![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() That detail aside, this will give American comics reader an idea of what all the fuss is about. ![]() Oddly, this edition, shrunken to a smaller size, doesn’t flatter Pratt’s art, which looks sketchy and often grotesque. In European comics circles, Corto is a household name, and Pratt is a revered storyteller. Pratt supplies Corto with a colorful assortment of supporting characters, some helpful, many not, and a pragmatic but innovative nature. This graphic novels, set around the beginning of the twentieth century, follow the adventures and misfortunes of Corto Maltese, a sailor, pirate and romantic hero. Pratt’s fast-paced South Sea adventure careens from encounter to encounter, with the daring Corto always just able to adapt to his changing circumstances, while Cain and Pandora do their best to keep up. The ballad of the salt sea (Corto Maltese) by Hugo Pratt The ballad of the salt sea was my first Corto Maltese and Hugo Pratt. Although Corto presents himself as a man only looking out for himself, the pair soon realizes the adventurer may be their best hope for survival. His fate is soon entangled with those of fellow castaways Cain and Pandora, two teenagers caught in the fray. In this debut of a new English-language edition of the classic anti-hero Corto Maltese, we meet the protagonist as he is fished from the sea by Rasputin, the disreputable captain of an even worse crew than Corto’s. ![]()
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