European comic art

Milo Manara

Los Borgia — with Alejandro Jodorowsky

A four-volume historical fresco of the Renaissance papal dynasty. Watercolour mastery from the most distinctive line of Italian comics.

Italian · b. 1945

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American comic art

Bernie Wrightson

Co-creator of Swamp Thing · Definitive Frankenstein

The most influential horror illustrator of the modern American era. Cross-hatched ink that turned monsters into icons.

American · 1948–2017

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American comic art

Frank Miller

Sin City · The Dark Knight Returns · 300

The author who reinvented American comics in black, white and shadow. Hard-boiled noir in pure ink.

American · b. 1957

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European comic art

Alfonso Azpiri

Lorna · Mot · Spanish science-fiction master

Airbrushed Spanish sci-fi at its most lush. Unmistakable colour, sensual narrative, technical precision.

Spanish · 1947–2017

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European comic art

Milo Manara

Le déclic — Ink study

Pure pen-and-ink mastery. The line that defined a generation of European erotic comics.

Italian · b. 1945

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