Temporarily out of stock. Our restock is expected in late December 2024-early January 2025.

Gabriele Pennacchioli's first art book devoted to his recent figurative and erotic pieces. Published by a small press in France that specializes in luxurious collectible editions, this artbook was made in three different versions:

• Softcover limited to 125 copies (and 25 HC copies): 108 pages
  
• Hardcover limited to 125 S&N copies (and 25 HC copies), numbered and signed by the artist on a certificate: 120 pages, plus 1 exlibris
  
• Deluxe Hardcover limited to 125 S&N copies (and 25 HC copies), numbered and signed by the artist on a certificate: with a cloth spine, 156 pages, plus 4 exlibris

This is the deluxe edition with 36 more pages than the hardcover edition and 48 more pages than the softcover.

From the publisher:

Gabriele Pennacchioli is an Italian author who has worked for several world-renowned animation studios. He is also an anatomy consultant for studios, and in parallel with his work as an art director, he creates many very personal pin-up illustrations.

Gabriele's women are not classic pin-ups who seek to attract your eye. Very often they are already playing a game with another character in the image. There is often a lot of suggestion in Gabriele's images. The women he draws are modern, feminine, sure of themselves and of their dominant position in a society that men think they rule. They know how to bring them to their knees, make them carry out all their whims, but also use them to satisfy themselves, for pleasure, for desire, for them. Beyond an assumed feminism, they often invite the reader to observe their games and to become a witness to their domination. If they sometimes offer themselves to a partner, it is because they want it and have decided it. They are not objects of pleasure, but sources of desire, that one can only approach with their consent. They lead the dance, on all occasions, and do not let themselves be counted.

Through his illustrations of modern pin-ups, Gabriele seriously sweeps away centuries of illustrations of submissive women. He puts these women on pedestals and makes us witnesses to this adoration. Few cartoonists have--and illustrate--such a feminine and emancipated image of the modern woman.

This is a Pre-Order item. We expect the books to arrive late December 2024-early January 2025. Orders will ship immediately upon receipt of the books.

Please note that if you buy a preorder and an "available item" together, your order will not be shipped until the preordered item is released. If you want to get the books that are already available, the best way is to place two separate orders.