Djustine is an Italian

Italy

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 comic book

Comic book

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 series written by Enrico Teodorani.

The Djustine character was created from a fusion of Sergio Corbucci's

Sergio Corbucci

Sergio Corbucci was an Italian film director. He is best known for his very violent yet intelligent spaghetti westerns...

 film character Django

Django (film)

Django is a 1966 Italian spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Corbucci and starring Franco Nero in the eponymous role. The film earned a reputation as being one of the most violent films ever made up to that point and was subsequently refused a certificate in Britain until 1993, when it was...

, and the Marquis de Sade's

Marquis de Sade

Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade was a French aristocrat, revolutionary politician, philosopher, and writer famous for his libertine sexuality and lifestyle...

 titular "Justine".

Publication history

In the late 1990s the wild comic adventures of Djustine, a blond female gunslinger, were published as photocopies, sold only in Italy or through the mail to fans of supernatural western comics. Since 2003, Djustine has been regularly published in Italy on books by E.F.edizioni and on X-Comics magazine by Coniglio Editore and in the United States in the serie Djustine: Tales of the Twisted West by Carnal Comics

Carnal Comics

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.
The creator of Djustine, Enrico Teodorani has also written for the superhero series 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...

, published by AC Comics

AC Comics

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 in the USA, and is also the creator of Calavera

Calavera (comics)

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...

and Wheela, both published in Italy by E.F.edizioni and in the US by Carnal Comics and Eros Comix

Eros Comix

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.

Artists

Artists who have done Djustine art and stories include Italian artists such as Silvano, Luciano Bernasconi

Luciano Bernasconi

Luciano Bernasconi is an Italian comic book artist. In the early 1960s, he worked for fellow artist Carlo Cedroni's Studio Barbato, Editions Lug in France, and Edizioni Europer in Rome....

, Andrea Bulgarelli, Luigi Siniscalchi, Luca Raimondo, Nik Guerra, Cristina Fabris, Gianluca Pagliarani and Antonio Conversano, Americans like Joe Vigil, Mike Hoffman, Frank Brunner

Frank Brunner

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, Val Mayerik

Val Mayerik

Val Mayerik is an American comic-book and commercial artist, best known as co-creator of Marvel Comics' satiric character Howard the Duck.-Early life and career:...

, Marat Mychaels, Tim Tyler, Jeff Austin, Jason Crager (Jewett), Sam Glanzman

Sam Glanzman

Sam J. Glanzman is an American comic-book artist, best known for his Charlton Comics series Hercules, about the mythological Greek demigod; his biographical war stories about his service aboard the U.S.S...

, Jason Waltrip and SS Crompton, and other international artists like Enrique Badia Romero

Enrique Badia Romero

Enrique Badía Romero is a Spanish comics artist, best known to English-speaking audiences for his work on Modesty Blaise...

, Alfonso Font and John McCrea

John McCrea

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.

Synopsis

The normally adult-natured adventures of Djustine involve her facing supernatural creatures (such as werewolves, zombies and demonic beings

Demon

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). All the stories take place in a strange, gothic western world of the 1880s.

External links

• Enrico Teodorani's blog
• Carnal Comics
• E.F.edizioni (publisher site)