Djustine

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Djustine: Tales from the Twisted West!
Publication information
Publisher EF edizioni
Carnal Comics
Eros Comix
Format Ongoing series
Genre
Creative team
Created byEnrico Teodorani
Written byEnrico Teodorani
Artist(s)Enrico Teodorani, Andrea Bulgarelli, Silvano Calligari, Antonio Conversano, Nik Guerra, Enrique Badía Romero

Djustine is an Italian comic book series by Enrico Teodorani.

Contents

Enrico Teodorani's Djustine character was created from a fusion of Franco Nero's Django role and the Marquis de Sade's titular female "Justine". [1] The work has been called "between genders, without preconceptions". [2]

Publication history

In the late 1990s the wild Italian comics adventures of Djustine, a blond female gunslinger, were published as photocopies, sold only in Italy or through the mail to fans of supernatural western comics. Since 2003, Djustine has been regularly published in Italy on books by EF edizioni and on X-Comics magazine by Coniglio Editore and in the United States in the series Djustine: Tales of the Twisted West by Carnal Comics. [3]

Synopsis

The normally adult-natured adventures of Djustine involve her facing supernatural creatures (such as werewolves, zombies and demonic beings). All the stories take place in a strange, gothic western world of the 1880s.

Feature film

A non-erotic movie based on Enrico Teodorani's many versions of the Djustine comic was assembled several years ago, but was never realized. [4]

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References

  1. Enrico Teodorani Explains the Origin of the Djustine Character in Paul Green's Encyclopedia of Weird Westerns, McFarland, 2009, page 77.
  2. Djustine, Lo Spazio Bianco (in Italian), 21 July 2004, retrieved 26 June 2024
  3. Maidens Monsters and Madmen - The Tim Tyler Sketchbook, The Duck Webcomics, 22 May 2008, retrieved 26 June 2024
  4. Lit 04: DJ (Djustine), Internet Archive, 17 January 2024, retrieved 26 June 2024