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'70's Italian "Dirty Comics" original COVER ART for sale!!!

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Duncan

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Aug 25, 1999, 3:00:00 AM8/25/99
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<denn...@pianeta.it> wrote in message
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> Sexy vamps! Mad doctors! Sadistic perverts! She-werewolves on heat!
> Crazed monsters! No, we are not on a horror movie set... we are in the
> golden age of "Dirty Comix": a lurid world where sex, gore'n'violence
> run riot!
> We are back in the '70's, a turbulent time for an Italy that is
> desperately seeking its place in the modern world.
> Social struggle, riots in the streets, strikes, political scandals and
> terrorism are the order of the day... these comix too, dubbed "sexy"
> in the late '60's, change gear drastically becoming more explicit and
> hard-core.
> Cartoonists stop signing their work and publishers are continually in
> court fighting a furious battle against bigoted moralism.
> If censorship is a problem, sales are definitely not: a host of new
> titles are released and lapped up by an insatiable public.
> ZORA LA VAMPIRA, WALLESTEIN, ULULA and CIMITERIA are of particular
> note for their intriguing characters and interesting plots. To create
> the covers of this titles only the best illustrators are used. Artists
> trained at the demanding school of Cinecitta', internationally famous
> for its realism and movie poster style.
> For the first time ever "classical" style marries outrage and scandal.
> The result is an explosive union wichever way you look at it!
> Biffignandi, D'Angelico, Tacconi, Festino are the names of the artists
> hiding behind these covers: talented painters using techniques that
> never fail to amaze.

Why the hell don't we get THESE in English, instead of those Dark
Horse/Bonelli ones?

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