Complete Crepax HC (2016- Fantagraphics) comic books 2019-2021
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Issue #SET-02
Published Mar 2019 by Fantagraphics.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Set #2 Includes Vol. 3-4 (with Slipcase) - Printings may vary.
Story and art by Guido Crepax.
Italy's Guido Crepax is one of the most acclaimed cartoonists in the world. In the 1960s and '70s, he created and chronicled the adventures of Valentina, arguably the strongest and most independent female character in European comics up to that time, and legitimized the erotic genre. Fantagraphics' ambitious Complete Crepax series launched in 2016 to international acclaim, and this handsome boxed set contains our third and fourth columes, Evil Spells and Private Life.
Vol. 3 introduces Baba Yaga, the villainous witch of folklore, and includes Crepax's sinuous adaptations of several literary masterpieces by Robert Louis Stevenson, Henry James, and Edgar Allan Poe.
In Vol. 4, the author's sexy proto feminist heroine Valentina becomes a mother, outwits a gang of jewel thieves, flashes back to her childhood and adolescence, encounters a mysterious cello, and much more!
Hardcover (2 Volumes with Slipcase), 10-in. x 13-in., 864 pages (Total), B&W. Mature Readers
Cover price $150.00. -
Issue #SET-03
Published Apr 2021 by Fantagraphics.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Set #3 Includes Vol. 5-6 (with Slipcase) - Printings may vary.
Story and art by Guido Crepax.
Bonnie and Clyde, Louise Brooks, Venus in Furs, Casanova, and Milanese photographer Valentina embark on adventures in this collection of classic erotic Italian comics.
These erotic comics stories span 1968-1989. In Vol. 5, Bonnie and Clyde, Louise Brooks, and the globetrotting photographer Valentina (a movie and TV star herself!) take center stage, while "The Man from Harlem" is Crepax's ode to boxer Joe Louis and jazz. In Vol. 6, Valentina ages in "real time." First, she saves Effi, a German heiress, from kidnappers, and they become lovers. Valentina also has an affair with Bruno, a young cellist. Dangerous Liaisons follows our heroine into middle-aged home life with her longtime partner, Phil, with whom she has a grown son, Mattia. Two of Crepax's lauded graphic adaptations: "Venus in Furs" and "The Memoirs of Casanova" are featured in this volume.
Hardcover (2 Volumes with Slipcase), 10-in. x 13-in., 850 pages (Total), B&W. Mature Readers
Cover price $150.00. -
Published Mar 2019 by Fantagraphics.
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Volume 4 - 1st printing. "Private Life!"
Story and art by Guido Crepax.
The fourth volume of Fantagraphics' groundbreaking Complete Crepax series puts the author's sexy proto feminist heroine Valentina, the globe-trotting Milanese photographer, front and center in a series of erotic comics narratives. Most of the comics in this volume, spanning 1965 to 1985, have never before been published in English.
It includes Crepax's first foray into comics magazines-"The Curve of Lesmo"-in which our heroine is introduced as an adventurer's sidekick! Elsewhere in this volume, she becomes a mother, outwits a gang of jewel thieves, flashes back to her childhood and adolescence, encounters a mysterious cello, and much more! Not only is Crepax's impeccable draftsmanship on full display, but this deluxe package highlights the innovative visual storytelling techniques that made him an international sensation.
Hardcover, 10-in. x 13-in., 424 pages, B&W. Mature Readers
Cover price $85.00. -
Published Jan 2020 by Fantagraphics.
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Volume 5 - 1st printing. "American Stories!"
Story and art by Guido Crepax.
The Complete Crepax Vol. 5: American Stories collects stories that span 1968-1986, such as Crepax's ode to boxer Joe Louis.
In other tales, Valentina attempts to balance new relationships with lovers alongside the domestic life she shares with Phil. Meanwhile, Valentina's fantasy life goes Hollywood. Bonnie and Clyde make an appearance, and there are several homages to the silent film era.
Hardcover, 10-in. x 13-in., 450 pages, PC/PB&W. Mature Readers
Cover price $85.00. -
Issue #6-1ST
Published Apr 2021 by Fantagraphics.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Volume 6 - 1st printing. "Dangerous Liaisons!"
Story and art by Guido Crepax. Translated by Micol Beltramini. Introduction by Barbara Uhlig.
In The Complete Crepax Vol. 6: Dangerous Liaisons, which spans 1977-1989, Valentina settles into middle-aged home life with her longtime partner, Phil, with whom she has a grown son, Mattia. Two of Crepax's lauded graphic adaptations: "Venus in Furs" and "The Memoirs of Cassanova" are featured.
Hardcover, 10-in. x 13-in., 416 pages, PC/PB&W. Mature Readers
Cover price $85.00.
