Piano Tuner: Vol. 1 [Paperback]

Ignacio Noe (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 2003

We follow the piano tuner into all sorts of different homes and situations with more than one bored housewife or such ready to have quite a few other instruments tuned up than just their piano! More raunchy fun by the bestselling artist.

Product Details

• Paperback: 48 pages
• Publisher: NBM Publishing (March 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1561633445
• ISBN-13: 978-1561633449
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #128,906 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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47 of 49 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Noe's the man, July 27, 2005

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Dead Boy (Spokane, WA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Piano Tuner: Vol. 1 (Paperback)

The Piano Tuner is another one of Ignacio Noe's work of pure (...) genius. His artistic touch and eye for detail for capturing expressions and the human anatomy in all it's glory is second to none. Sure, this is no great work of literature because the story line is virtually non-existent, but that's not the kind of entertainment these things are all about. The aim of this and his other books is white-hot sexual depictions, and as usual, Noe hits a bull's-eye. Now personally I though his Ship of Fools was better mainly because in Piano Tuner he uses a different style of coloring that leaves some of his pencil lines exposed, which I find to be a bit of a detraction. But overall this was a good sampling of Noe's work, and I look forward to his next offering.

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I very good collection of Ignacio Noe's Piano Tuner short stories, March 21, 2007

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This review is from: Piano Tuner: Vol. 1 (Paperback)

First off, I knew going in that when I bought this adult graphic novel (more of a graphic short story collection) that I would be seeing some very explicit sexual situations the moment I opened it up. With that out of the way I will say that Noe's artwork never looked better in this book, Piano Tuner.

Piano Tuner collects a decent amount of short stories written and drawn by Spanish adult comic artist Ignacio Noe. All of the entries in this collection have already been published in the Spanish Adult Comic monthly magazine, KISS. Unless one was fluent in reading Spanish, one had to wait until NBM Publishing translated the work from Spanish to English and released it under their Eurotica Adult Graphic novel department. This particular book has complete translation which actually makes sense unlike other foreign books which have been translated literally from the original language to English with cultural nuances losing alot in the translation.

The short stories are drawn to the high-standards one expects from Ignacio Noe. He has a unique and original style of giving his women ample curves but at the same time keeping them sexy. The figures are not anatomically correct, but they're also not so overdone that they become complete caricatures. The stories are pretty much about the same piano tuner who goes from job to job where his original intent to work on the client's piano ultimately leads to him having sex with them. It's pretty much like Penthouse Forum Letters fare. Even though the premise for each story does get repetitive, Noe's writing keeps them funny in addition to sexy.

The book could've included more entries from Noe's Piano Tuner series and he has written and drawn enough to fill several books. The way this particular volume of Piano Tuner goes it's quite on the slim and small side. It's the only reason for the 4-stars instead of five. Now, NBM Publishing just needs to collate another collection of Piano tuner short stories and put them into another volume to be released. Until then i'll enjoy this particular Ignacio Noe graphic novel while I wait for the next.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting art form, March 6, 2007

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I decided to order this book because of its beautiful graphic on its cover and I expected certain level of erotic content in it. My book finally arrived today and I could not wait to take a look at its content. After a brief reading through, I found that it is not exactly what I expected both the story lines and the art work.

First the drawings. At first glance, it looks a more comical than I thought it should have. Mind you I was looking for something that look more realistic like Druuna type of art. However as I continued on with the book, it is appealing in its own way and I ended up enjoying the art work. The colour is well balanced and the pictures are clear and systematically presented.

The book do not contain one story but a few short stories or "encounters". The artist has quick an imagination on how much a dull piano can have on erotic encounters. The other than just sex, the stories are quite humourous and entertaining.Probably the only set back of this book is that its a little thin and I managed to finish it quite fast ( Although in my experience most of the erotic comics are of this thickness except for those from Milo Manara ).