#jacula

[charnel-grounds]

Leandro Biffi (1935–2017), “La bara vuota” (The Empty Coffin)

original cover painting for Jacula #45, 1970

tempera on cardboard

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[oakendesk]

Jacula 69 - Nov 1971

Leandro Biffi

[doomreturn]

Leandro BIFFI

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

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[fredandrieu]

[postpunkindustrial]

Jacula ‎– Tardo Pede In Magiam Versus

[diabolikdiabolik]

Jacula #237 - La donna di granito

[doyouknowdarkness]

JACULA- 70s BLOOD AND INNUENDO

Part of the Italian cheap and subversive publications known as fumetti comics, Jacula was the answer to Americas Vampirella. The offspring of Giorgio Cambiotti (1931-2004), Jacula verged on the fine edge between pornography and gothic darkness. The first issue published in 1969 under the title "Queen of the Vampires" was the first of 327. More realistic erotic comics, unfortunately, signalled Jacula's demise in 1982.

Jacula's designers were inspired by Italian sex symbol of the time, singer Patty Pravo. Their creation Jacula has a hunger for two things- sex and blood, satisfying both at the same time by feeding on the blood of her partners (male or female), whilst in the throes of passion. She was turned to a Vampire in 1835 Transylvania but the storyline unravels in our times. Unlike Dracula, Jacula is not shy to enlist the help of black magic to make herself a daywalker, so she appears to be extra vulnerable around sacred objects. Another twist from the traditional Vampiric mythology is the fact that Jacula was once with child. A child whose soul at the point of birth was offered to the dark one. So there you have it Vintage fangoria at its finest...