[Juan Aparici] - Oltretomba Speciaal #29: De opvoedster

[Juan Aparici] - Oltretomba Speciaal #29: De opvoedster - Tilburg / Strombeek-Bever - B.V. Uitg. De Vrijbuiter / Uitg. De Schorpioen - [1976] - 1st edition - 214, [8] pp - Pocketbook - 13,5 x 18 cm.

Condition: Good - with some wear.

Erotic comic strip in this adult pulp series. Illustrated in black and white, only the cover (possibly by Pino Daeni) is in colour, depicting a strict femdom teacher with a whip and two naked young women). Cf. Matla OLTRE 2.29.

The artist is anonymous, but some sources credit Spanish illustrator Juan Aparici as the author of this episode, which takes place in a Nazi boarding school (in 1920!). It is a curious mix of sadomasochism, fairy tales (the protagonists are called Hans and Gretchen) and a horror ghost story. See image in Van Waterschoot p. 114-115.

¶ These kinds of pulp strips were popular (especially with non-adults) from the early 1970s to the mid-1980s. The origin is Italy (copyright Elvipress S.A.) where these strips are called 'fumetti'. Skilled (later famous) artists were recruited for the cover art.