Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri:
https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/serpieri_pe.htm

Great artist, huge imagination, intricate detail (and cross-hatching), but I’m not a fan of how he handled his most-famous character, i.e. Druuna.

Not gonna do any moralizing here, just that I’m here to represent BD, and he’s by definition a long-time BD-master. Next…?

    • JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.socialOPMEnglish
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      2 months ago

      TBH, I don’t know how much has changed. I haven’t been to Europe (and Italy) in a long time, but from the accounts I read, in many areas it can still be downright excruciating just walking down the streets as an unaccompanied woman. Maybe not actually hazardous, but the shameless catcalls and macho approach that’s common in some areas just… leaves me ashamed, as a man. Like, how could that not instantly ruin a person’s day, especially a visitor? Still, I’m really not sure how widespread it is across Europe. (nevermind a completely crazy place like Egypt, par exemple)

      • GrantUsEyes@lemmy.zipEnglish
        4·
        2 months ago

        Of course! it’s still alive today all around the world, I’ve experienced it first hand. I should have specified -in media- . this type of content raises more red flags today. That’s some progress I think.

        • JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.socialOPMEnglish
          5·
          2 months ago

          Oh! 😳
          Yeah, I guess you’re right in terms of print and some other media. Meanwhile, complete morons in other media like Andrew Tate (etc) and others are actively poisoning young mens’ minds against women, as I see it.

          Eh, sorry, I’m honestly pretty freaked-out by the right-wing stuff happening in the country where I live.

          • GrantUsEyes@lemmy.zipEnglish
            2·
            2 months ago

            Yeah, sadly the effect from that kind of discourse permeates internationally, undoing many years of progress. Are you US based? I honestly feel bad for you guys, you are going through very dark times.

            • JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.socialOPMEnglish
              2·
              2 months ago

              undoing many years of progress.

              Sometimes I naïvely think that much of these problems are USA-centric, but the more I learn, the more I’m saddened by how pervasive anti-progressivism is across the globe, including in Europe.

              Are you US based? I honestly feel bad for you guys, you are going through very dark times.

              Based here, yes, with an international background. But yeah, unless there’s a huge reversal in the coming 2026 midterm elections, the USA is utterly lost to late-stage capitalism and right-wing petty elitism, yes. So far the election looks quite promising from a voter POV, but pretty terrible in terms of the various methods of likely vote-gaming to come.

              Anyway, I feel kind of bad about today’s post, so for tomorrow, I’m working on a review / sampler upon the life of Medea, a fascinating figure from ancient Greece. She’s not been treated very well from the two main lines of traditional mythos, but recently there was a wonderful retelling from her perspective by two Spanish-Frenchwomen creators. Look for that one at 9AM EST tomorrow (roughly 2-3PM Euro time).