comic book hero corto maltese back to life
Last Updated : GMT 09:40:38
Themuslimchronicle, themuslimchronicle
Themuslimchronicle, themuslimchronicle
Last Updated : GMT 09:40:38
Themuslimchronicle, themuslimchronicle

Comic book hero Corto Maltese back to life

Themuslimchronicle, themuslimchronicle

Themuslimchronicle, themuslimchronicleComic book hero Corto Maltese back to life

Visitors walk past drawings of graphic novel anti-hero Corto Maltese
Madrid - AFP

Corto Maltese, the debonair sea captain anti-hero of a string of classic graphic novels, is to sail again in a new adventure, 20 years after his Italian creator died.

The new book -- published later this month -- picks up from the end of "The Ballad of the Salt Sea", the story which launched Hugo Pratt's celebrated series in 1967 with its laconic hero returning from run-ins with pirates in the Pacific during World War I, to hook up again with the American novelist Jack London in the vast wilderness of Alaska.

London was just one of a host of real-life historical characters whom the fictional Corto Maltese encounters in the stories, including the outlaw Butch Cassidy, writers James Joyce, Ernest Hemingway and Joseph Conrad, and the Russian mystic Rapustin.

In one story, he is even saved from a firing squad by a phone call to Stalin.

Having crossed paths with some of the early 20th century's most famous figures, Maltese -- the son of a Cornish sailor and an Andalusian gypsy -- mysteriously disappears during the Spanish Civil War.
So it is fitting that he is being brought back to life by a Spanish duo, artist Ruben Pellejero and writer Juan Diaz Canales, who have turned the clock back to 1915 for "Under the Midnight Sun".

"We always said that we wanted to be the authors of the story, not just copying Pratt," said Pellejero. The pair have created a black-and-white as a well as a colour version of the 88-page story, which is published across much of Europe on September 30.

Another attempt to revive the series -- which has inspired films and video games -- by the celebrated French graphic novelists Christophe Blain and Joann Sfar came to nothing.

Despite his ever-so-English sounding name, the original author Hugo Pratt was Venetian and every bit the globe-trotter as his erudite, eternally curious hero, building up a cult following in France, Italy and Argentina -- where he began his career as an illustrator -- as well as in South Korea.
That restless, adventurous spirit is the key to Corto Maltese's appeal, Pellejero said.

"He invites you to voyage and dream with him."

The character's mixed ancestry and psychological complexity is also part of the draw, the authors insist, with his message that tolerance and sympathy are never more needed than in troubled times.

"One or two generations have passed who know the character (of Corto) but who have never read the books," Madrid-based Canales told AFP. "If our book brings people back to the series that is even better," he said.

A second new Corto Maltese book is planned for two years' time, with an English version of "Under the Midnight Sun" also due to be published in the US, its French publisher Casterman said.

 

themuslimchronicle
themuslimchronicle

Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

comic book hero corto maltese back to life comic book hero corto maltese back to life

 



Themuslimchronicle, themuslimchronicle
Themuslimchronicle, themuslimchronicle
Themuslimchronicle, themuslimchronicle

GMT 08:57 2018 Tuesday ,23 January

To 'eternal style' of late Alaia

GMT 09:03 2017 Saturday ,04 November

Equifax says execs unaware of hack when they sold stock

GMT 08:13 2017 Friday ,03 March

Israeli photographer David Rubinger dead at 92

GMT 08:18 2017 Monday ,18 December

Judge Temporarily Blocks New rules

GMT 09:08 2017 Monday ,25 September

Le Pen, Wilders salute German hard right advance

GMT 13:05 2011 Sunday ,12 June

Emirati students lend a helping hand in Asia

GMT 14:53 2011 Tuesday ,12 July

Harry Smith joins NBC News team

GMT 10:49 2014 Sunday ,01 June

Gourmet dining comes to luxury sailing yachts

GMT 18:36 2011 Thursday ,28 July

Formula One driver Button optimistic

GMT 14:25 2011 Thursday ,09 June

Last night
Themuslimchronicle, themuslimchronicle
Themuslimchronicle, themuslimchronicle
 
 Themuslimchronicle Facebook,themuslimchronicle facebook  Themuslimchronicle Twitter,themuslimchronicle twitter Themuslimchronicle Rss,themuslimchronicle rss  Themuslimchronicle Youtube,themuslimchronicle youtube  Themuslimchronicle Youtube,themuslimchronicle youtube

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2023 ©

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2023 ©

muslimchronicle muslimchronicle muslimchronicle muslimchronicle
themuslimchronicle themuslimchronicle themuslimchronicle
themuslimchronicle
بناية النخيل - رأس النبع _ خلف السفارة الفرنسية _بيروت - لبنان
themuslimchronicle, themuslimchronicle, themuslimchronicle