Original Fumetti Cover Art: Part 2

Hey! Demented here with my first groovy post. I  bring you another sampling of my original fumetti cover art. These are the actual paintings created back in the 70's specifically for the "sexy fumetti" book covers. When it came to gritty, lurid, vibrant entertainment, 1970's Italy delivered. They gave us the neon cinema of Dario Argento. They gave us Lucio Fulci, the only director ever to pit a zombie against a shark. They made American westerns better than any American-made western. We call them "spaghetti westerns". I guess you could call these cover paintings "spaghetti pulp". I've been exploring pulp art for decades and some of the best work I've ever seen came from 1970's Italy. The intense colors, wild imagery and visceral energy are distinctly unique. They are windows to a world of unrestrained fantasy and stunning artistry. And you don't need a blacklight to fully appreciate them!

Is that who I think it is on the telly?

I bet Ron didn't get paid for this little cameo. Can anyone figure out who's the actress? 

Scanlation #4: Terror Blu 130 - Frenesia Erotica

Akujo, here!

I've brought another translated tale, again featuring a heroine who's a real piece of work! I won't spoil the plot for this one, but I guarantee that it's a mindfuck.

Terror Blu #130: FRENESIA EROTICA was first released on Thursday, April 1st, 1982 by Ediperiodici.

The artist is Pier Carlo Macchi, with a plausible likelyhood that Carmelo Gozzo did the story.

http://www.mediafire.com/?etz5y6bzqaa26l0

Mirrors:
https://rapidshare.com/files/414716218/Terror_Blu_130__English___Akujo_.zip
http://www.sendspace.com/file/lctofz

Enjoy!

Cimiteria N. 35: Quasimodo Incinto (Pregnant Quasimodo), published in August 1978

I have not followed superhero comics since the eighties, but recently on a Finnish comic book forum I happened to come across a thread complaining about how superheroines are always posing sexily for the male reader. I was reading Cimiteria at the time and realized that even though the series is partially porn, the heroine hardly ever poses for the "camera", which I found both ironic and satisfying: she's so fucking cool she doesn't need to! And in any case her adventures contain plenty of stuff that's definitely not designed for the male eye, the following "story" being a good example. But before we start, to avoid giggling, please repeat to yourself:

IT'S ONLY FUMETTI...
IT'S ONLY FUMETTI...
It's only fumetti...
it's only fumetti...

Ok, here goes. As you all remember, Cimiteria has a hunchback servant/lover called Quasimodo. After a visit to the Bermuda triangle and a subsequent rape by an alien from the planet of homosexuals, the poor little guy gets pregnant. Here are some snapshots from the family album:



Giving birth is a pain in the ass:



It's a boy:



Hey, that's not how you make breast milk:





The kid's name is Robby, by the way, and he can kill people with his gaze, but that's another story. Anyway, I bet those superhero comics look much more healthy and balanced by now ;-)

New Doc Savage novel just published!

FYI, fans of the Bronze Man... Altus Press has just released an all-new Doc Savage novel, the second in their "New Wild Adventures" imprint: Horror in Gold, by Will Murray writing as Kenneth Robeson. (The first was The Desert Demons, reviewed for Groovy Age here.) I haven't read this one yet, but I certainly dig the cool pulpy cover art!

I was also pleased to see that Horror in Gold and The Desert Demons are available in substantially cheaper Kindle editions. In fact, a tiny handful of the original Doc novels of the 1930s and '40s have been converted to the e-book format, too, although they're admittedly not among the topnotch series entries... Murder Melody, Cold Death, The Black Spot, He Could Stop the World, Haunted Ocean, Murder Mirage, and Land of Long Juju are the only (original) Doc books I've been able to find so far for the Kindle.

Happy 2012 from Akujo

Akujo says:

Happy 2012 Groovy Agers!

It's taken much longer than I'd anticipated, but my third scanlation is finally complete. Storie Blu #62: IL MOSTRO VIOLA was was first released on Monday, July 23rd, 1984 by Ediperiodici.

Something sinister is going on at the Hotel Rexon, and crack journalist Cyd Brougham is determined to find out what!

Beginning with this post, I'm going to start giving scenario and artist credits for each book to the best of my ability.

Candida la Marchesa #2 was written by Renzo Barbieri, drawn by Vincenzo Monti and the cover by Alessandro Biffignandi.

Storie Blu Special #15 was written by Carmelo Gozzo and drawn by Francesco Blanc.

Storie Blu #62 (this fumetti here) was also written by Carmelo Gozzo and drawn by Manlio Truscia.

I hope that you all enjoy this one and I'll do my best to get the next one ready for February!

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=GEAH5T3N

Mirrors:
https://rapidshare.com/files/2333700258/Storie_Blu_62__English___Akujo_.zip
http://www.sendspace.com/file/1g5ysb

Merry Boxing Day

Santa got what he deserved, long live Madame Brutal and her man-hating lesbian cruelty!