Milo Manara (born Maurilio Manara, in 1945, South Tyrol, Italy) is an Italian comic book writer and artist, best known for his erotic approach of the comics.

Some of his more famous books include Click (in four parts) and Butterscotch . His cartoons revolve around elegant, beautiful women caught up in unlikely and fantastical erotic scenarios. His style favors clean lines for women reserving more complex draw for monsters. He evidently has a fixation with the female buttocks. Many of his comics have themes of bondage, domination and humiliation, the supernatural, and the sexual tension beneath various aspects of Italian society. The works vary in their explicitness, but the general mood is playful rather than misogynistic. Manara's skill in creating atmosphere, his obvious talent, and his occasional excursions into more "mainstream" stories, have helped to give him an air of artistic respectability.

His work reached an American audience largely through its appearance in Heavy Metal magazine.

External links

• Official Milo Manara website (uses Macromedia Flash; contains explicit content)