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Zartyr
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7/04
Posted - Aug 12 2004 : 8:46AM
The horror thread and the mentioning of the "Story of O" made me curious about comics in porn.

With the load of hardcore and erotica-driven or -laden comics it is astonishing that comics are not used as basis for hardcore movies.
AFAIK there are no or very few comic adaptations in porn (maybe due to too expensive rights on the content).
One close touch is the softcore feature "Gwendoline" from Jaeckin based on the character created by John Willie.

The late Guido Crepax has made some erotic and explicit graphic novels based on literature ("Venus in Furs", "Justine and Juliette", "Story of O", etc.) but also created a series based on a genuinely invented character, Valentina.

Furthermore there are the works of Erich von Gotha, Duvet, Jack-Henri Hopper and others based on genuine ideas (see Lastgasp or here) and one must not to forget Milo Manara and the famous Druuna from Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri's "Morbus Gravis".

Then there are more mainstream (for adult comic readers) orientated comics, which would do nice in a Susi Medusa Gottardi, Martin Cognito, reincarnation of Francis Leroi, Micheal Ninn'ish Hardcore.

Give Susi Medusa Gottardi a big budget and let her explore Rapaces (French official site with great pics, outline of story in English).

Also "Anna Stein" from Ronald Putzker has many scenes/pages, which would make it feasible as a porn. (a female journalist covering up an intrigue in politics and economics; erotic affairs of the main protagonists, use of prostitutes for blackmailing, etc.).

Froideval's "666" (French site; fun/action/sex/devils vs. an unorthodox catholic priest saving the world) calls also for Gottardi or even Ninn, as does "Die Füchsin (French title???). (medieval times/inquisition/witches).

A lighter side is addressed by the erotic horror comedy of the voluptuous vampire "Sandra Bodyshelly" (see also here) from Harm Bengen.

Maybe all these comics are not to be made for the US-markets due to it's SM-overtones, forced sex scenes and often outright violent nature.
But if the "Baron of Darkness" (Part 2) could be done in the late 90ies by Bellocchio, why do porn directors/producers not make use of the large pool of comics? Is the European market too small?

BTW, if I talk comics here, these are not the ones of small "superhero" format, but album or even book-format ones.

Edited for links

Edited by - Zartyr on Aug 12 2004

DVDwishes
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Posted - Aug 15 2004 : 10:41AM
this topic is similiar to one comic book fans have when their most cherished comics are turned into films. they do not want too many liberities taken with them. but as I said in a previous post there are not too many production companies in the adult industry who would take a chance on producing a film like that. yes, it is rather shameful too.



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