Michael Manning

About me:

I am the creator of THE SPIDER GARDEN graphic novel series (The Spider Garden, Hydrophidian, In A Metal Web I+II), TRANCEPTOR (with Patrick Conlon), and a few others. My latest book is INAMORATA: THE EROTIC ART OF MICHAEL MANNING - a hardcover collection of erotic portraits from Last Gasp. I also do gallery shows, design tattoos, and have done live light/film projection, posters, and graphics for various bands including HELIOS CREED, TOTIMOSHI, and the MARS BONFIRE... MUCH OF MY WORK combines elements of science fiction and fantasy with surreal and explicit eroticism. One of the main reasons I create erotic work is because I find most pornography to be ugly, boring and misogynistic and I hardly ever see anything that explores the themes that I find interesting (SM, B&D, androgyny/polysexuality, radical body modification) with any sort of intelligence or skill. I like black & white images - AUBREY BEARDSLEY and YUKITO KISHIRO are two of my favorite artists. While my work is well known in fetish, comicbook and goth/industrial circles, I don't really feel much affinity for any of these sub-cultures as their taste in art and music is often horrible... IF YOU'D LIKE TO CHECK OUT MY WORK, there's a lot of it on my web site (adults only please): http://www.thespidergarden.net/ IF YOU'D LIKE TO BUY MY BOOKS, please go to: http://www.nbmpublishing.com/eurotica/emanning/mannhome.html or http://www.lastgasp.com/d/26057/ FOR UPDATES ABOUT MY CURRENT & UPCOMING PROJECTS as well my periodic ramblings about music I like and live shows I've gone to, check out my LiveJournal: http://www.livejournal.com/users/metalweb/ SPIDER GARDEN GROUP on YAHOO: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spidergarden/ My YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/metalweb