Leone Frollo (9 April 1931 – 17 October 2018) was an Italian

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artist. Frollo was born in

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. He debuted in 1948 with a

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called ''Sui Grandi Laghi ("On Great Lakes")''. From 1958 to 1968, he worked for

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agency

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, doing war stories. After that, until the mid-1980s he did works in several genres, including fantasy and horror, but specially

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. His main work in the erotic genre in this period is ''

Biancaneve ''Biancaneve'' is an Italian erotic comic book, created in 1972 by Renzo Barbieri and Rubino Ventura (pseudonym of Giuseppe Pederiali) and illustrated by Leone Frollo. The series, published by Edifumetto, was based on ''Snow White and the Seve ...

'', based on

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, '' Lucifera'' and ''

Yra Yra the Vampire is the main character from the eponymous series of erotic comic books. She was drawn by Leone Frollo and Rubino Ventura. Her 12-episodes fumetti series, titled ''Yra'', published from 1980 to 1981 in Italy by Edifumetto.

'', which he did for

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. After 1987, he changed his style and drew some series for the French market: '' Malicieusement Femmes'', '' Mona Street'' and ''Diva''. '' Mona Street'', the erotic adventures of a young American lady, just graduated from college in

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, set in the first decade of the 20th century, was Frollo's last comic work. After abandoning comics, Frollo dedicated himself to erotic work, doing illustrations on paper with

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, pencil, and

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Italian comics artists Italian comics writers 1931 births Italian erotic artists Artists from Venice 2018 deaths {{Europe-comics-creator-stub