Lumenagerie [Paperback]

Michael Manning (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: UNSPECIFIED VENDOR (1996)
• ASIN: B002HSLSYK
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,561,041 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Michael Manning is an illustrator, animator, tattoo designer and comix artist/writer. His best known works include THE SPIDER GARDEN and TRANCEPTOR graphic novel series and the art collection INAMORATA. His artwork has been featured in galleries and museum exhibits in the US and internationally. While he is primarily known for his erotic sf/fantasy work, his comix adaptations of horror/suspense stories can be seen in Graphic Classics' HORROR & ADVENTURE CLASSICS anthologies. To see more of Michael's artwork, please visit his web site: http://www.thespidergarden.net. His LiveJournal has the latest updates on new projects and events: http://metalweb.livejournal.com/

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good but not his best, December 30, 2000

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SH in Tampa "SPH" (Tampa FL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lumenagerie (Paperback)

Lumenagerie is a showcase of various drawings but Michael Manning. He has sections on avian dominatix's, a tranditional female domme, canine submissives, strap one service, maids/sissy maids, ponies and finally a variety of bestial beings engaging in sex.

Michael Manning is famous for high quality, imaginative erotic illustrations with BDSM and pansexual themes. This particular book is a catalog of various themes that repeat themselves in his other novellas. Interesting if you already like Manning. Otherwise, start with Tranceptor (mainly hetero stuff) or Spider Garden (more pan sexual - i.e. if you are homophobic it might bother you).

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Stunning but dissappointing to a degree, August 4, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Lumenagerie (Paperback)

I am not sure if I was looking for a graphic novel with a story, versus a book of individual illustrations, or what... but once I eagerly tore the book from it's brown amazon box and opened it, I was fairly dissappointed. The art is exceptional.... it is rare to see black and white ink drawings that are so elegant in the use of line... but I was hopeing for a little more meat. A little more intrigue to pull me in, be it a story, or more unusual looking art. I found many of the drawings to be flat and elementary in their dipiction of crude sex acts and S&M... whie others were amazing... a few fluid strokes of ink produced a horse that is twisting and turning in different angles, or a man who is reaching up, and dispite little to NO detail in his arms and muscles, you precieve depth... amazing. Overall, id you are interested in line art, or S&M, this book is worth a look.... but if you are looking at something that will draw you into erotic graphic novels then I suggest any book starring Druuna (such as Morbus Gravis, or, my favorites: Creatura and Aphrodisia), or Girl by Kevin Taylor. For a better Manning book, check out Transceptor. This book is worth a look, but may not be worth the money.

8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beauty and grace in pen and ink, September 2, 1998

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[e-mail] (Washington D.C., US) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lumenagerie (Paperback)

The books by Michael Manning...the ART...is stunning and beautiful...each picture is a story in and of itself and they pull you in...capturing your imagination and, for a moment, alter your reality. This reveiw isn't just for Lumenagerie, but for all of Manning's books. The simply black and white drawings leave the viewer/reader wanting more...and I truely hope Michael Manning will be producing more books in the future...they are simply amazing.