{"title":"Guido Crepax","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGuido Crepax\u003c\/strong\u003e is celebrated for his groundbreaking graphic novels that blend surrealism, erotica, and intricate storytelling. His works invite readers into richly detailed worlds where fantasy and reality intertwine, showcasing his unique artistic style and bold narratives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom evocative city scenes to sensuous, dreamlike tales, Crepax’s stories challenge conventions and explore complex human emotions. This collection captures the breadth of his visionary creations, perfect for lovers of sophisticated, artful graphic novels.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-complete-crepax-surreal-stories-by-guido-crepax-9798875001642","title":"The Complete Crepax: Surreal Stories","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese erotic comics stories, spanning 1968-1991, chronicle the surreal adventures of Bianca. Introduced in the aptly named \u003cem\u003eAn Expansive Story\u003c\/em\u003e, the first two-thirds of this volume, Bianca appears to be trapped in (or haunted by?) a gothic boarding school, whose administrators and pupils have untoward and sinister designs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBianca will bounce back and forth between this school and dreamscape after dreamscape - she becomes a plant, talks to fish while diving under the sea, is served up on a silver platter, thrown out with the garbage, witnesses a double homicide, and much more - unfazed as she contorts into ever-more-absurd scenarios.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThen, Bianca faces the trials and tribulations of Gulliver before she hands the baton to Valentina, Crepax's most famous heroine. Who, feeling introspective, 'speaks' to both Bianca and Crepax before modeling in a spectacular, full-colour 'fashion dream.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47306959782124,"sku":"9798875001642","price":161.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/12599103488908.jpg?v=1771072515"},{"product_id":"the-complete-crepax-city-stories-by-guido-crepax-9798875000072","title":"The Complete Crepax: City Stories","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese erotic comics stories, spanning 1974-1991, feature metropolitan settings like Valentina taking the subway — but what begins as an ordinary trip soon becomes a fantastical journey with familiar characters cameoing along the way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThen, in a giallo-inspired tale, fashion photographer Valentina's models keep turning up dead. Could she be the murderer?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 'Time Out' (1991), she's once again stalked by a Subterranean... but what is its mission?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe rest of this collection introduces a new heroine, Anita, who lives (and dies) for TV! Every flip of the channel has a new genre for her (and Crepax) to insert herself in. And in 'Input Anita,' Crepax plays with the idea of bringing your work home with you. 'Data entry' has never been so sexy (and a little sinister too).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Complete Crepax: City Stories\u003c\/em\u003e offers a thrilling journey through the intricate world of Guido Crepax's imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47428231725292,"sku":"9798875000072","price":161.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9798875000072.jpg?v=1774766874"},{"product_id":"the-complete-crepax-erotic-stories-part-2-by-guido-crepax-9781683968948","title":"The Complete Crepax: Erotic Stories Part 2","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume of Fantagraphics' ambitious series reprinting all of Guido Crepax's most significant comics is the second of two volumes featuring Crepax's comics adaptations from the literary erotica canon. This volume contains Crepax's longest graphic novel – \u003cem\u003eStory of O.\u003c\/em\u003e A woman finds fulfillment when she subsumes her identity by sexually submitting to a secret society. Crepax sumptuously draws every strike of the whip and taps into the sensuality of body modification in his adaptation of this groundbreaking work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlso included is his short story \"The Unexpected Exchange,\" filled with the sensual delights you have come to expect from Crepax: lingerie, bisexuality, the 1920s, and the most symbolically drawn train you've ever seen outside of a Hitchcock film. As the Crepax Archives observes, \"The cartoonist, licensed by the authority of classics, ventures deeply into territories of eroticism that up to now he had only dared to touch.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn addition to the usual accompanying essays putting Crepax's stories into historical and cultural context, this volume also features Nouveau Roman novelist Alain Robbe-Grillet's \u003cem\u003e(The Voyeur, Last Year at Marienbad)\u003c\/em\u003e introduction to \u003cem\u003eStory of O\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47428231954668,"sku":"9781683968948","price":123.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781683968948.jpg?v=1774766874"},{"product_id":"the-complete-crepax-erotic-stories-part-1-by-guido-crepax-9781683965664","title":"The Complete Crepax: Erotic Stories Part 1","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Story of a Story\" (1981) stars the Milanese photographer Valentina. Finding herself home alone, she cheekily decides to fantasise about Georges Bataille's infamous novella \u003cem\u003eThe Story of the Eye\u003c\/em\u003e - with a twist: she's playing all the roles!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the stories \"Emmanuelle\" (1978) and \"Emmanuelle: The Anti-Virgin\" (1990), Crepax follows the titular heroine on her sensual journey as the polyamorous wife of a French diplomat in Thailand. While the character is best known as the star of a series of pornographic movies, most notably the 1974 film starring Sylvia Kristel, she originated in a banned 1959 novel by Marayat Rollet-Andriane (pen name Emmanuelle Arsan), a Thai French woman.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEmmanuelle has a sexual encounter on a plane, plays a steamy game of squash with a countess, falls for a woman named Bee, and has an intense experience at a temple, among many other transgressive exploits Crepax details from the novel. And, in an innovation of Crepax's own - she crosses paths with King Kong!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume is the first of two featuring comics adaptations from the literary erotica canon along with supplemental and contextual material. As Antonio Crepax observed in the Crepax Archives, \"[The cartoonist] covered by the authority of classics, ventures into territories of eroticism that up to now he had only dared to touch.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47432847786220,"sku":"9781683965664","price":161.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781683965664.jpg?v=1774766305"},{"product_id":"the-complete-crepax-vols-7-8-gift-box-set-by-guido-crepax-9798875000089","title":"The Complete Crepax Vols. 7 \u0026 8 Gift Box Set","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCollecting more than 500 pages of the influential Italian cartoonist's most famous adaptations of the erotic literary canon in a beautiful slipcased box set.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn Vol. 7, \u003cem\u003eStory of a Story\u003c\/em\u003e (1981) stars Milanese photographer Valentina. Finding herself home alone, she cheekily decides to fantasise about Georges Bataille's infamous novella \u003cem\u003eThe Story of the Eye\u003c\/em\u003e — with a twist: she's playing all the roles! In the stories \"Emmanuelle\" (1978) and \"Emmanuelle: The Anti-Virgin\" (1990), Crepax follows the titular heroine on her sensual journey as the polyamorous wife of a French diplomat in Thailand. While the character is best known as the star of a series of pornographic movies, most notably the 1974 film starring Sylvia Kristel, she originated in a banned 1959 novel by Marayat Rollet-Andriane (pen name Emmanuelle Arsan), a Thai French woman. Emmanuelle has a sexual encounter on a plane, plays a steamy game of squash with a countess, falls for a woman named Bee, and has an intense experience at a temple, among the many other transgressive exploits Crepax details from the novel. And, in an innovation of Crepax's own — she crosses paths with King Kong!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eVol. 8 contains Crepax's longest graphic novel — \u003cem\u003eStory of O\u003c\/em\u003e. A woman finds fulfilment when she subsumes her identity by sexually submitting to a secret society. Crepax sumptuously draws every strike of the whip and taps into the sensuality of body modification in his adaptation of this groundbreaking work. Also included is his short story \"The Unexpected Exchange,\" filled with the sensual delights you have come to expect from Crepax: lingerie, bisexuality, the 1920s, and the most symbolically drawn train you've ever seen outside of a Hitchcock film. 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