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Polydactyly In Sequential Art

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Polydactylic characters in sequential art/graphic narratives/comics—whatever you want to call them—seem quite rare. Possibly even more rare than in real life. Here is one I found in the January 1990 issue of Heavy Metal magazine, a tale written and illustrated by one Juan Giménez. It’s called “The Fourth Quarter”, and it’s about a conflict between the people of Earth and a humanoid race called the Krommiun. The latter look identical to Earth humans, except for having six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot. Though the extra finger is sometimes depicted as noticeably smaller than the others, and seems almost vestigial. But this is not consistent.     

Tales Of Shaundra

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Tales Of Shaundra, Book One is an erotic tale by an artist/writer named Philo, published in 1995 by Rip Off Press. I thought at first there never any later books. But it looks like I was wrong: there were later stories about “Demi & Shaundra” and “Shaundra: Slave to Pleasure” that continued her (hard-core) adventures. Shaundra is a pretty feisty and indomitable warrior lady, with a sidekick/lover named Max. She takes crap from no-one. That includes a wizard she bumps into one day, who takes exception to her attitude and inflicts her with a curse. That curse is to have a man-size penis growing out of her lady parts. The rest of the book is about her quest to find the wizard and persuade him to reverse the spell. Along the way, she meets up with women (and men) who are quite bemused by her unusual endowments, and manage to exercise them in various quite explicit ways. Plus of course she learns to appreciate being able to pee standing up... But she does finally get to the end of he