Sex and Horror: The Art of Alessandro Biffignandi (2)

I'd never heard of this artist until I was horror art hunting but I thought 'let's give it a chance'. Overall the artwork is very well done and I really enjoy Biffignandi's use of color. However, while the book is well made with a skilled artist, seeing page after page of women being the victim, or damsel in sexy distress got uncomfortable after a while. Especially when some of the images highly suggest the woman isn't willing in the sexual encounter. I realize what kind of media his art was used for and I don't know why I didn't expect this given the sample images and book title when I ordered. That's not to say the ladies don't a few images where they are the power figure, it's just skewed in favor to what I mentioned before. Perhaps as a women this affected me more than it would a man looking at the art, just with the long history of violence against women being overly sexualized for the male gaze. I may not care for the book overall (I do have a few pages I like) but I can still recognize a skilled artist. So my 1 star is because the book itself is well made and I did like some of the art but the subject matter I mentioned before made me uncomfortable. I'm pretty sure I wont be buying any more of the Sex and Horror books, it's just not for me.

Last year I read and reviewed Sex and Horror: The Art of Emanuele Taglietti. I enjoyed it and when I learned the publisher was releasing a book on Allesandro Biffignandi, another Italian artist who produced covers for the erotic horror comics of the 1970's and 1980's, I decided to check it out. Biffignandi's work is similar to Taglietti's (indeed, both contributed to the same magazines). Worth noting is the feature Candida la Marchessa, involving a noblewoman turned thief after her fortune is lost. She comes across as a more sinister version of American pulp's Domino Lady. Cimiteria is a beautiful revived corpse who gets into supernatural adventures with her hunchback lover. Biffignandi also did erotic parodies of Zorro and classic literary works. All in all, if you like wild art that combines sex, nudity, violence and horror, this will be something you will want to see.

I don't like the title of the series. However, it is a chance to see some great artwork including a unique technique of painting and application, and I wanted some examples of this artist's work for the bookshelf. I only did that because of this apparent new printing. The prices on the volume before this were astronomical for a while... The content is a bit strong if you are used to the American comics... same goes for all of the volumes in this series so far. A good sampling of the artwork and comics it represents.

I collect these books. All are tributes to some super talented artists and the Genre may be dated but art is eternal!

All Good Man

Absolutely love this! It's a great addition for any horror fan.

This book is FANTASTIC! Im a huge fan of Biffignandi and I was thrilled when I found out the guys at Korero Press were putting together a collection. And they really did an amazing job! Beautifully reprduced illustrations and filled with extra drawings and behind the scenes photos and background onfo. This book and its companion book (The Taglietti volume) are two of my favorite books I own now. Very highly recommended!- William

Great book, well made, great quality image reproduction. My only quibble is that inset B&W photos of the the original nude models are censored. Pretty ridiculous considering the adult nature of these art books.

Very Nicely Done Book, The ART work was just absolutely amazing. Each and every page was just beautiful,a master piece in itself. Seeing the time that Alessandro put into each and every page, Timeless works of ART. Each photo has a description and date which is very nice

I love this book, and the first book in the series featuring the works of Taglietti. These books collect the best of what the 1970s and 80s horror fumetti have to offer, considering the interior art is not worth remembering. But the covers in this book, by Biffignandi, are just amazing. Not for children or the squeamish, this book is nonetheless a beautiful tribute.

I'd never heard of this artist until I was horror art hunting but I thought 'let's give it a chance'. Overall the artwork is very well done and I really enjoy Biffignandi's use of color. However, while the book is well made with a skilled artist, seeing page after page of women being the victim, or damsel in sexy distress got uncomfortable after a while. Especially when some of the images highly suggest the woman isn't willing in the sexual encounter. I realize what kind of media his art was used for and I don't know why I didn't expect this given the sample images and book title when I ordered. That's not to say the ladies don't a few images where they are the power figure, it's just skewed in favor to what I mentioned before. Perhaps as a women this affected me more than it would a man looking at the art, just with the long history of violence against women being overly sexualized for the male gaze. I may not care for the book overall (I do have a few pages I like) but I can still recognize a skilled artist. So my 1 star is because the book itself is well made and I did like some of the art but the subject matter I mentioned before made me uncomfortable. I'm pretty sure I wont be buying any more of the Sex and Horror books, it's just not for me.

Last year I read and reviewed Sex and Horror: The Art of Emanuele Taglietti. I enjoyed it and when I learned the publisher was releasing a book on Allesandro Biffignandi, another Italian artist who produced covers for the erotic horror comics of the 1970's and 1980's, I decided to check it out. Biffignandi's work is similar to Taglietti's (indeed, both contributed to the same magazines). Worth noting is the feature Candida la Marchessa, involving a noblewoman turned thief after her fortune is lost. She comes across as a more sinister version of American pulp's Domino Lady. Cimiteria is a beautiful revived corpse who gets into supernatural adventures with her hunchback lover. Biffignandi also did erotic parodies of Zorro and classic literary works. All in all, if you like wild art that combines sex, nudity, violence and horror, this will be something you will want to see.

I don't like the title of the series. However, it is a chance to see some great artwork including a unique technique of painting and application, and I wanted some examples of this artist's work for the bookshelf. I only did that because of this apparent new printing. The prices on the volume before this were astronomical for a while... The content is a bit strong if you are used to the American comics... same goes for all of the volumes in this series so far. A good sampling of the artwork and comics it represents.

I collect these books. All are tributes to some super talented artists and the Genre may be dated but art is eternal!

All Good Man

Absolutely love this! It's a great addition for any horror fan.

This book is FANTASTIC! Im a huge fan of Biffignandi and I was thrilled when I found out the guys at Korero Press were putting together a collection. And they really did an amazing job! Beautifully reprduced illustrations and filled with extra drawings and behind the scenes photos and background onfo. This book and its companion book (The Taglietti volume) are two of my favorite books I own now. Very highly recommended!- William

Great book, well made, great quality image reproduction. My only quibble is that inset B&W photos of the the original nude models are censored. Pretty ridiculous considering the adult nature of these art books.

Very Nicely Done Book, The ART work was just absolutely amazing. Each and every page was just beautiful,a master piece in itself. Seeing the time that Alessandro put into each and every page, Timeless works of ART. Each photo has a description and date which is very nice

I love this book, and the first book in the series featuring the works of Taglietti. These books collect the best of what the 1970s and 80s horror fumetti have to offer, considering the interior art is not worth remembering. But the covers in this book, by Biffignandi, are just amazing. Not for children or the squeamish, this book is nonetheless a beautiful tribute.

A terrific book and companion to the first volume in the series. I would have liked to have learned more of the background on Biffignandi, but that's a very small quibble in an otherwise gorgeous book. Can't wait for future volumes in this series... HINT! HINT!

More masterfully lurid cover paintings from Italian pulp comics of the 70's and 80's. Biography of the artist, covers grouped according to the title they were done for, quality production. Don't miss the previous/companion book, "Sex and Horror: The Art of Emanuele Taglietti"!

VERY POORLY PRODUCED BOOK. I ordered my first copy from Amazon the 2nd week of January 2021, and when it arrived I was shocked to see that the cover laminate/coating was ALREADY STARTING TO PEEL. Returned it, and ordered SIX copies (again, "Sold by Amazon"). Received them today, and ALL SIX COPIES HAVE LAMINATE PROBLEMS. Either the publisher skimped on this re-print, or they let these sit in a warehouse for four years before sending them to Amazon fulfillment centers. I think it's the latter, as no second printing is indicated on the publisher's information page. Great content, HORRIBLE PRODUCTION.

Great art. Could use a bit more narrative.

Really enjoyable not just for the artwork but for the history as well.

A very good collection of this artist's horror covers. Delightfully gruesome and graphic. Delivered quickly and packaged securely.

Stunning collection of covers from a reliable publisher.

Gorgeous illustrations!

amazing GREAT

Awesome artwork!

Chock-full of amazing art!

If you couldn't get enough of the HBO TV series True Blood, if you are a fan of the grotesque, the lurid, and the fantastical, and if you loved Sex and Horror: the Art of Emanuele Taglietti, you will love Sex and Horror: the Art of Alessandro Biffignandi. The images are brilliantly colored paintings used on the covers of explicit Italian adult comics. Dark dreams and graphic nightmares. Nobody paints it wilder than Italians. The contributing collectors and publishers of this edition have outdone themselves with high quality art from BIffignandi--one of the Italian greats. Featured characters include monsters such as vampires, Frankenstein, and the undead, witches, and even a naughty Snow White. Not for the faint of heart!

Viene el desglose de la mayoría de los proyectos de este gran artista italiano. Imágenes sugerentes y un machismo que para la época era erótico

Es un libro muy entretenido, disfrutaras el arte de aqueñlos años, es de buen tamaño y buen material no se artepentoran de comprarlo

Good book, lots of great images and interesting read. Perfect coffee table book for the horror fan.

muito bom adorei este livro concept art muito bom mesmo eu avalei muito bom mesmo ja vi e gostei muito

Excellent.

Yay! So pleased to have got a copy of this at long last – it's been out of print and incredibly expensive for some time – so grab it now that it's available in this new print run. I knew of the Italian artist/illustrator Alessandro Biffignandi through his work for Fleetway and D.C. Thompson in the 60s - though I didn't know who he was at the time – he contributed the cover art for many of the War Picture Library and Commando comics I and many boys of my generation collected (and even learned to draw from.) The collection of work presented here is the much more adult work he did for Italian “Sexy Fumetti” magazines - dramatic and colourful stuff from the 70s and 80s with lurid, theatrical and horror-tinged subject matter, soft porn but beautifully (and imaginatively) rendered. A selection of work from 20 different magazine series are included here together with other examples of his output; texts are brief and limited to short explanations of each set of images, with a brief introduction and biographical outline with comments from Biffignandi himself. A very good showcase of his work in this genre; the half-dozen or so images in the product description above give a good idea of the book's content.

Dieser zweite Band aus der amerikanischen Reihe "Sex and Horror" widmet sich nach Emanuele Taglietti in Band eins einem weiteren italienischen Maler, der sein Geld mit der Erstellung von Covern für Pulp-Magazine (Comics und auch Romane) verdiente, nämlich Alessandro Biffignandi (1935-2017). Auf 160 Farbseiten im Format 26 x 22,5 cm präsentiert der amerikanische SC-Band mit Prägedruck des Titelschriftzuges ca 200 Bilder des Meisters der erotischen Trashkunst. Viel Platz für Text bleibt da natürlich nicht; aber immerhin bietet das Buch einen Klappentext, ein zweiseitiges Vorwort, Titelangaben mit Jahreszahlen sowie ab und an Infos zu den Comicreihen für die die Cover entstanden. Auch viel wiissenswertes über den biografischen Werdegang des Malers und eigene Ansichten von ihm werden beschrieben. Nach seiner jugendzeit arbeitete Biffignandi zuerst als Filmplakatmaler und stiess erst dann auf die Möglichkeit, Cover für Trashcomics der Themen Sex und Gewalt zu illustrieren. Gemeinsam haben seine Gemälde alle, dass die Frauen meistens zumindest obenherum nackt sind; ansonsten spielen die Themen Horror, Gewalt, Folter, Märchen, Vampire, Werwölfe, Gruften, Enthauptungen oder Geschichtliches die Rahmen für die thematisch sehr breit gefächerten Billigcomics, für die Biffignandi großartige Farbtitelbilder erschuf. Diese mehrteiligen Comicreihen, von denen manchmal über Hundert Ausgaben erschienen, wurden für den italienischen Markt produziert und dann für manche Teile der Welt in Lizenz gegeben. In englischer Sprache erschien nur sehr wenig davon, in Deutschland meines Wissens nach nichts, was erklärt warum ihn hierzulande kein Mensch kennt. Biffignandi erstellte meist zehn bis zwanzig Gemälde pro Monat, oft ohne Kenntnisse der Comicinhalte, die er dadurch an den Mann brachte. Später verlagerte er sein Betätigungsfeld auf cover für Romane und Bücher. Insgesamt dürfte sein Lebenswerk über 1000 Bilder umfassen, darunter sogar Filmplakate, die er in jungen Jahren schuf. Die gedruckte Gesamtauflage seiner Werke betrug laut Vorwort weltweit über 10 Millionen Exemplare. das Buch erschien noch zu Biffignandis Lebzeiten 2016 (er verstarb 2017), deshalb konnte er noch daran mitwirken.

Good art images of, as it says on the cover, 'Sex and Horror' as drawn by Alessandro Biffignandi. Good if you have an interest in, so-called, 'horrotica' as I imagine this would fit the bill.

Edito negli stati uniti, sembra incredibile, ma un disegnatore italiano non viene editato in Italia. Comunque è un ottimo volume, ben curato e il fatto che sia in lingua inglese non da problemi perchè anche chi conosce poco la lingua è in grado di capire. Molte belle riproduzioni delle opere di Biffignandi. Insomma, a mio avviso, un volume imperdibile insieme all'altro, della stessa casa editrice, di Taglietti