Valentina Crepax Morta
Valentina Crepax Frasi

By Guido Crepax. In Volume 5, Valentina's rich fantasy life goes Hollywood, where she meets her inspiration, Louise Brookes, Bonnie and Clyde make an appearance, and Crepax pays homage to classic silent films. Volume 6 chronicles the adventurous Valentina's love affairs and features two of Crepax's lauded graphic adaptations: 'Venus in Furs' and 'The Memoirs of Casanova.'
Valentina is an Italian comic strip series, created in 1965 by the Italian artist Guido Crepax and concluded in 1996. Valentina with her Hasselblad camera Originally a minor character working for the comic hero Neutron, Valentina became the sole protagonist of the series in 1967.
Valentina is an Italian erotic thriller television series that originally aired on Italia 1 from September 29 to December 22, 1989. It is based on the Valentina comics series by Italian artist Guido Crepax.

valentina, an italian comic strip series created in 1965 by the italian artist guido crepax, was one of the most intriguing characters in the comic’s history. paying tribute to crepax, wallpaper company wallpepper® transforms the comic series into an aesthetic centerpiece for any room. ‘thanks to our collaboration with antonio, caterina and giacomo crepax, we had an unlimited access to guido’s archive.’ explains diego locatelli, director and founder of wallpepper®. ‘it took a long time to review all the materials and to select the first subjects for the reproduction on the wall.’

This elegant and energetic deck features Valentina, Guido Crepax's famous book and comic strip character, journeying through the tarot cards. Featuring Crepax's sophisticated art and lively renditions of Rider-Waite-Smith imagery, Valentina Tarot invites you to join Valentina as she interacts with the major and minor arcana. Valentina is an Italian erotic thriller television series that originally aired on Italia 1 from September 29 to December 22, 1989. It is based on the Valentina comics series by Italian artist Guido Crepax.The series follows a Milanese photographer, Valentina Rosselli, and her investigations assisted by the antiquarian Phillip Rembrant, with whom she shares an.

‘a spasso tra le rovine’ (walking among the ruins)

frescoes of battles in the far east and sketches of historic cities featuring the beloved black-bobbed heroin showcase crepax‘s artistic complexities. by reinterpreting crepax’s comics, wallpepper® immortalizes the artist’s fine art collection with a life-size version of handpicked pieces. the nuances of overlooked details found in the comic books are exploded onto a wall, displaying the intricacies of every piece. crepax has produced advertising campaigns for international companies and hundreds of illustrations for magazines, cover albums, interior decoration, fashion and design, some of which will be show at the wallpepper® showroom.

la forza di gravità (the force of gravity)

valentina nella città (valentina in the city)

Valentina Crepax Morta

valentina come olympia (valentina like olympia)

strappi (rips)

Valentina Crepax Frasi

visioni di primavera (visions of spring)

viaggiatore immobile (immobile traveler)

blue china

colors Cm 03-04 tactic diablo.

mare d’inverno (winter sea)

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edited by: lynn chaya | designboom

Cool Crepax page that came to me in a trade with an Italian buddy. Thanks Max.
I think a lot of people see Crepax art and write it off as naked girls and bondage and don't give it the attention it deserves. There are naked girls and there are sadomasochistic themes through out the work but that is only a small part of it. The Valentina story revolves around the main character who lives in both a dreamlike world and the real world at the same time. The art, story telling and layouts are both abstract and cinematographic at the same time. What I appreciate most about Crepax are the layouts. Although this page is interesting from that perspective, it is his use of small and large panels that you see on other Crepax pages that is most innovative. It is the same thing I like about Chris Ware's work and when I met Chris at the Billy Ireland Museum last year I asked him if Crepax was an influence and he readily admitted that he was a big influence and one that he has not credited enough. Another aspect of Crepax's work is the use of themes and styles that show an appreciation of fine art and styles. I think the first panel is very much in a surrealistic style reminiscent of Tanguy or Dali only more kinetic and volatile like Munch. The uneven lower border and off kilter horizontal orientation of the scene adds to the sense of imbalance and chaos inducing a bit of vertigo. The direction of movement and hurricane winds in the panel is self evident within this ever widening panel give a sense of openness or void to whatever is in front of this scene. The bottom tier has an ever decreasing height and abstraction bringing us from the Dali nightmare gradually back to the real world. The one frame using photo negativity is interesting and masterfully rendered in inks and is not a reversed stat. The crescendo, decrescendo tempo to the chaos and noise of the page is very powerful, emotional storytelling and reflects the kind of genius Crepax had in his construction and design of a page. Valentina's trademark camera is evident in almost every panel. I am still reading through the series as it is translated into English. They are not easy reads as there are complex themes and the abstraction is open to interpretation. This particular page has not shown up in my reading (nor has my other page) and so I don't have a complete context for it. I also hope to explore the meaning of the camera motif in Valentina, is it a secret power, a weapon, an extension of her, a metaphor..

Crepax Valentina