Corto Maltese. Siberia
19.99 €
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Corto Maltese. Siberia
19.99 €
The year is 919. The war is over in Europe, but it continues in Siberia. Admiral Kolchak has just proclaimed himself Supreme Ruler of Russia, and Baron von Ungern-Sternberg is preparing to found a great Asian empire. Armored trains roam the vast expanses, one of which, rumor has it, is carrying the Tsar's gold... Chinese military rulers, Manchurian gangs, allies, and numerous secret societies are hunting for it. However, Corto Maltese and his eternal companion, Captain Rasputin, have their own plans...
Among the thousands of characters created over more than a century of comics history, only a few have achieved mythic status, becoming one of the hallmarks of the ninth art form. Corto Maltese is one of them. A skilled sailor, an incorrigible romantic, a fiery revolutionary, a spontaneous philosopher, a noble pirate, and an eternal adventurer, he was created in 1967 by the Italian author Hugo Pratt (1927–1995).
His adventures, in the best traditions of Robert Louis Stevenson, Joseph Conrad, and Herman Melville, have inspired generations of readers around the globe. A timeless man, a true citizen of the world, he is equally at home in the blue lagoons of the South Seas and the snowy expanses of Siberia, the alleys of Hong Kong and the avenues of Buenos Aires... Ireland and Brazil, Samarkand and Venice, Ecuador and the Caribbean, Basel and Zanzibar—these are just a few of the stages in Captain Corto's remarkable odyssey.
The Corto Maltese series has won numerous awards in Italy, France, Belgium, and Germany. In 2005, Hugo Pratt's name was inducted into the Will Eisner Hall of Fame in the United States.
Among the thousands of characters created over more than a century of comics history, only a few have achieved mythic status, becoming one of the hallmarks of the ninth art form. Corto Maltese is one of them. A skilled sailor, an incorrigible romantic, a fiery revolutionary, a spontaneous philosopher, a noble pirate, and an eternal adventurer, he was created in 1967 by the Italian author Hugo Pratt (1927–1995).
His adventures, in the best traditions of Robert Louis Stevenson, Joseph Conrad, and Herman Melville, have inspired generations of readers around the globe. A timeless man, a true citizen of the world, he is equally at home in the blue lagoons of the South Seas and the snowy expanses of Siberia, the alleys of Hong Kong and the avenues of Buenos Aires... Ireland and Brazil, Samarkand and Venice, Ecuador and the Caribbean, Basel and Zanzibar—these are just a few of the stages in Captain Corto's remarkable odyssey.
The Corto Maltese series has won numerous awards in Italy, France, Belgium, and Germany. In 2005, Hugo Pratt's name was inducted into the Will Eisner Hall of Fame in the United States.
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