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Killing

Artist: Marco Soldi (All)

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Title:	Killing
Artist:	Marco Soldi (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Illustration
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	1,188
Likes on CAF:	2 3
Comments:	1
Added to Site:	7/11/2021
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Killing is an Italian photo comic series about a vicious criminal, the title character. It has been published intermittently since the 1960s under various titles.

The main character is a vicious criminal, totally without mercy, and portrayed throughout the series without credit by Aldo Agliata. Wearing a black and white costume styled on a human skeleton (designed by movie special effects wizard Carlo Rambaldi), he slaughters other criminals unrepentantly, often stealing their once-stolen loot. He crafts masks from a flesh-like substance to imitate his victims. Killing's methods are brutal and sadistic, and the lurid covers and stories often feature him attacking, torturing, and murdering scantily clad women.
Supporting characters include Killing's lover Dana (portrayed by actress Luciana Paoli), the only person who has seen him unmasked, and Inspector Mercier (actor Dario Michaelis), a determined police officer who always just misses catching and detaining Killing for his crimes.

The character of Killing was inspired by several previous characters from French and Italian pulp fiction, including Fantômas, Diabolik, and especially Kriminal. Killing's books, however, were far more violent and sexually explicit than those of his predecessors.

Here's an homage to this series illustrated by Marco Soldi and published in Nero #4 (April 1993).
Man, I really love Soldi's style in the 90's.

Huge thanks top Eric!

Paper size: 30 x 40 cm

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Davide G.
Member Since 2009

1 - Posted on 7/11/2021

Pulp at the nth degree. Outstanding illo by Soldi!

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