When I was young boy, about the ago of 13 or something, the was a comic series called “Lucifera, the minnares van de duivel” (“Lucifera, the Devil’s lover”). I have been reading some episodes of that series at that age. I think because my older brother owned some of them, but I have to be honest, I am not sure about that really.
Lucifera is the main character of the same name, originally Italian comics series, which takes place during the early Middle Ages. Lucifera is Satan’s most beloved devil, who is sent to earth to stop the good work of Dr. Faust. But things are not going as well as she falls (temporary) in love with Dr. Faust.
The series was published in Italy from 1971 to 1980 containing 170 episode. In The Netherlands and Belgium there were 144 episodes published from 1972 to 1982. It was an joined venture of the publishers “Vrijbuiters” and “Schorpioen”.
For the time the comic was published it was quite explicit because of it sexual content, which goes from adultery, homosexuality and such more. But when I look at it now (in 2014) I would call it soft erotic. Funny how things can change over time.
Anyway, some months ago I saw an episode of Lucifera on a second hand market and as it was just one euro I bought. I must admit that it was very amusing to read it. I can understand the some (religious) people may find it somehow offensive because it is about the devil and because of the sexual content. But well, I am not :-).
Well, after reading that Lucifera commic that I bought at that second hand market, the collector waked up in me and I started to collect those comics with the goal to get the complete series. And it is good better and faster as I expected. I have already half of the series. Yesterday I managed to get some of the very first episodes and those are rather rare and hard to get.
Now I already hear people say “Ohhh… he is reading those naughty and dirty comic! What would Marion not say about that…”. Well, Marion will say nothing about, because she reads these comics herself with a big grin and finds them amusing as well.
These comics are really innocent compared with what goes around these days. They are fun to read. The humour is good :-).
ah,si!?”suaves y naives”!?Por que no le echan una mirada a los fumetis de “Cimiteria”….Esos si que eran hardcores