2. Who is Milo Manara?
Milo Manara is one of the world’s greatest comic-book artists. After studying architecture and painting, he
made his debut in 1969 drawing for Genius, a “fumetti neri” pocket book series. In the Seventies he became
famous with works like Lo Scimmiotto (The Ape) and H.P. e Giuseppe Bergman (H.P. and Giuseppe Bergman),
serialised from 1978.
Manara then went on to publish an uninterrupted series of international successful works: L’uomo di carta (The
Paper Man), L’uomo delle nevi (The Snowman), Il gioco (Click), Il profumo dell’invisibile (Butterscotch), Candid
Camera (Hidden Camera), and Kamasutra (Manara’s Kama Sutra) are just a few of these.
His career has been influenced by his encounters with other artists such as Hugo Pratt, Federico Fellini, Pedro
Almodóvar, Luc Besson, Alejandro Jorodowsky and Vincenzo Cerami.
With Pratt, Manara created works like Tutto ricominciò con un’estate indiana (Indian Summer) and El gaucho;
with Fellini, Viaggio a Tulum (Trip to Tulum) and Il viaggio di G. Mastorna detto Fernet; with Almodóvar,
Seduzioni, and with Besson the television campaign for Chanel n. 5.
Most recently he has worked on the comic-book 46 in cooperation with Moto GP champion Valentino Rossi and
Gli occhi di Pandora with texts by Pasolini’s scriptwriter Vincenzo Cerami.
3. Manara’s most representative works
Manara is considered the undisputed
master of eroticism in drawings. His
most important works, which are
never vulgar and always refined, are
published in Italy by Mondadori and
by leading publishers throughout the
world (Panini, Glenat, Casterman,
Planeta DeAgostini, Dark Horse).
His most successful comics have been
adapted to the big screen – Il Gioco
(Click) and Il profumo dell’invisibile
(Butterscotch).
A comprehensive collection of his
entire work was released in 2007 to
great critical and commercial acclaim
in graphic novel format by the largest
Italian financial newspaper, Il Sole
24Ore.
44. Publishers of Manara’s works
ITALY GERMANY POLAND
Mondadori Panini Comics Egmont
Panini Comics Kult Editionen Taurus Media
Rizzoli Schreiber & Leser Post
Leopoldo Bloom
QPress HOLLAND BRASIL
Salani Maxima Conrad Editora
Oog & Blik Pixel Media
FRANCE Sombrerobooks
Glenat Casterman-Auteurstrips CROAZIA
Casterman Strip Center Tino
Panini Comics DANEMARK
Les Humanoïdes Associés Faraos Cigarer UKRAIN
Paquet K9
Altaya FINLAND Hitlab
Dargaud Art House/Jalava/Tietosanoma
USA
SPAIN FORMER YUGOSLAVIA Dark Horse
Norma editorial Beli Put Heavy Metal
Planeta deAgostini Nbm publishing
Panini Comics TURKEY
Marmara çizgi
PORTUGAL Lalkitap
Ediçoes Asa Parantez
