | Vol. 7 No. 3 | ||
| Valentina pirata (1980), Milano Libri | Valentina The Pirate | 1983-11 | Vol. 7 No. 8 |
| 1983-12 | Vol. 7 No. 9 | ||
| 1984-1 | Vol. 7 No. 10 | ||
| 1984-2 | Vol. 7 No. 11 | ||
| 1984-3 | Vol. 7 No. 12 | ||
| 1984-4 | Vol. 8 No. 1 | ||
| Hello, Anita! - (1980) L'isola trovata | Hello, Anita! | 1985 | Bride of Heavy Metal |
| ???, 1988 | Valentina Rediscovered: Far From Berlin | 1988, Fall | Vol. 12 No. 3 |
| ??? | Persona | 1992-5 | Vol. 12 No. 3 |
See also
Notes
- ↑ "Guido Crepax – Short Biography".
- ↑ http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2011/07/17/soldatini-di-crepax-quando-il-gioco.html
- ↑ La Domenica di Repubblica, 17 luglio 2011, p.36
References
- Crepax publications – Fondazione Fossati (Italian)
- Guido Crepax albums – Bedetheque (French)
External links
- Guido Crepax biography on Lambiek Comiclopedia
- Guido Crepax biography on Museo Nazionale del Fumetto (Italian)
- 'Story of O' website features SHRDSH!!! - IT'S CREPAX, Deliriums & Desires, by Stephan
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