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Corto Maltese #2.2
I piraternernes fodspor
"I piraternes fodspor" begynder på Itapoa-stranden ikke langt fra San Salvador De Bahia, hvor Corto nyder det afslappende liv. Det varer dog ikke længe, før vores helt bliver rodløs og drager til Maracà-øen for at lede efter en stor guldskat. Undervejs indblandes han i en affære med tyskerne, der under 1. Verdenskrig forsøgte at kontrollere Atlanterhavet. Fire spillekort røber en skat, men kortene er spredt ud, og Cortos opgave bliver at samle ejerne af kortene til en skattejagt; men opgaven bliver ikke gjort lettere af, at den ene er den rablende skøre Rasputin. I den sidste historie i bogen møder Corto den smukke Soledad, men man skal vogte sig for smukke kvinder med en rifle, og mens Corto mister sin hukommelse, bliver han hvirvlet ind i et gammelt mordmysterium.
90 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1979
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About the author
Hugo Pratt
721 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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October 13, 2024
Ποιος χρήσιμοποιησε - σε κόμικ - το μαύρο μελάνι καλύτερα από τον Hugo Pratt; Κανένας, για μένα..
Είναι όμορφο να ξέρεις ότι κάπου κρυμμένη στα θάμνα της όχθης βρίσκεται η σχεδία των παιδικών σου χρόνων, και σε περιμένει. Για τον μεγάλο κατάπλου του Μεγάλου Μισσισσιπη. Και μετά ωκεανοπλοΐα..
Στη χώρα του ποτέ, ανάμεσα στις Μικρές Αντίλες και τη γραμμή του Αιγόκερω.
Είναι όμορφο να ξέρεις ότι κάπου κρυμμένη στα θάμνα της όχθης βρίσκεται η σχεδία των παιδικών σου χρόνων, και σε περιμένει. Για τον μεγάλο κατάπλου του Μεγάλου Μισσισσιπη. Και μετά ωκεανοπλοΐα..
Στη χώρα του ποτέ, ανάμεσα στις Μικρές Αντίλες και τη γραμμή του Αιγόκερω.
February 24, 2020
Sarjakuvasivistyksessäni on suuri aukko: Corto Malteseja en ole lukenut kuin pari. Jotenkin niissä ei vain ole rytmi kohdallaan, liikaa tekstiä ja piirrostyyli kankea. Tämä albumi ei muuttanut käsitystäni.
October 3, 2021
Όποτε χρειαστείς κάτι ταξιδιάρικο, ο Κόρτο είναι εκεί
June 19, 2017
Μόλις είδα ότι ήταν επιμέρους μικρές ιστορίες το αντιμετώπισα λίγο καχύποπτα. Αφενός γιατί είναι το πρώτο άλμπουμ Κόρτο που πήρα και είχε μικρές ιστορίες, αφετέρου γιατί γενικά έχω την ιδέα ότι άλμπουμ που περιέχουν πολλές ολιγοσέλιδες κατά κύριο λόγο είναι μέτρια και λειτουργούν ως filler για να υπάρχει ολοκληρωμένο το υλικό.
Πόσο λάθος ήμουν! Αν εξαιρέσω την πρώτη ιστορία που, για τα στάνταρ του Πρατ ήταν σεναριακά μέτρια, οι άλλες τρεις ήταν μαγευτικές και ταξιδιάρικες όπως ακριβώς έχω συνηθίσει. Ειδικά η "Και ας μιλήσουμε για τυχοδιώκτες ευγενείς" ήταν σε άλλο επίπεδο στο σχέδιο και πόσο μάλλον στο σενάριο όπου όλη ιδέα των τεσσάρων τραπουλόχαρτων ήταν εφευρετική και όσο fantastique χρειαζόταν να είναι μια υπόθεση που έχει μέσα τον Κόρτο. Ούτε παραπάνω, ούτε λιγότερο.
Οι άλλες δύο που, αν θυμάμαι καλά, συνδέονται κιόλας, είναι πιο αλληγορικές και αφηρημένες ειδικά προς το εκάστοτε τέλος και προσφέρουν στον αναγνώστη άλλου είδους περιπλάνηση. Όπως πάντα, το αίσθημα που σου αφήνει είναι γλυκόπικρο με έκδηλη την ανάγκη για ψυχική απελευθέρωση,ελευθερία του νου και μια ερωτεύσιμη μελαγχολία.
Πόσο λάθος ήμουν! Αν εξαιρέσω την πρώτη ιστορία που, για τα στάνταρ του Πρατ ήταν σεναριακά μέτρια, οι άλλες τρεις ήταν μαγευτικές και ταξιδιάρικες όπως ακριβώς έχω συνηθίσει. Ειδικά η "Και ας μιλήσουμε για τυχοδιώκτες ευγενείς" ήταν σε άλλο επίπεδο στο σχέδιο και πόσο μάλλον στο σενάριο όπου όλη ιδέα των τεσσάρων τραπουλόχαρτων ήταν εφευρετική και όσο fantastique χρειαζόταν να είναι μια υπόθεση που έχει μέσα τον Κόρτο. Ούτε παραπάνω, ούτε λιγότερο.
Οι άλλες δύο που, αν θυμάμαι καλά, συνδέονται κιόλας, είναι πιο αλληγορικές και αφηρημένες ειδικά προς το εκάστοτε τέλος και προσφέρουν στον αναγνώστη άλλου είδους περιπλάνηση. Όπως πάντα, το αίσθημα που σου αφήνει είναι γλυκόπικρο με έκδηλη την ανάγκη για ψυχική απελευθέρωση,ελευθερία του νου και μια ερωτεύσιμη μελαγχολία.
October 10, 2019
Tre historier i forlængelse af hinanden bl.a. om skattejagt efter hvalbens-esser. Der er drømme, hukommelsestab, eksotiske øer, Rasputin, rejsekammerater, skønne damer med hemmeligheder & naturligvis sømanden af verden.
January 28, 2022
Draga su mi ova izdanja sa Steinerovim predgovorom i D`Anninim fotografijama. Čak i kad mi jedno od to dvoje ne legne drugo mi bude super. Iza njih sa guštom se upustim ponovo u već znane Cortove avanture.
May 8, 2024
Ovo je BUKVALNO One Piece
September 25, 2024
Το πρώτο που έτυχε να διαβάσω απ' τη σειρά του Κόρτο Μαλτέζε. Φοβερό το πώς σε ταξιδεύει!
December 15, 2012
um dos melhores.mas, ainda assim, prefiro o mu..(obrigada por me emprestares este livrinho, amor)*********
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