Milo Manara (born Maurilio Manara, September 12, 1945, Luson, Italy) is an Italian comic book creator (writer and drawer), best known for his erotic approach to the medium. September 12 is the 255th day of the year (256th in leap years). ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... A comic book artist at work. ... By todays standards Fragonards The Swing is rather tame, but in the 18th century this painting of a courtiers mistress being in a position where another man can look up her skirts was considered highly erotic. ...

His cartoons generally revolve around elegant, beautiful women caught up in unlikely and fantastical erotic scenarios. Some of his more famous books include "Il Giotto" (1983, translated as Click) (in four parts), about a device which rendered women helplessly aroused, and "Il Profumo Dell'invisibile" (1986, translated as Butterscotch), about the invention of a body-paint which made the wearer invisible. Some of his most acclaimed books were collaborations with fellow Italian artist and cartoonist Hugo Pratt. "The Ape", serialized in the Heavy Metal magazine in the early 80's, retells the story of the Chinese Monkey King - with humor, sexy artwork, and political overtones. Click is an erotic graphic novel by Italian cartoonist Milo Manara. ... Hugo Pratt (June 15, 1927 - 1995) was an Italian comic book creator and the creator of Corto Maltese. ... Magazine cover featuring the main characters of Richard Corbens Den series, one of Heavy Metals most popular early features Heavy Metal is an American science fiction and fantasy comics magazine started in 1977. ... Sun Wukong (Traditional: 孫悟空; Simplified: 孙悟空; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Sun Wu-kung; also surn vukorn), the Monkey King, is perhaps the most famous and beloved fictional character in all of classical Chinese literature. ...

Manara's style favors clean lines for women reserving more complex drawings for monsters or other supernatural elements. Like his compatriot Tinto Brass, he evidently has a fixation with the female buttocks. Many of his comics have themes of bondage, domination and humiliation, voyeurism, the supernatural, and the sexual tension beneath various aspects of Italian society. The works vary in their explicitness, but the general mood is playful rather than misogynistic. Manara's skill in creating atmosphere, his obvious talent, and his occasional excursions into more "mainstream" stories, have helped to give him an air of artistic respectability. Giovanni Brass (born March 26, 1933, Milan, Italy), better known as Tinto Brass, is one of the most well-known Italian filmmakers. ... The buttocks are the two masses of muscle (gluteus maximus, sometimes abbreviated to glute) and fat covering the posterior aspect of the human (primate) pelvis. ... A collar is a common symbol of BDSM. BDSM is a term which describes a number of related patterns of human sexual behaviour. ... Voyeurism is a practice in which an individual derives sexual pleasure from observing other people. ... The supernatural (Latin:super- exceeding+nature) comprises forces and phenomena that cannot be perceived by natural or empirical senses, and whose understanding may be said to lie with religious, magical, or otherwise mysterious explanation —yet remains firmly outside of the realm of science. ...

His work reached an American audience largely through its appearance in Heavy Metal magazine. Magazine cover featuring the main characters of Richard Corbens Den series, one of Heavy Metals most popular early features Heavy Metal is an American science fiction and fantasy comics magazine started in 1977. ...

External links

• Official Milo Manara website (uses Macromedia Flash; contains explicit content)

• la mansarda di miele (contains explicit content)