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Robert K. Bishop
An American bondage artist. Born in Michigan, he has been compared with John Willie and described as the "Rembrandt of bondage art". His work has been published extensively in bondage magazines, especially those of Centurians Publications and the bondage publisher House of Milan. He committed suicide at the age of 46.
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Roberto Baldazzini
After getting his diploma as an expert in commerce, Roberto Baldazzini followed several art courses. In 1980, he co-founded the fanzine Pinguino, for which he created the character 'Ronnie Fumoso', from a text written by Daniele Brolli. His first professional work appeared in Orient Express magazine in 1980. This was the 'Alan Hassad' series, also written by Brolli. In 1984, his heroine 'Stella Noris' was born, out of a scenario by Lorena Canossa Baldazzini. This comic was continued until 1992 in Comic Art Magazine after the demise of Orient Express. At the same time, Baldazzini worked in the advertising field. From 1995 he starts a cooperation with Blue magazine, where he began focusing on erotic comics, featuring new characters like 'Ginger & Rogers', 'Angela' and 'Chiara Rosenberg'. His graphic style plays with black and white, and his talent for depicting sensual women has made him a regular guest in several erotic magazines, such as Glamour, Blue, Diva, Penthouse Comix and Geisha.
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Ryoichi Ikegami
Ryoichi Ikegami saw his first short comic published in the magazine Garo. This comic was noticed by Shigeru Mizuki, who took Ikegami as his assistant. He started his first series, a western trilogy, at age 24. Success came in 1973 when he took on the series 'Aiueo Boy', along with scenarist Kazuo Koike. Two of this series, both published by Shôgakukan, were introduced on the American market in 1987 and 1989: 'Mai the Psychic Girl' (with Kazuya Kudo) and 'Crying Freeman' (with Kazuo Koike). This first series was one of the comics that started the success of manga in America, and the second was about the war of police and Japanese gangs against the Chinese mob. Other series that Ikegami made are 'Otoko Ozorga' (with Tetsu Kariya), 'Sanctuary' (with Sho Fumimura), 'Nobunaga' (with Kazuya Kudo) and most recently, the erotic series 'La Colombe Rouge', again with Kazuo Koike.
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Rogério Nunes
Rogério Nunes is a Brazilian comic artist who came to Europe because of his love affair with a Belgian girl. While living in Leuven and Gent, he became the apprentice of comic artist Ferry. He became especially known for his work on the popular humorous-erotic 'Rooie Oortjes' series. He also contributed to the collection 'Fin de Semaine'.
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