Paris Paper Show Champerret October 2015

Just catching up now after the Paris Paper Show at the end of October with this post showing some the marvelous and diverse, pop culture books and paper available at the fair. It was an enjoyable show and I returned to NYC with some great new material that you can see posted in my eBay store and in February come see "the latest" at the Los Angeles Art Book Fair. Hara Kiri cover, circa 1970s.

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Blake et Mortimer hardcover comic books

 Roman noir, policier crime pulps 1950s

 Before Charlie Hebdo there was Charlie magazine 1970s

 Adult comic books 1970s

 Italian porn star, politician, ex-wife Jeff Koons, Ciccolina

 Kake magazine, Tom of Finland's alter ego

 Photo of s/m bondage art by Belgian artist Serajat 1960s

Moderni fem/dom bondage paperbacks 1970s

 Canadian magazines with pirated Robert Crumb artwork 1970s

 Le Rire French humor magazines 1960s

Diana Dors The Love Specialist 1957

1930s French crime pulps

Art Fantastix circa '00s

Saga de Xam 1967 pub'ed by Eric Losfeld

Pierre Louys La Femme et Le Pantin

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Fumetti Erotic Comics 1970s~1980s

Largely unknown outside of Italy and the world of comic book collecting, the Italian adult, sexually explicit graphic novels, known as fumetto, are quite a surprise coming from a Catholic country where little erotic material has been produced in the modern era. Common themes run through these comics: lesbianism, catwomen, sex machines, female domination, sci-fi sex, vampires, bondage and sado-masochism. 

Titles included here are Jolanka, Jungla, Zordon, Oltretombi, Pussycat, Terror, Jacula, Isabella, Lucifera, Bonnie and Goldrake. Contents are sexually explicit, while simultaneous lacking eroticism.

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PARIS: October 2013 Books + Graphic Design Shop

Very pleased to make a visit to the recently renovated and repurposed bookshop of Michael Seksik in the fifth arrondissement near rue Monge. Along with his partner Stephane Schouflikir he has transformed the shop from a traditional "general bookstore" to a modern shop filled primarily with books and graphic arts from the 1960s to today. Details are here.  

Gone are the leather bound volumes which once lined the shelves, now replaced with books devoted to the visual arts, curiosities of the late 20th century as well as walls lined with vivid colors, bold graphics and posters. You will be surprised to see tucked away on this quiet Paris street a variety of American counter-culture material, including an excellent selection of rock posters created for Bill Graham's, Fillmore auditorium in San Francisco. 

 

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FUMETTI Part Two: Italian Adult Comics 1970s

Part Two

Largely unknown outside of Italy and the world of comic book collector's, the Italian adult, sexually explicit graphic novels, known as fumetti, are quite a surprise coming from a Catholic country where little erotic material has been produced in the modern era. Until recently I have never had or seen any of these publications. The covers are uniformly wonderful displaying the range from simple seduction to total, all out sexual fantasy.

Common themes run through these comics: lesbianism, catwomen, sex machines, female domination, sci-fi sex, vampires, bondage and sado-masochism. During this period, the various series included Jacula, Maldrak, Gengis Kana, Pussycat, Lucifera, Sexy, Ilona, and Fathoman. The internal illustrations were done in a very simple, almost naive style, printed in black and white and resembling the sequential story telling of today's graphic novels. Contents are sexually explicit, while simultaneous lacking eroticism.

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