Italy's the homeland of fumetti erotici, and those publishers kept an eye on Italian TV and movies over the years, as a source of inspiration for stories and characters to feed the ever demanding readership.
Beloved Raffaella Carrà stood out in a crowd of TV stars and wannabes; she entertained Italian audiences for at least two decades, while remaining the down-to-earth kinda girl of the early days.
She also had a music career as a singer, her 45's hitting the charts with songs mostly from her shows
Record cover to the popular Tuca Tuca dance (1971).
(Mhmm... how can I translate that? Omg, let's say Touchy Touchy).
Lucifera's issue payin' homage to the Tuca Tuca fever:
And here is the first attempt to make Raffaella live in Fumettiland, by a minor publisher:
Not a successful one, as the series quickly disappeared from newstands; with no regrets, I must say, 'cause cover art, as well as inside drawings, are under your average fumetti quality.
Nice try, but I've seen better...
Our TV star had a big comeback in the 80's, hosting the daytime show "Pronto, Raffaella?", and this time around Edifumetto, (the house of the little shark logo) just couldn't miss it... here's Sraffa:
Blonde hair replaced by dark one, and a slightly different name (just to cover up against legal issues), the fumetto reveals the behind-the-scenes life of TV programs, with explicit drawings by Birago "Zora" Balzano.
Sraffa sings, while director Buontemponi (!) gives saucy instructions to the camera guy:
I think I'll post some full fumetti tales in the near future; the kind of 8/16 pages long, regular size, so... stay in touch!
8 commenti:
Sexcellent blog, Pete!
This is the first site I know of which spotlights humorous fumetti erotici, a fumetto sub-genre criminally neglected on the Web.
Lando, Il Camionista, Pierino, La Scopona, Yuppie, Lardoso, Tromba, Montatore, and scores of other titles comprise a hefty catalogue of these fumetti, so you're never gonna run out of things to discuss and to show to eager for beaver fumetto fans.
Who knows? Visitors might come away from your blog shocked and amazed by the realization that not every fumetto depicts the prolonged violation and evisceration of beautiful young women with big breasts.
Wasn't Raffaella Cara the gal who sang about "Maga Maghella"? I've always wondered if they took the title of the fumetti Maghella from that song.
Great blog, by the way :)
Thank you guys.
I've always liked funny fumetti more than rude ones, so I think I'll keep focusing on those (without forgettin' about the others, seemingly preferred by internauts).
@ needa: we'll catch on your board, I'll ask for translation help...
@ jaako: I keep wondering how the hell you learned Italian... by reading fumetti ?!? lol
anyway, about Raffa's song, (how d'you know about that, is it popular in Finland? ) , the 45 is a 1972 release, while Maghella came out by the end of 1973, (yes, there's a previous issue before Maghella 1 we all know about).
I've always thought that the fumetto came first, but it seems I was wrong. I'm pretty sure, though, that the name was out even before Raffa used it for the song.
To answer your questions:
I learned Italian by spending hours and hours translating fumetti with my little dictionary :) It's not like I can read it very well, though, but every year I get a little better.
And I found Raffaella's song a few years back when I googled the word "Maghella". In some ways even the lyrics reminded me a little of the fumetti, but that was probably just my imagination :)
And yeah, the first appearance of Maghella was in Menelik, right? I've seen that issue on eBay, but it's always been so expensive I've never bought it.
But Maghella isn't a very common name in Italy, is it? It seems very odd to me that two Maghellas appear in the Italian popular culture in such a short time. Oh well, I guess we'll never know the truth...
mitica scopona,le gran seghe che mi sono fatto con lei tra gli 11 e i 14 anni da farmelo diventare viola a furia di smneggiarmelo ahahahahahah.
Ciao!
Vorrei sapere dove hai trovato le vignette tratte da "Pronto Sraffa", apparse
su un numero di "Amiche Mie", negli anni 80.
Grazie
Ciao!
Vorrei sapere dove hai trovato le vignette tratte da "Pronto Sraffa", apparse
su un numero di "Amiche Mie", negli anni 80.
Grazie
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