Milo Manara

Maurilio Manara (; born 12 September 1945), known professionally as Milo Manara, is an Italian comic book writer and artist.

Career 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 , he worked with Rubino, Carlo Barbieri, Mino Milani and Silverio Pisú. He launched the publications and together with Pisú Manara in 1974 along with the series . Together with writer Mino Milani he launched the series 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. For (A SUIVRE) 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 (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 (1982, The Paper Man).

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 (1983, also known as Click or Le Déclic), about a device which renders women helplessly aroused; (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 helmet for Moto GP rider Valentino Rossi, specifically made for the Italian GP in Mugello. Rossi declared:

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, consisting 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 called X-Men: Ragazze in fuga that released in April 2009 in Italy, and was later reprinted in short circulation by Marvel Comics in English as X-Women.

He was profiled in the 2011 documentary film Derailments (Deragliamenti)."Derailments: A short film based on a famous unmade film and the friendship between Fellini and Manara will be shown in Toronto today and tomorrow". L'Uomo Vogue, September 12, 2011.

In 2013 he started to do low print variant covers for issues of Marvel comic books. In 2014, Manara's variant cover for Spider-Woman #1 was widely criticized for putting the character in a pose that was deemed over-sexualized and oddly proportioned by many. Defenders of Manara highlighted that this was a rare collector's variant cover, reflective of his art style for those familiar with him. The piece later sold for over £37,000 at auction in 2020.

Awards 1978: Yellow Kid and for an Italian artist 1995: U Giancu's Prize, International Cartoonists Exhibition 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

Bibliography Original title English title Year Remarks 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 L'ultimo tragico giorno di Gori Bau e Callipigia Sister The Last Tragic Day of Gori Bau & The Callipygian Sister 1982originally in Frigidaire #25, translation in Shorts and Manara Erotica Volume One Tutto ricominciò con un'estate Indiana Indian Summer 1983 with Hugo Pratt Il gioco Click 1983 Il diario di Sandra F. The Diaries/Diary of Sandra F. 1985 translation in Heavy Metal #199503 and Manara Erotica Volume Two 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 FernetThe 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 or Gullivera 1995 based on text by Jonathan Swift Kamasutra Manara's Kama Sutra 1997 based on text by Vatsyayana Star, Starlettes e Baguettes Fantasies 1997 In L'Echo des Savanes 1997 & Pin-Up Art English in Heavy Metal #199903 Ballata in si bemolle Fatal Rendezvous 1997 Appuntamento fatale Rendezvous in B-Flat 1997translation printed in Manara Erotica Volume One 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 www. 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 Memory2001 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 Gli Occhi di Pandora Pandora's Eyes 2007 written by Vincenzo Cerami I Borgia vol. 3 Borgia 3: Flames from Hell 2008 with Alejandro Jodorowsky X-Men: Ragazze in fuga X-Women 2009 written by Chris ClaremontI Borgia vol. 4 - Tutto è VanitàBorgia 4: All is Vanity2010with Alejandro JodorowskyCaravaggio vol. 1 - La Tavolozza e la SpadaCaravaggio 1 - The Palette and the Sword2015Caravaggio vol. 2 - La GraziaCaravaggio 2 - The Grace2018Il nome della rosa2023written by Umberto Eco

Adaptations Series Click (1997) City Hunters (2006, animated TV series created by Gastón Gorali & Alberto Stagnaro) Films Le Déclic (1985) Le Parfum de l'invisible (1997 IMDb) La Légende de Parva (2003) The Erotic Misadventures of the Invisible Man (2003 IMDb)

Statue

A statue of Brigitte Bardot created by Milo Manara was donated in 2017 to the city of Saint-Tropez by the Millon Foundation. It was inaugurated on 28 September 2017 by Bernard d'Ormale, the actress's husband, and Jean-Pierre Tuveri, mayor of Saint-Tropez.

The project was initiated in 2013 when auctioneer Alexandre Millon, president of the auction house of the same name, invited Milo Manara to devote a series of works to Brigitte Bardot. The artist then produced 27 watercolors intended to be reproduced and marketed as pigment prints :

"I proposed several projects, and it was Brigitte Bardot herself who selected her preferred one", the artist said.

Produced according to the project chosen by the actress by Adolfo Agolini, from the Mariani foundry in Pietrasanta, Italy, in collaboration with Manara, the statue is installed on Place Blanqui in front of the .

During his career, Manara has depicted numerous figures, including historical characters—most notably the Borgias in a series created with Alejandro Jodorowsky—as well as people from his own circle, such as Federico Fellini and Hugo Pratt. Brigitte Bardot had not allowed an artist to portray her since 1969, when the painter and sculptor Aslan chose her to embody the features of Marianne, the symbolic figure of the French Republic.

Milo Manara

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