Tumblr favorite #1899: Sometimes a monster just wants to feel pretty, you know?

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My orignal tumblr post was here. This image was researched by Bacchus at ErosBlog as part of the “Δ commission.” The research was originally published at Hedonix as “Δ 069 Monsters Have Secrets.” Here is what Bacchus found.

This artwork in the style of European fumetti comics is a detail from one page of such a comic:

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This comics page appears in a 2008 LiveJournal entry as one page of a seven-page strip, which sadly is not identified by name, publication, or artist. However, image filenames containing the string “HEMBRASPELIGROSAS05” suggest that the strip may have appeared in Issue #5 of Hembras Peligrosas, the cover of which advertises a story called El Secreto De Frankenstein. What that “secreto” might be is perhaps indicated by a panel from a different page of the strip:

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The subject artwork appears to have also appeared in an unidentified publication with different lettering in French:

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Tumblr favorite #1890: Death can find you even in space

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My original tumblr post was here. This image was researched by Bacchus at ErosBlog as part of the “Δ commission.” The research was originally published at Hedonix as “Δ 060 – Skeletal Space Hands.” Here is what Bacchus found.

This image is cropped from the cover of issue #15 (December 1, 1999) of the Italian comic book series Julia: Le Avventure Di Una Criminaloga:

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Wikipedia describes Julia thusly:

Julia is an Italian comic book series created by Giancarlo Berardi and edited by Sergio Bonelli Editore. The protagonist, Julia Kendall, is a criminologist, and the stories are usually in the crime fiction genre. The comic series was created in 1998 by Berardi and it was born of Sergio Bonelli Editore’s wish for a purely detective series.

Julia Kendall’s character is physically inspired by Audrey Hepburn, one of Berardi’s favorite actresses. Choosing a female protagonist — an ordinary, easily relatable woman — had the series have a large following of woman readers, unusual for a crime fiction comic.

ComicVine credits this particular cover artwork to artist Marco Soldi. Lambiek Comiclopedia offers this brief bio of Soldi:

Marco Soldi began his career at the publishing house Lancio in the early 1980s. In 1986, he became a cover artist for the monthly Splatter. In 1993, he joined Bonelli publishers, where he started out doing a ‘Dylan Dog’ episode. He also cooperated with Granate Press and the publishing house Universo. He then returned to Bonelli, illustrating episodes and covers of the series ‘Julia’.

Tumblr favorite #1872: Space A.S.F.R.

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My original tumblr post was here. This image was researched by Bacchus at ErosBlog as part of the “Δ commission.” The research was originally published at Hedonix as “Δ 041 – The Space Boobies Trap.” Here is what Bacchus found.

According to this blog post where the comic is reproduced in full, this artwork is from the bottom panel of the ninth (of ten) pages of the comic Selenia by Sergio Macedo, as the comic appeared in the first issue of Heavy Metal magazine in April 1977:

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Brazilian and French comic artist Sergio Macedo is profiled briefly here. See also this slightly more detailed bio and some translated quotes from interviews with the artist.

Tumblr favorite #1866: Space hydra

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My original tumblr post was here. This image was researched by Bacchus at ErosBlog as part of the “Δ commission.” The research was originally published at Hedonix as Δ 034 One-Headed Space Hydra.” Here is what Bacchus found.

This artwork is cropped from the cover of Planet Comics #42 from May, 1946:planet-comics-hydra

A gallery of additional Planet Comics covers is here. According to Wikipedia, all but three of the Planet Comics covers after issue #25 were drawn by Joe Doolin. It thus seems likely that Doolin was the cover artist for this issue #42. The ComicVine entry is in accord.

Tumblr favorite #1861: What would we do without you, Captain Obvious?

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My original tumblr post was here. This image was researched by Bacchus at ErosBlog as part of the “Δ commission.” The research was originally published at Hedonix as “Δ 029 Captain Obvious Is Obvious.” Here is what Bacchus found.

This comic art was created in 2010 by artist Joshua Kemble (whose official site here has quite a large portfolio) for a tee-shirt contest, according to the artist’s BlogSpot blog:

Nathan Stillie (aka Ndstillie) came up with this fantastic concept, and I executed it, figuring it would make a perfect third submission to the Loves Comics Contest, this one being a parody of the super hero genre of comic, featuring captain obvious, and his obvious ways of pointing out… well, the obvious. Obviously. For a long time I’ve believed comics would make awesome shirts, and am glad to participate in the loves competition. Hope you guys like it!

Thank you, Captain Obvious! Shirts and art prints of this artwork remain available.

Tumblr favorite #1859: Fully functional

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My original tumblr post here. This image was researched by Bacchus at ErosBlog as part of the “Δ commission.” The research was originally published at Hedonix as “Δ 027 – Robot Of Many Positions.” Here is what Bacchus found.

Because of a post at ErosBlog I recognized this image as a page (page 34 as can seen in the scan lower right) from the English-language version of The Survivor by French comic artist Paul Gillon. There were at least three more books of The Survivor after this first one. (#2 #3 #4)

There is a somewhat detailed English-language profile of Paul Gillon here.

Tumblr favorite #1848: Big gun

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Original post here. This image was researched by Bacchus at ErosBlog as part of the “Δ commission.” The research was originally published at Hedonix as “Δ 016 – /You Can Get More With Big Breasts And A Gun…’.” Here is what Bacchus found.

The originating tumblr post in this image’s chain of tumblr provenances includes the tags “#gantz #ガンツ #oku hiroya #seinen #manga #mangacap #monochrome #myedit”. That final tag suggests the image is an edit unique to the Tumblr where found. The rest of the tags lead directly to the source artwork, which is this manga page:

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The page is from the Gantz/11 manga (viewable in full here) which is credited to the Hiroya Oku Works. Gantz (or ガンツ) is 383 chapters long, is drawn by Hiroya Oku, and supports a 26 episode anime adaptation. The artist has an official web page here.

Tumblr favorite #1847: Coffin specimen

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Original post here. This image was researched by Bacchus at ErosBlog as part of the “Δ commission.” The research was originally published at Hedonix as “Δ 015 – Casket Specimen.” Here is what Bacchus found.

This artwork is cropped from the front cover of Strange Fantasy, August 1952:

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You can view the entire comic online here. An even larger scan of this cover (a different copy of the comic, with different color balance in the scan and different cover damage) is visible here, via this page.

Even the most detailed comics databases do not seem to contain confirmed information on who painted the cover art for this publication, although “Iger Shop” is listed in what seems to be a speculative fashion. “Iger shop” refers, according to this detailed comics index, to “Jerry Iger’s New York City comic art studio that produced art for a number of publishers.” So an “Iger shop” credit would seem to translate to “we know where the art came from, but not who created it.”

Tumblr favorite #1845: Ideal relationship

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Original post here. These images were researched by Bacchus at ErosBlog as part of the “Δ commission.” The research was originally published at Hedonix as “Δ 013 No Robots, No Deal. Here is what Bacchus found.

This comic strip originates in the Tumblr chain of attribution at the “Around Since 1991” tumblr, where it is tagged “MyArt”. That Tumblr belongs to Jessi, aka CrystallizedTwilight on DeviantArt. Although the comic strip itself is not visible in the DeviantArt gallery for CrystallizedTwilight, the face appearing in the comic strip also appears as a self-portrait of sorts in the “DeviantID” artist profile section for CrystallizedTwilight.