Druuna

Druuna
Druuna in a typical pose. Artwork by Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri.
Publication information
Publisher	Dargaud
First appearance	Morbus Gravis (1985)
Created by	Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri

Druuna is an erotic science fiction and fantasy comic book character created by Italian cartoonist Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri. Most of Druuna's adventures revolve around a post-apocalyptic future, and the plot is often a vehicle for varied scenes of hardcore pornography and softcore sexual imagery. Druuna is frequently depicted as sparsely clothed or nude, and Serpieri's high quality renditions of her are often reproduced as poster prints.

Druuna starred in nine volumes of the Morbus Gravis (Severe Disease) series between 1985 and 2018. These stories were featured prominently in Métal hurlant and Heavy Metal magazines. Druuna has also been featured in Serpieri's numerous and popular sketchbooks, which have sold more than a million copies in twelve languages.^[1] Serpieri himself appears in many of the stories as the character Doc. (Although her character appears in Anima: Les Origines (2016), that book is not part of the Druuna series and is outside their narrative arcs.)

Druuna is the main character of a new prequel trilogy (neither written nor drawn by Serpieri), which will depict the events leading up to Morbus Gravis. The first volume titled Druuna: Au Commencement - Espoirs was published in February 2022,^[2] while the second one titled Druuna: Au Commencement - Genesis was published in November 2023.^[3]