Milo Manara

• Born 1945-09-12

Milo Manara is an Italian comic book writer and artist. Manara made his comics debut in 1969 drawing for Genius, a fumetti neri series of pocket books from publisher Furio Vanio in the wake of the popularity of Kriminal and Satanik. In the following years, he illustrated for the magazine Terror, drew the erotic series Jolanda de Almaviva, launched the publications Telerompo and Strategia della Tensione in 1974 and the series Alessio, Il Borghese Rivoluzionario, and La parola alla giuria in 1975. For (A Suivre) Manara created the first stories featuring HP and Giuseppe Bergman, which grew to become a large body of work. With Hugo Pratt, Manara created some of his most acclaimed work, initially Tutto ricominciò con un'estate indiana (1983, Indian Summer) and later El Gaucho (1991). Manara also completed two stories working with another of his heroes, Federico Fellini. Manara's reputation for producing comics that revolve around elegant, beautiful women caught up in unlikely and fantastical erotic scenarios became solidified with work such as Il Gioco (1983, also known as Click or Le Déclic), Il Profumo dell'invisibile (1986, Butterscotch), or Candid camera (1988, Hidden Camera). With Alejandro Jodorowsky he created the series Borgia from 2004 to 2010. Le Caravage is a historical comic book diptych retracing the life of Michelangelo, created from 2016 to 2019.