Martin Mystère n. 349: Green Man, l'uomo verde

Martin Mystère #349

by Alfredo Castelli, Enrico Lotti, Giancarlo Alessandrini (Illustrator)

Nelle tradizioni di molti popoli europei si parla di una creatura chiamata di volta in volta “Uomo Verde”, “Green Man”, “Homme Vert”: una divinità dalla forma umana, dal corpo costituito da foglie e vitigni, che si aggira nei boschi a stretto contatto con la natura. Si tratta di un essere benevolo o malefico? Quale legame esiste tra lui e gli inquietanti personaggi composti di frutta e ortaggi dipinti dal pittore Giuseppe Arcimboldo, assassinato a Milano nel 1593? Lo scoprirà Martin Mystère, indagando sui misteriosi avvenimenti accaduti durante il disboscamento selvaggio di una zona fino a oggi incontaminata dell’Amazzonia.

Genres: Graphic Novels

164 pages, Paperback

Published February 10, 2017

About the author

Alfredo Castelli began his comic book career at an early age, creating the strip Scheletrino, a humor series for Italian comic book Diabolik, when he was only 16 years old. In 1967 he began writing scripts for several Italian comic magazines, including Pedrito el Drito and Piccola Eva, Cucciolo, Tiramolla and Topolino.
In 1969 he contributed to the humor magazine Tilt. A year later, together with Pier Carpi, Castelli created Horror magazine, in which he published his strip Zio Boris. He then joined the staff of Il Corriere dei Ragazzi as editor/artist/writer. For this magazine he created L'Ombra, a personal take on The Invisible Man drawn by Ferdinando Tacconi; Gli Aristocratici, a group of gentlemen thieves, again with art by Tacconi; Otto Kruntz, a mad scientist drawn by Daniele Faragazzi; and L'Omino Bufo, an absurdist humor illustrated by Castelli himself.
In 1978 Castelli wrote for Supergulp magazine the adventures of Allan Quatermain, an explorer specializing in archaeological mysteries that foreshadowed Castelli's most famous creation. In the same year Castelli began his cooperation with publisher Sergio Bonelli, writing stories for Zagor and Mister No. In 1982 he created Martin Mystère. The series, initially drawn by Giancarlo Alessandrini, marked a turning point in Italian popular comics history, introducing modern and sophisticated themes in a market dominated by traditional adventures aimed at a younger audience.
In 1992 Castelli launched the new series Zona X, a spin-off of Martin Mystère, that ran until 1999.

Reviews

[Vladimir Veškovac · Rating 3 out of 5]

Neka bude trojka zbog solidne prve polovine. Realna ocena 2,5.

[Sinbad · Rating 3 out of 5]

Prosečna epizoda. Zaboravljiva.