MANARA

MILO MANARA Le Parfum de l'invisible, Albin Michel 1986 Original plate no. 26, pre-published in L'Écho des Savanes in 1986. India ink on paper 49 × 64.8 cm (19.29 × 25.51 in.) Milo Manara is without doubt the greatest contemporary master of erotic comics. His reputation took on an international dimension in 1983 with the publication in the Italian magazine Playmen of a story, Un Gioco (a game), translated into French under the title Le Déclic when it was published in L'Écho des Savanes. Le Parfum de l'invisible (The Perfume of the Invisible) follows, just as virtuoso: this story reveals its erotic potential all the more because it is based on a fantasy: that of being able to enter women's private lives with impunity. Manara's genius lies in centering the story on his heroine, in the absence of her partner. And in fact, as in this scene, we see only her! Fabulous!