Click

Click #1

by Milo Manara

Frigid rich bitch Claudia gets a little implant in the right spot with a remote control. Turn the knob and voila! She's a hot cauldron of unleashed lust!

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Erotica, Bande Dessinée, Fiction, Manga, Sexuality

48 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1984

About the author

Maurilio Manara – known professionally as Milo Manara – is an Italian comic book writer and artist, best known for his erotic approach to the medium.

Reviews

[Baba · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read a reprint version in colour and in English. This is Manara's Italian adult fantasy centred round a device that can control human libido, later made into a film and then a film franchise [mature audience]. 7 out of 12, Three Star read that is as literary as it is erotica :)

2013 read

[Urbon Adamsson · Rating 5 out of 5]

EN Milo Manara is a living legend, and his signature drawing style is both unmistakable and instantly recognizable. Few, if any, artists can depict femininity with the elegance and sensuality that he achieves.

"Clic" stands among his most iconic works. As an erotic story, it may not appeal to everyone, but within its genre, it stands as a true masterpiece.

This is a piece unapologetically free from political correctness. It embraces all fantasies without restraint, which makes it both daring and provocative. In fact, it's hard to imagine some of the content in this work being published today—a testament to how modern-day censorship has evolved.

"Clic" is a singular piece of comic book history. It represents the work of a legendary creator whose legacy will forever stand among the giants of the medium.

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PT Milo Manara é uma lenda viva, e o seu traço característico é tanto inconfundível quanto instantaneamente reconhecível. Poucos, ou mesmo nenhum artista, conseguem retratar a feminilidade com a elegância e sensualidade que ele alcança.

"Clic" está entre as suas obras mais icónicas. Sendo uma história erótica, pode não agradar a todos, mas, dentro do género, é verdadeiramente uma obra-prima.

Este é um trabalho que não se rende ao politicamente correto. Abraça todas as fantasias sem restrições, o que o torna ousado e provocador. Na verdade, é difícil imaginar que alguns dos conteúdos desta obra pudessem ser publicados nos dias de hoje — um testemunho de como a censura moderna evoluiu.

"Clic" é uma peça única da história da banda desenhada. Representa o trabalho de um criador lendário, cujo legado permanecerá sempre entre os gigantes do meio.

[Micah · Rating 1 out of 5]

So someone creates a device where a woman loses control of her sexuality and wants to have sex with everything. This is then used to embarrass her, and more importantly (in the way the story is told) embarrass her husband. That's really all you need to know. It's kind of terrible in about forty different ways.

[Penny Raspenny · Rating 3 out of 5]

I would expect nothing less from Milo Manara. The story is erotica but considering it's from a man's POV you can understand why it actually looks a lot like p@#n. I would have preferred the guy who put the implant in her to be an old flame she hated but couldn't get over. The art is brilliant though.

[Victor Rodriguez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good book, the art is very good, and the story very spicy.

[Inhaliator · Rating 5 out of 5]

this book was nasty

[Valeria · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very very good. Manara is just great! Wonderful drawing, great story. ;)

[Amanda Alexandre · Rating 1 out of 5]

Meh. Good artwork, but the plot is so meh. "Let's use tech as a disguise for glamorizing abuse."

[StrictlySequential · Rating 4 out of 5]

Second Edition = Second Printing = May 1988
->above is spelled out yet it's "3" on "printers key" (# line)

->CENSOR/CENSURE ALERT<-
I even own this in French which has the deleted scene from this and Dark Horse's "Manara Erotica 1" that would fit in between the first and second lines of page 30 because I can't abide being withheld. It's a matter of principle- not content. Both of the publishers think you cannot handle a mother s-ing her son's d to get him free of his hyperactivity so that he stops causing a ruckus on the beach around others.

In English, I read this in "Manara Erotica 1" but I must own every Catalan Communication book before I die and I got this in a sweet trio deal involving "The Ape" which I will read now and review soon. I wish I could rate without it getting in my read stats but I've read plenty more SAN* than can be entered in goodreads (stapled stuff) anyway.


*Sequential Art Narrative

[Sam · Rating 1 out of 5]

Klar Traum aller Männer. Aber sehr dünn!

[Gonzalo Oyanedel · Rating 2 out of 5]

El estilo de las ficciones picarescas italianas se recoge cabalmente en este popular trabajo de Milo Manara, muy bien narrado e impecablemente dibujado. Una lectura limpia que, sin embargo, no puede ocultar su desfase y envejecimiento.

[Tarasova · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is beautifully drawn, as expected, and it starts off funny and just a little bit absurd. By the end of the third book, though, (I quote the final lines: "Will they find it [the remote:] or not? Who knows? One thing is for sure - none of this will solve the problems of the Amazon!") it had hit my absurdity tolerance, not to mention the "People of the Stars". I think it's worth reading because visually it really is that impressive, but I guess I liked Gullivera better - it's less pornish and Manara seems to have given more thought the colours and overall drawing.

[Timo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pikkuisen se on epäkiitollista kexiä mitään sanottavaa pornosta.
Manara piirtää maailman kauneimpia naisia ja käänteet juonessa ovat simppleitä (joskin tässä myös perverssejä ja ei-ihan-normeja) ja päämäärä toiminnalla on aina sama.
Tosin, kyrpiä ei näkynyt ensimmäistäkään, että ei tämä täydellistä pornoa ole. Yksi tähti pois moisesta puutteesta.

[Fugo Feedback · Rating 2 out of 5]

En algunas partes parece más un sketch de Miguel Del Sel que una historieta de Manara. El dibujo es espectacular como siempre, pero el guion da tanta vergüenza que como historieta no puedo sino criticarla.

[Dacrux · Rating 5 out of 5]

milo manara el referente del cómic erotico historia que dudo mucho encaje en el común social con giros inverosímiles pero entretenidos ah y aunque no merece las 5 estrellas por inconsistencia de guión se las doy para la contra de los puristas

[Hussam Kamal]

Good

[Zia · Rating 3 out of 5]

*** and half stars
Milo Manara drawed one of the most beautiful stories of Neil Gaiman's Endless Nights (Sandman) so I was eager to explore his own work. Click is based on a simple premise: what if there existed a machine able to turn even the frigidest person on Earth into a sex machine? The story remains simple, although with a lot of funny and often absurd twists. Aside from Manara's exceptional drawing style expect nothing deep to be discovered (pun intended) (actually, there IS something deep to be discovered, lol).

[Ali's Library · Rating 3 out of 5]

No se que pensar sobre esto... Es turbia pero a la vez interesante.. era y no era lo que me esperaba. Creo que se pueden hacer muchos análisis y no e por dodne empezar... En fin... Que a la protagonista le gusta mucho el sexo. La recomiendo como base para futuras preguntas y como momentos de perturbación ah jjajaja

[Idoia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Primer libro leído de Manara.
Como ya he dicho en otras reseñas, no se que tiene este autor, que me gusta y hace que siga comprando sus libros a pesar de que me quede descolocada en muchos momentos.
El primer capítulo y el segundo, son los mejores del Clic. El resto para mi desvaría demasiado para mi gusto.
Sus ilustraciones siempre son maravillosas.
7/10

[Rick Ray · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book is exactly what the description says it is so hopefully that conveys sufficiently the problematic aspects of the story. But it's mostly played off with light humor and Manara's gorgeous linework with warm colors makes this a fun time overall. The concept is overly raunchy and Manara's approach is anything but delicate, but it still works because of the artwork.

[Václav · Rating 3 out of 5]

Story for simpletons is just excuse to create erotica comics. Manara's naked sexually explicit women looks hot and horny, but that about it. The story is stupid, the "writing" is rather bad and in modern comic Click! is rather relic of historical erotic comics controversy than a good Comics.

[Santiago · Rating 3 out of 5]

Account of a psychoanalytic orgasmic deviance adventure of society and desire, in very few pages Milo Manara does the work Bergman did in Persona, with a more compelling and even more drastic method.

[Marina Condo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Me gustó, los dibujos son una locura, me hizo a las mujeres de Altuna, la historia imagino que para la época fue un flash, y creo que hay que ponerlo en ese contexto. Y en esa picarezca, la pregunta sería si esto pasara ahora, ¿cuál es la picarezca de ahora? Seguiremos leyendo...

[Ezma · Rating 2 out of 5]

The ending of this makes no sense. Also having read a few porno-graphic novels now, this shies away from showing too much, which defeats the purpose. If you're going to make porn, at least go all the way and make porn, you know?

[Håkan · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is just like the skit in Spinal Tap about the cover of their album Smell The Glove, but as a comic. The difference is that Spinal Tap made fun of the same embarrassing male fantasies that Milo Manara crank out to make a living. This is boring to read and very very eighties AKA old and tired.

[Heiki Eesmaa · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's a tale of power and abuse with strong pornographic elements. I think it's not full on pornography as those elements are slightly not in the center and it has a certain artistic distance and seriousness. Not to speak of the perfect execution of the line art.

[Ludditus · Rating 5 out of 5]

Super ! Que les pudibonds et les féministes n’osent pas critiquer ce chef-d’œuvre !

[Little Blezz · Rating 2 out of 5]

the artwork is good, but the ending of the story is a shit...

[Hetkala · Rating 3 out of 5]

trigger warning : mind control/non consent

[Brian · Rating 4 out of 5]

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