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Paolo Eleuteri
Serpieri is the
creator of Druuna,
the hyper-erotic
heroine of his series
of post-apocalyptic
graphic novels.
And not just graphic
in the artistic
sense, but in the
sexual sense as
well.
In Serpieri's series-launching
book Morbus Gravis,
Druuna is introduced
as a survivor of
a society that has
been undone by an
incureable, transforming
disease.
As the story set
forth in the opening
publication ends,
the Earth is revealed
to have been even
more terribly ravaged
than originally
imagined.
Subsequent books
in the eight-part
series involve less
of the sociological
impact of the pandemic
and begin to relate
a succession of
intense, erotic,
pornographic encounters
with Druuna either
acting as willing
participant or submitting
as an overcome victim.
The exquisite artistic
talents of Serpieri
make the Druuna
series of graphic
novels a rare and
wickedly engaging
group of darkwave
'pillow books' for
those with a taste
for fetish art and
explicit sexual
images.
Serpieri has been
featured prominently
in Heavy Metal.
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