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Magical plants described in the hugely successful Harry Potter books by J K Rowling are, in fact, based on real plants; the Mandrake, Belladonna and Wolfsbane do exist.

Heavy Metal magazine published Serpieri's Druuna comics in an altered form. More explicit installments were censored, but Serpieri toned down his later comics himself.

Many plants have curative as well as harmful properties and were used by healers of long ago for beneficial ointments, love potions and at times instruments of revenge.

The Egyptian Middle Kingdom, dating between1990 to 1650 BCE, is widely seen being the classic moment of Egyptian high culture. It isalso a time when women ruled.

A recent exhibit curated by Pina Ragionieri at Casa Buonarroti in Florence analyzed how Michelangelo Buonarroti was portrayed from his lifetime to the 19thCentury.

Adult comics can be interesting gifts. Artists Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri, Kevin Nowlan, Michael Manning, and Richard Moore have illustrated unique sci-fi fantasies.