Leone Frollo (1931–2018)

The first volume of Leone Frollo's masterpiece; the erotic adventures of Mona in the 1920's. Elegant flappers doing very rude things, exquisitely drawn. The mood is sweet and nostalgic, the characters are vivid and real, the art is to die for. There is a cinematic quality to Frollo's work that, for me, evokes the greats of Italian film. Sadly, this classic seems to be unavailable in English - I have all three volumes of the story, but in three different European languages. However, Mona speaks for herself, regardless.

Frollo is one of the giants of erotic comics, emerging out of the crazed inferno of Italian sex Fumetti with Biancanieve, an extended erotic parody of Snow White, and Naga la Maga, a fabulously sexy witch whose adventures seem to feature most of the Famous Monsters of Filmland as you've never seen them before. (And, yes, translations of those would be good, too.) Mona Street is the fruit of a period where Frollo had established himself to the point of being able to lavish love and attention on the graphic novel form, taking it several levels beyond what he had already achieved in the pulp Fumetti - it's a shame that he subsequently abandoned narrative for pure pin-up work.… (mais)

USA, Boston, 1920'erne.
Indeholder "Mona Streets ankomst", "Pikant lingeri", "En gammel pornofilm", "Glædeshuset", "På kostskole", "Monas pisk", "Timothys fine nye jakkesæt", "Billardturneringen".

"Mona Streets ankomst" handler om Beth, Susan og Sarah, der bliver overraskede over Mona's dårlige evner til at spille poker.
"Pikant lingeri" handler om Monas fikse måder at slippe af med umoderne, men frækt undertøj.
"En gammel pornofilm" handler om Mona, der bliver inviteret med til at se pornofilm, som hun dog har set før.
"Glædeshuset" handler om Lady L og hvordan hun indførte Mona i et glædeshus, hvor hun nåede alle kunderne inden lukketid.
"På kostskole" handler om "Meyer College", hvor småtossede lesbiske lærerinder hundser rundt med pigerne.
"Monas pisk" handler om Monas hævn over Mrs. Watkins, Miss Haverton, Miss Brooks og Miss Meyer.
"Timothys fine nye jakkesæt" handler om Susan og Sarah, der laver narrestreger med Timothy Grant, der er meget velklædt, men er ret naiv.
"Billardturneringen" handler om en billiardturnering, hvor Mona og hendes onkel Henry får en flot andenplads.

Meget morsom tegneserie. Fræk, sjov og glimrende tegnet. Nogle små historier, der alle har en smukt serveret pointe. Fx er Mona Street med i en billardturnering for par og distraherer næsten alle, men "Nummer et blev to damefrisører fra Philadelphia".… (mais)