Crepax famously modelled Valentina's image on the legendary 1920's actress Louise Brooks (the pictures below are from her 1928 film, "Pandora's Box"). Considering that she first appeared in his comics from the mid sixties, she must have been at odds with the hairy, hippy youth trends of the day. It captures her Italian elegance and sophistication perfectly.
Falling Short but Aiming High
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Frederick Douglass said, “Poets, prophets, and reformers are all
picture-makers – and this ability is the secret of their power and of their
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