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Corto Maltese #7
Corto Maltese: Bir Martı Yüzünden
Sur une île isolée juste en face des côtes du Honduras Britannique, un homme gît sur une plage au milieu des écueils, blessé d'un coup de fusil. Il s'appelle Corto Maltese... Voilà les circonstances étranges par lesquelles le marin fait la connaissance de l'envoûtante Soledad Lokäarth et de son étrange gardien, l'indien Caraïbe Jésus-Marie. Une enquête l'a menée sur cette île, à la rencontre de cette petite communauté que la rumeur désigne comme une famille de bandits surnommée " Les Evangélistes ". Mais quelle enquête, exactement ? Corto, désemparé, se rend compte qu'il a perdu la mémoire...
40 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1997
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About the author
Hugo Pratt
582 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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February 15, 2019
pek sarmadı
May 12, 2018
Ntv yayınları katliamı Corto serisi! Dost yayınlarının Corto serisini tavsiye ederim. Ntv yayınları yayıncılığın nasıl olmaması gerektiğini öğretir vaziyette...
March 25, 2017
E pensare che e' stata tutta colpa di un gabbiano...
August 3, 2025
Empieza muy bien, con corto escondido de un francotirador en unas rocas, mientras una gaviota da vueltas sobre de él delatando su posición.
Sin embargo, explica demasiado en los diálogos y hasta el dibujo de Pratt parece desganado. La trama llenísima de conveniencias y cosas que pasan por que sí.
Aún con eso, Pratt logra dejarte pensando en ella, en los bandidos evangelistas y ¿de dónde venía Corto antes de empezar la historia? No sé si eso se conteste en otro tomo, pero esta historia esta buena, pero divertida y poco más.
Le voy a dar otro punto sólo por tener ippon seoi nage de judo como una técnica que utiliza Corto en la historia.
Sin embargo, explica demasiado en los diálogos y hasta el dibujo de Pratt parece desganado. La trama llenísima de conveniencias y cosas que pasan por que sí.
Aún con eso, Pratt logra dejarte pensando en ella, en los bandidos evangelistas y ¿de dónde venía Corto antes de empezar la historia? No sé si eso se conteste en otro tomo, pero esta historia esta buena, pero divertida y poco más.
Le voy a dar otro punto sólo por tener ippon seoi nage de judo como una técnica que utiliza Corto en la historia.
May 29, 2024
Non avevo mai letto nulla di Corto Maltese prima, questa breve storia mi aveva incuriosita per il titolo, un fumetto breve, ma per chi come me non conosce il protagonista è solo un breve assaggio. Sicuramente devo leggere altro di Hugo Pratt.
May 23, 2025
Storia meh: Corto Maltese sbarca su un'isola e gli sparano addosso. Sopravvive ma perde la memoria.
Se Pratt fosse un autore "normale" questo sarebbe l'inizio di un'avventura ma ormai lo so che gli albi di Corto Maltese sono autoconclusivi...
Se Pratt fosse un autore "normale" questo sarebbe l'inizio di un'avventura ma ormai lo so che gli albi di Corto Maltese sono autoconclusivi...
August 13, 2015
AH bu MARTI lar..:p
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