Ghita of Alizarr
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Ghita of Alizarr is a sword-and-sorcery 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...

 created by Frank Thorne
Frank Thorne
Frank Thorne is an American comic book artist-writer, best known for popularizing the Marvel Comics character Red Sonja.-Biography:...

 after he ceased work on Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics
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' Red Sonja
Red Sonja
Red Sonja, the She-Devil with a Sword, is a fictional character, a high fantasy sword and sorcery heroine created by Roy Thomas and Barry Windsor-Smith, and loosely based on Red Sonya of Rogatino in Robert E. Howard's 1934 short story "The Shadow of the Vulture"...

. The titular character, Ghita of Alizarr, is a barbarian
Barbarian
Barbarian and savage are terms used to refer to a person who is perceived to be uncivilized. The word is often used either in a general reference to a member of a nation or ethnos, typically a tribal society as seen by an urban civilization either viewed as inferior, or admired as a noble savage...

warrior like Red Sonja. The series is composed of two graphic novels, and is usually marked as "adults only" due to nudity and sexual content. Like Sonja, Ghita's generally garbed in an armored bikini, but frequently less than that. Ghita is also raped several times in the series, although by most adult comic standards it wouldn't be considered graphic.
The story maintains a classic erotic comic fantasy adventure theme, showcasing Thorne's talent for illustrating "pinup-style" warrior women and detailed settings. Even with the sexual nature of many scenes, the series is generally considered erotic as opposed to pornographic.
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