Of all the comics my American upbringing has deprived me of, I resent not growing up with Corto Maltese the most
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Of all the comics my American upbringing has deprived me of, I resent not growing up with Corto Maltese the most
Corto Maltese is so damn good. There's a really gorgeous watercolored version, which I would love for them to reprint in any language at some point.
Why?
It's alright.
Skill issue, I learned of Corto Maltese from the Batman 89 movie(which itself took it from DKR)
One of my favorite moments, I need to reread the series I feel like I didn't appreciated hard enough.
Everyone should reread Corto always
is maltese in Scotland in these panels?
In Ireland. This is from the story "Concerto in O Minor for Harp and Nitroglycerin".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic_Tales_(Corto_Maltese)
Don't care
Still reading capeshit
You should read everything: capes, Euro comics, manga, comic strips, etc. Maybe not webtoons.
Webtoons would be better if they weren't formatted for fricking smartphones. Comics read better when they're laid out like a fricking comic book instead of a meter of vertical white space with one panel every few inches.
It has to be big enough to see the artwork in its full glory. Even a lot of comics lack this.
I'm so sorry to hear that
I like how that story turned several weeks crossing the forgotten corner of the world, during a military operation no one remembers and during a period of WWII that people gloss over into a multi-issue work.
Although it was very personal to Hugo Pratt
Though it does have the common issue in his work that everyone just stands around smoking, discussing politics and philosophy and occasionally shooting each other when they languidly feel like it.
yes he was in fact in Ethiopia as a child during the events of Scorpions of the Desert.
yes one of the best is the "Mundane" series where people sit around and look at the moon and talk and then shoot at each other. Loved those books too.
Not even 10% as good as watchmen
Different strengths.
The coloring I've seen is fine but I agree.
It looks even better in black and white.
it does. Im one of them purist guys, it was intended to be b~n~w so it should have remained b~n~w. I read the original stories back in 1974 in Pif gadget. in glorious b n w. It was the first "mature" comic that I saw, showing me what comics CAN be.
Explain why it is good
Mystic journey through the mythical and political landscapes of the early 20th century with gorgeous art
exotic far away locations: Brazil, Siberia, Ethiopia, Samarkand, Japan, early 20th century history of interesting things happening, cool dude with an earing doing cool things such as searching for treasures or fighting with Rasputin. People CASUALLY getting shot and dying left and right in each episode. Actual stories that are interesting. What's not to like?