Corto Maltese. Le celtiche

Corto travels through war-torn Europe at the end of WWI. Unforgettable graphics and dialogues in this adventure which also is a memoriam the horrors of war.

Describing my experience of reading Anne Carson's Antigonick I told my best friend that I was indifferent to the use of illustrations. My friend is a bit of an authority on graphic novels and he then took the expected exception to this slur. He reminded me of Corto Maltese. He bought me a stack of t Leggi tutto

The action moves from the Caribbean to the battlefields of WWI, but the style remains the same, mixing fantastical digressions with pseudo- historical events for a fine bit of entertainment that increasingly taunts me to learn French so that I can get the full flavor of the text, which plainly suffe Leggi tutto

Simply beautiful! Perfect edition of my favorite Corto stories. Time of the First World War - biplanes, triplanes, spies, and then Merlin and Stonehenge and submarines and Ireland and IRA and Venice and El Dorado and femmes fatales and Corto completely dreamlike. Proto-Gaiman ( American Gods ) only muc Leggi tutto

One of the best in the series. Recommended.

Hugo Pratt has long been my favorite creator in the world, and his Corto Maltese work is my favorite of all his works...though I should take this moment to gently chide (you effin' BASTARDS!!!) English publishers over how little of his work has seen print in the only language I speak or read. The Co Leggi tutto