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Κόρτο Μαλτέζε #8
Κόρτο Μαλτέζε - Ο άγγελος στο παράθυρο της ανατολής
Παραμύθια και παππούδες: Μπόρχα, Περού: Ο Κόρτο Μαλτέζε πρέπει να διασχίσει τη "Ζούγκλα του Κανενός", αναζητώντας τον εγγονό ενός επιβλητικού Άγγλου γιατρού, του Δόκτωρ Στόουν. Κυνηγοί κεφαλών, φίδια, δουλέμποροι, ένα παιδί με ανάμεικτο αίμα και δύο παππούδες που θα κάνουν τα πάντα για να σώσουν τον εγγονό τους. Μια από τις πιο όμορφες και συγκινητικές ιστορίες του Κόρτο Μαλτέζε.
Ο άγγελος στο παράθυρο της ανατολής: Λιμνοθάλασσα της Βενετίας, Ιταλία, Ευρώπη του Α' Παγκοσμίου Πολέμου: Η Βενετία βομβαρδίζεται από αυστριακά αεροπλάνα και είναι υπό στρατιωτικό νόμο. Ο Κόρτο Μαλτέζε βρίσκεται εκεί για να βρει ένα παλιό χάρτη που δείχνει τη θέση μιας Χρυσής Πόλης της Σιμπόλα. Όμως, δεν είναι ο μόνος που αναζητά τον χάρτη... Η αδίστακτη femme fatale Βενετσιάνα Στίβενσον κάνει την επανεμφάνισή της...
Ο άγγελος στο παράθυρο της ανατολής: Λιμνοθάλασσα της Βενετίας, Ιταλία, Ευρώπη του Α' Παγκοσμίου Πολέμου: Η Βενετία βομβαρδίζεται από αυστριακά αεροπλάνα και είναι υπό στρατιωτικό νόμο. Ο Κόρτο Μαλτέζε βρίσκεται εκεί για να βρει ένα παλιό χάρτη που δείχνει τη θέση μιας Χρυσής Πόλης της Σιμπόλα. Όμως, δεν είναι ο μόνος που αναζητά τον χάρτη... Η αδίστακτη femme fatale Βενετσιάνα Στίβενσον κάνει την επανεμφάνισή της...
44 pages, Paperback
Published June 3, 2018
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About the author
Hugo Pratt
723 books418 followersHugo Pratt, born Ugo Eugenio Prat (1927–1995), was an Italian comic book writer and artist. Internationally known for Corto Maltese, a series of adventure comics first published in Italy and France between 1967 and 1991, Pratt is regarded as a pioneer of the literary graphic novel.
Born in Rimini, Italy, Pratt spent his childhood in Venice in a cosmopolitan family environment. In 1937, ten-years old Hugo moved with his parents to Ethiopia, East Africa, following the Italian occupation of the country. Pratt's father eventually died as a prisoner of war in 1942. Hugo himself and his mother spent some time in a British prison camp in Africa, before being sent back to Venice. This childhood experiences shaped Pratt's fascination with military uniforms, machineries and settings, a visual constant in most of his adult works.
As a young artist in post-war Italy, Pratt was part of the so-called 'Venice Group', which also included cartoonists Alberto Ongaro, Mario Faustinelli. Their magazine Asso di Picche, launched in 1945, mostly featured adventure comics.
In 1949 Pratt moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he worked for various local publishers and interacted with well-known Argentine cartoonists, most notably Alberto Breccia and Solano López, while also teaching at the Escuela Panamericana de Arte. During this period he produced his first notable comic books: Sgt. Kirk and Ernie Pike, written by Héctor Germán Oesterheld; Anna nella jungla, Capitan Cormorant and Wheeling, as a complete author.
From the summer of 1959 to the summer of 1960, Pratt lived in London drawing war comics by British scriptwriters for Fleetway Publications. He returned to Argentina for a couple more years, then moved back to Italy in 1962. Here he started collaborating with the comics magazine Il Corriere dei Piccoli, for which he adapted several classics, including works by Robert Louis Stevenson.
In 1967, Hugo Pratt and entrepreneur Florenzo Ivaldi created the comics magazine Il Sergente Kirk, named after one of Pratt's original characters. Pratt's most famous work, Una ballata del mare salato (1967, The Ballad of the Salty Sea) was serialised in the pages of this magazine. The story can be seen as one of the first modern graphic novels. It also introduced Pratt's best known character, mariner and adventurer Corto Maltese. Corto became the protagonist of its own series three years later in the French comics magazine Pif gadget. Pratt would continue releasing new Corto Maltese books every few years until 1991. Corto's stories are set in various parts of the world, in a given moment in the first three decades of the 20th century. They often tangently deal with real historical events or real historical figures. The series gave Pratt international notoriety, being eventually translated into fifteen languages.
Pratt's other works include Gli scorpioni del deserto (1969-1992), a series of military adventures set in East Africa during WWII, and a few one-shots published for Bonelli's comic magazine Un Uomo Un'Avventura ('One Man One Adventure'), most notably the short story Jesuit Joe (1980, The Man from the Great North). He also scripted a couple of stories for his pupil Milo Manara.
Pratt lived in France from 1970 to 1984, then in Switzerland till his death from bowel cancer in 1995.
Born in Rimini, Italy, Pratt spent his childhood in Venice in a cosmopolitan family environment. In 1937, ten-years old Hugo moved with his parents to Ethiopia, East Africa, following the Italian occupation of the country. Pratt's father eventually died as a prisoner of war in 1942. Hugo himself and his mother spent some time in a British prison camp in Africa, before being sent back to Venice. This childhood experiences shaped Pratt's fascination with military uniforms, machineries and settings, a visual constant in most of his adult works.
As a young artist in post-war Italy, Pratt was part of the so-called 'Venice Group', which also included cartoonists Alberto Ongaro, Mario Faustinelli. Their magazine Asso di Picche, launched in 1945, mostly featured adventure comics.
In 1949 Pratt moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he worked for various local publishers and interacted with well-known Argentine cartoonists, most notably Alberto Breccia and Solano López, while also teaching at the Escuela Panamericana de Arte. During this period he produced his first notable comic books: Sgt. Kirk and Ernie Pike, written by Héctor Germán Oesterheld; Anna nella jungla, Capitan Cormorant and Wheeling, as a complete author.
From the summer of 1959 to the summer of 1960, Pratt lived in London drawing war comics by British scriptwriters for Fleetway Publications. He returned to Argentina for a couple more years, then moved back to Italy in 1962. Here he started collaborating with the comics magazine Il Corriere dei Piccoli, for which he adapted several classics, including works by Robert Louis Stevenson.
In 1967, Hugo Pratt and entrepreneur Florenzo Ivaldi created the comics magazine Il Sergente Kirk, named after one of Pratt's original characters. Pratt's most famous work, Una ballata del mare salato (1967, The Ballad of the Salty Sea) was serialised in the pages of this magazine. The story can be seen as one of the first modern graphic novels. It also introduced Pratt's best known character, mariner and adventurer Corto Maltese. Corto became the protagonist of its own series three years later in the French comics magazine Pif gadget. Pratt would continue releasing new Corto Maltese books every few years until 1991. Corto's stories are set in various parts of the world, in a given moment in the first three decades of the 20th century. They often tangently deal with real historical events or real historical figures. The series gave Pratt international notoriety, being eventually translated into fifteen languages.
Pratt's other works include Gli scorpioni del deserto (1969-1992), a series of military adventures set in East Africa during WWII, and a few one-shots published for Bonelli's comic magazine Un Uomo Un'Avventura ('One Man One Adventure'), most notably the short story Jesuit Joe (1980, The Man from the Great North). He also scripted a couple of stories for his pupil Milo Manara.
Pratt lived in France from 1970 to 1984, then in Switzerland till his death from bowel cancer in 1995.
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November 24, 2019
Πλέον έχουν περάσει 3-4 χρόνια που ο Πρατ σχεδιάζει και γράφει κορτο. Τα σενάρια στις μικρές ιστοριες αρχίζουν και δένουν καλύτερα, το σχέδιο ακόμα ζορίζεται στις σκηνές δράσης με τα άκαμπτα σώματα (κάτι που ο Πρατ δεν έκανε ποτέ master) αλλά το ότι σιγά σιγά εδώ μέσω Βενετίας μπαίνουμε στα κελτικα και τα ευρωπαϊκά περιβάλλοντα, με χαροποιεί ιδιαιτέρως.
Θεωρώ την εξάδα ιστοριών στα Κελτικα τις πιο δυνατές από τις 20κατι που είναι σύνολο, σχεδόν ισάξιες σε λυρικότητα και μυστήριο με τις μεγάλες του.
Θεωρώ την εξάδα ιστοριών στα Κελτικα τις πιο δυνατές από τις 20κατι που είναι σύνολο, σχεδόν ισάξιες σε λυρικότητα και μυστήριο με τις μεγάλες του.
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