Leone Frollo (9 April 1931 – 17 October 2018) was an Italian comic book artist who made his debut in 1948 with a western entitled ‘Sui Grandi Laghi (On Great Lakes)‘. Born in Venice, he has been perɱanently associated with the lagoon city, as this was often the setting in his works. Although he graduated in architecture, his great passion has always been comics (He already drew at the age of seven).
‘Portrait of Leone Frollo’
Erotic Genre
From the late 1960s to the mid-1980s, he illustrated ɱany popular series in various genres, like history, fantasy, horror, but mainly eroticism. His main work in the erotic genre in this period is bι̇ancaneve, based on Snow White, and Lucifera and Yra, which he did for the publishing house Edifumetto.
Drawing for ‘bι̇anceve’
Mona Street
After 1987, Frollo transformed his style to target the French market resulting in the following series: Malicieusement Femmes, Mona Street and Diva. Mona Street presents the sensual exploits of a young American lady, just graduated from college in Boston. The story is set in the first decade of the 20th century and was his last comic work.
‘Mona Street‘ (1992)
Mostly in Color
After parting from comic book art, Frollo committed himself to erotic work, creating illustrations on paper with watercolor, pencil and pastels. Where his comic strips were mainly in black and white, his loose drawings and paintings were mostly in color.
Naughty Femininity
On the back cover of the Italian edition of Mona Street, Frollo’s art has been strikingly defined as a mix of Klimt’s perfidious fragility, Beardsley’s humor, the naughty femininity of Leonor Fini, and the taste of extreme youth à la Balthus
We feel a bit ashamed, as this artist was not presented in our gallery until today. Anyway, better late than never, and we fill this gap right now. Balthasar Klossowski de Rola (1908-2001), also known as Balthus (his..
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‘Yra‘
‘ bι̇ancaneve (Snow White)‘ (1972) ‘Meanwhile…it was really nice!’
bι̇ancaneve: ‘Ohh … but he’s moving! Dwarf: ‘Obviously … they are magic, I tell you! They fuck you positively! ‘B: ‘I have to admit that it is far from unpleasant.’ D: ‘When they ejaculate, they lift themselves up as if it were nothing!’
‘bι̇ancaneve‘ – Collective striptease
‘Vampire Ladies‘ Published in ‘The Art of Leone Frollo‘ by Glittering Images (1990)
‘Mona’s Pictures‘
‘Lucifera‘ – No. 131 (1977) Translation: ‘Put the wagons in a circle! We will defend ourselves!’
Chapter entitled ‘The Boarding School‘ from the comic ‘Mona Street‘
‘Bound to Please‘
‘Bound to Please‘
‘Bound to Please‘
‘Bound to Please‘
