Mandragora

Druuna #5

by Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri

Mandragore Druuna by Serpieri, Paolo Eleuteri. Published by Heavy Metal Magazine,2010, Hardcover

Genres: Comics, Erotica, Graphic Novels, Bande Dessinée, Comic Book, Fantasy, Graphic Novels Comics

62 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1995

About the author

Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri is an Italian comic book writer and illustrator, noted for his works of highly detailed renderings of the human form, particularly erotic images of women. He is best known for his work on the Druuna erotic science fiction series.

Reviews

[Sheziss · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is my father's. He says he bought it in a second-hand comic shop. My French is very poor but I... errr... managed to read between the lines. I also guess knowing a Latin language helps.

Sorta.




I really can't explain what this comic is about. Apparently this is just book #5. It's kind of the hot dream of a hetero male in a sci-fi world. Mandragora has sex, lots of sex, with humans and with no humans, with men and with women, consented or dub-non-con. I admit some scenes were pretty hot, although most of it made little to no sense to me.

Whatever, it was fun.

And I like the drawing style a lot.

[Leila Anani · Rating 3 out of 5]

The mutation virus has manifest on the rescue ship, infecting one of the Prolats. Doc and Captain Will know from Druuna that there was a serum which retarded the mutation. They question her and although she doesn't know, she realises Lewis (God) probably did. The energy hybrid of Lewis/Shastar is currently infecting the ship's computer. While they can't communicate, Druuna has proved that she is susceptible to it's telepathy. Doc hooks her up to the computer where she enters Lewis' mind and is sent on a quest to find the secret of the serum. She has to explore and seduce her way through a parade of sadists and mutants in usual Druuna style.

This dream/mental landscape allows us to revisit Druuna's home environment of 'The City' though being a dreamscape and in a computer, it gives rise to a nice fusion of organic and cyber tech and of course a mix of what's gone before with new and weird elements.

The art is stunning as ever, however Druuna isn't at her best here. For some bizarre reason she gets stockings and a teeny white crop-top which didn't do much for me. The stockings in particular just seem out of place. Otherwise though this one's not bad, I like the story which fuses sex and death beautifully. The irony that the serum which will cure them is derived from the mandragore (mandrake root) fed on semen (the suppliers of which are killed)

[StrictlySequential · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found it a bit confusing but that's probably because I finally read it after only knowing the story from the first book of the series but I enjoy following her thought process through the mazes and hardships. The males are even smartly written.

She's a bit voluptuous for my tastes but what a CUTE CHEEKY FACE!
...and scenes within are really sexy in the most brutally perverse way (for guys that is).

I'm sick of waiting on previous tomes of all kinds so I'm just going ahead and knocking down a long shelf of them. I've had this one since July 2019!

[Rick Ray · Rating 3 out of 5]

Directly continuing from the previous volume, "Mandragore" follows Druuna as she uses her telepathic abilities to communicate with her former lover Lewis via the sentient computer systems. Her goal is to find a serum to stop a virus from spreading aboard the rescue ship she's on, and finds that the serum is derived from mandrake roots growing from semen. The story is bizarre for sure, and there is a surreal quality to it all due to the many dreamscapes in this volume. However, story-wise this was probably the dryest read of the series thus far. Serpieri over explains everything to the point of tedium, and it takes away from what was otherwise a beautiful looking book.

[Alessandro · Rating 4 out of 5]

In fondo in fondo la storia di Druuna ha un minimo di senso, perché un qualche tipo di trama si riesce comunque a percepire e intuire. Ma, come ogni altro volume di questa saga, molto è finalizzato a mostrare l’incredibile corpo e l’incredibile erotismo di questa donna bellissima, intrappolata in una storia sicuramente molto più grande di lei.

[Jenika Ioffreda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Five stars for the art, one star for the story and two for the world building, so I give three stars as a mix of the three. Sex, monsters and violence are not really my cup of tea, but still the beautiful art made me turn the pages.

[Al Capwned · Rating 2 out of 5]

The only reason I keep reading these albums is because of the fact that I'm a completist.

[Randy Elrod · Rating 5 out of 5]

An adult graphic novel that showcases Serpieri's distinctive art.

[78sunny · Rating 4 out of 5]

Kurz-Meinung:
Achtung: ab 18 Jahren!
Dies ist der 5. Band einer erotischen Science Fiction Comic-Reihe. Diese ist sicher eher aufs männliche Publikum zugeschnitten, aber mich kann sie durch ihre verworrene Handlung ebenfalls begeistern. Der Inhalt ist sehr brutal und blutig. Etwas Horror und ansonsten viel nackte Haut beim weiblichen Hauptcharakter machen die Reihe aus. Es kommt hier auch zu erotischen Szenen, die nicht immer einvernehmlich sind.
Der Science-Fiction Charakter ist ziemlich hoch und man sollte auch dafür einen Faible haben. Leider kann ich dazu hier nichts sagen, da sich die Handlung über mehrere Bände hinzieht und erst nach und nach aufgedeckt wird, wo sich Druuna gerade befindet und was/wer dahinter steckt.

Meine Wertung:
4,4 von 5 Sternen

[Andre Piucci · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Druuna, espere... Fique onde está mais alguns segundos. (...) Você é tão linda! Eu quero admirar o seu corpo uma última vez..."