THE MAGNIFICENT ADVENTURE The Perils of Giuseppe Bergman

Young Giuseppe Bergman, thirsting for escape from the banal, soul-crushing boredom of his everyday life, answers a mysterious ad offering the adventure of a lifetime. But before he even gets a chance to understand what that means, he’s swept up in a headlong rush of outrageously convoluted danger and fast-paced action, for which he is absolutely unprepared, all at the behest of the enigmatic "H.P." And every one of the seven chapters here offers nubile, sexy, naked young ladies, a Milo Manara trademark. Lucky man, this Bergman....well, maybe. In one tale he loses his head, but he's still adventuring on as the head. It's VERY weird, fantastic, fantasy, not unlike Moebius and his own out-of-control characters. Plentiful nudity. Milo Manara skewers adventure comics, "reality" TV, and narrative convention itself in this absurdist, sophisticated satire that launches the innocent Giuseppe into the first of many adventures to come. The Magnificent Adventure, complete in one volume. Handsome oversized softcover edition. Originally serialized in a French comics magazine in 1978-79.