Calavera (comics)
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Calavera is an Italian
adult comic book
featuring a female character with razor claws named Francisca Calavera. It was created by writer Enrico Teodorani and artist Joe Vigil, published in Italy by E.F. edizioni, and in the U.S. by Carnal Comics
as Calavera: Beautiful, Bloody & Bare.
Calavera is a Dr. Frankenstein
's creature, but she hates her creator as she hates all monsters. In her adventures she has been a professional killer, a prostitute, a monster-huntress and a superheroine, and has crossed paths with other independent comics characters such as Marat Mychaels' Demonslayer, David Quinn and Tim Vigil
's Faust
, Tim Tyler's Blood Reign and Devil Jack, Bill Black's Femforce
, Jason Crawley's Bloke and Ju Gomez's PsychoHunter and Son of 6. Special guest artists on the comic have included Tim Vigil
, Jeff Austin, Tim Tyler, Jason Crager, Marat Mychaels, Ju Gomez and Jason Waltrip.
Italian comics
Italian comics are comics made in Italy. They are locally known as fumetto – plural form fumetti – although this latter term is often used in English to describe a specific comic genre . The most popular Italian comics have been translated into many languages...
adult comic book
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
featuring a female character with razor claws named Francisca Calavera. It was created by writer Enrico Teodorani and artist Joe Vigil, published in Italy by E.F. edizioni, and in the U.S. by Carnal Comics
Carnal Comics
Carnal Comics is an adults-only comic book imprint which has so-far been published by three companies: Revolutionary Comics , Re-Visionary Press and Opus Graphics...
as Calavera: Beautiful, Bloody & Bare.
Calavera is a Dr. Frankenstein
Frankenstein
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel about a failed experiment that produced a monster, written by Mary Shelley, with inserts of poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley. Shelley started writing the story when she was eighteen, and the novel was published when she was twenty-one. The first...
's creature, but she hates her creator as she hates all monsters. In her adventures she has been a professional killer, a prostitute, a monster-huntress and a superheroine, and has crossed paths with other independent comics characters such as Marat Mychaels' Demonslayer, David Quinn and Tim Vigil
Tim Vigil
Timothy B. Vigil is a comic book artist, mostly working in the horror/adult genre. His main graphic novel Faust was adapted by Brian Yuzna as the 2001 movie Faust: Love of the Damned. The followup Faust: Book of M, was nominated for the 1999 Bram Stoker Award for Best Illustrated Narrative...
's Faust
Faust (graphic novel)
Faust is the collective name of several series of comic books by Tim Vigil and David Quinn , published by Rebel Studios and Avatar Press. Writer David Quinn wrote that his work's tone and anti-hero main character may have been inspirations for Spawn.The series are known for their strong graphic...
, Tim Tyler's Blood Reign and Devil Jack, Bill Black's Femforce
Femforce
Femforce is a comic book published by AC Comics that began publication in 1985, detailing the adventures of the titular team: the "Federal Emergency Missions Force" or "Femforce", some of them original creations, while others originated in the 1940s and 50s, lapsing into public domain by the time...
, Jason Crawley's Bloke and Ju Gomez's PsychoHunter and Son of 6. Special guest artists on the comic have included Tim Vigil
Tim Vigil
Timothy B. Vigil is a comic book artist, mostly working in the horror/adult genre. His main graphic novel Faust was adapted by Brian Yuzna as the 2001 movie Faust: Love of the Damned. The followup Faust: Book of M, was nominated for the 1999 Bram Stoker Award for Best Illustrated Narrative...
, Jeff Austin, Tim Tyler, Jason Crager, Marat Mychaels, Ju Gomez and Jason Waltrip.