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Post by andydecker on Apr 30, 2024 15:59:40 GMT
Davide Barzi e Luca Laca Montagliani - Da Antonioni a Zora: L'arte di Emanuele Taglietti (Editoriale Cosmo, 2024, hc; 560 pages)   This huge hardcover is a showcase for the art of Italian artist Emanuele Taglietti. In the 80s he drew a lot of covers for the comic book publisher Edifumetto, for horror/sex fumetti like Zora la Vampira, Sukia, Wallestein and all other genre series like La Poliziotta or Moschitteria. Carefully made it gives a short history of each series, who did what and the problems with censorship. There is Taglietti's complete bibliography of the artist's contributions for each title. It also gives an overview of his career before and after the comics. Taglietti worked for the movies and directors like Antonioni, Fellini, Gassman and Corbucci, to name a few.
This is an oversized hardcover which weighs a ton, too heavy and too big for my scanner, hence some poor snapshots only. The text is of course Italian, but I had no problem ordering this. It is nearly 500 pages of full sized original pictures in all their, hm, voluptuous beauty without the later text and logos of the fumetti covers.
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Apr 30, 2024 16:15:48 GMT
I want it! It is pretty expensive, though.
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Post by andydecker on Apr 30, 2024 18:24:50 GMT
I want it! It is pretty expensive, though. Yes. It is really expensive. And there are of course a lot of pictures already covered in Sex and Horror by Korero Press in 2015.
But I have to say a thing which I don't say often these days: It it really worth its money. My only critique could be - and this is a small thing and purely subjective - that the book has one of those laminated pasteboard (?) covers instead of a dust jacket. On the other hand, this book is even larger as the Hellboy Library Volumes and not nearly as delicate. Also a good thing.
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Apr 30, 2024 18:45:23 GMT
My only critique could be - and this is a small thing and purely subjective - that the book has one of those laminated pasteboard (?) covers instead of a dust jacket. Are the pages sewn, though, rather than glued? I will not happily pay that sort of money for a book that was glued together. |
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Post by andydecker on Apr 30, 2024 19:12:07 GMT
My only critique could be - and this is a small thing and purely subjective - that the book has one of those laminated pasteboard (?) covers instead of a dust jacket. Are the pages sewn, though, rather than glued? I will not happily pay that sort of money for a book that was glued together. I will post a few photos tommorrow. |
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Apr 30, 2024 19:22:26 GMT
Are the pages sewn, though, rather than glued? I will not happily pay that sort of money for a book that was glued together. I will post a few photos tommorrow. Cool! I already ordered it, though. |
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Post by andydecker on May 1, 2024 10:47:43 GMT
Here are two photos to show the dimensions.   |
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on May 1, 2024 17:38:13 GMT
Here are two photos to show the dimensions. Nice! But is it sewn or glued? |
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on May 9, 2024 18:03:34 GMT
I received my copy. For those who were wondering---yes, it is sewn. As well it should be, at its price.
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on May 10, 2024 20:01:44 GMT
I had no idea about his involvement in the film industry (possibly because I had not paid attention).
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