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:''This article is about the comics series. For the Austin based rock band, see The Corto Maltese.
'''Corto Maltese''' is a comics series featuring an eponymous character, a complex sailor-adventurer. It was created by Italian comic book creator Hugo Pratt in 1967. The ''Corto Maltese'' series has been translated into many languages and is known worldwide.
The character debuted in the serial ''Una Ballata del Mare Salato'' (''Ballad of the Salt Sea''), one of several Pratt stories published in the first edition of the magazine ''Sgt.Kirk'' in July.[1] The story concerned smugglers and pirates in the World War I-era Pacific Islands. In 1970 Pratt moved to France and began a series of short ''Corto Maltese'' stories for the comics magazine ''Pif gadget'', an arrangement lasting four years and producing many 20 page stories. In 1974 he returned to full-length stories, sending Corto to 1918 Siberia in the story ''Corte sconta detta arcana'' (''Corto Maltese in Siberia''), first serialised in ''Linus''.
In 1976, ''Ballad of the Salt Sea'' was awarded with the prize for best foreign realistic comic album at the Angoulême International Comics Festival.[2]
Pratt frequently produced new stories in the following years, many first appearing in the comics magazine ''Corto Maltese'', until 1988 when the final story ''Mu'' was serialised, ending in June 1989.
Corto Maltese (possibly derived from the Venetian ''Courtyard of the Maltese'') is a laconic sea captain adventuring during the early 20th century (1900-1920s). A "rogue with a heart of gold," he is tolerant and sympathetic to the underdog. Born in Valletta on July 10, 1887, he is a son of a British sailor from Cornwall and a gypsy witch from Gibraltar. As a boy growing up in Spain, Maltese had no fate line on his palm and therefore carved his own with a razor, determining that his fate was his to choose. Although maintaining a neutral pose, Corto instinctively supports the disadvantaged and oppressed.
The character embodies the author's skepticism of national, ideological, and religious assertions. Corto befriends people from all walks of life, including the murderous Russian Rasputin (no relation with the historical figure, apart from physical resemblance and some characteristic attributes), British heir Tristan Bantam, Voodoo priestess Gold Mouth and Czech academic Jeremiah Steiner. He also knows and meets various historical figures, including Jack London, Ernest Hemingway, Herman Hesse, Butch Cassidy, White Russian general Roman Ungern von Sternberg and Enver Pasha of Turkey. His acquaintances treat him with great respect, as when a telephone call to Josef Stalin frees him from arrest when he is threatened with execution on the border of Turkey and Armenia.
Corto's favourite reading is the ''Utopia'' by Thomas More, but he never finished it. He also read books by London, Lugones, Stevenson, Melville and Conrad.
''Corto Maltese'' stories range from straight historical adventure stories to occult dream sequences. He is present when Red Baron is shot down, helps the Jivaros in South America, and flees Fascists in Venice, but also unwittingly helps Merlin and Oberon to defend Britain and visits the lost continent of Mu.
Chronologically, the first ''Corto Maltese'' adventure, ''La giovinezza'' (''The Early Years''), happens during the Russo-Japanese War. In other albums he experiences the Great War in several locations, participates in the Russian Civil War after the October Revolution, and appears during the early stages of Fascist Italy. In a separate series by Pratt, ''Gli Scorpioni del Deserto'' (''The Desert Scorpions'') he is described as disappearing in Spain during the Spanish Civil War.
This is a list of the twelve ''Corto Maltese'' novels in chronological order. Original titles - French or Italian - are given first, followed by English ones. Please note that not all the albums are available in English and some NBM albums do not correspond to any original French or Italian title. French editions were published by Casterman, Italian by Edizioni Lizard.
★ 1905 (French) ''La Jeunesse'' (black and white 1981, colour 1985); published in Italian as ''La giovinezza'' (colour 1983); in English as ''The Early Years''
★ 1913-1915 (French/Italian) ''Una ballata del mare salato''/''La ballade de la mer salée'' (black and white 1967-1969; colour 1991); in English as ''The Ballad of the Salt Sea''
★ 1916-1917 (French) ''Sous le signe du Capricorne'' (black and white 1971; colour edition as - episodes 1 to 3 - ''Suite caraïbéenne'', 1990; and - episodes 4 to 6 - ''Sous le Drapeau des Pirates'', 1991); various episodes are availablle in English as separate editions
★ 1917 (French) ''Corto toujours un peu plus loin'' (black and white 1970-1971); various episodes are availablle in English as separate editions
★ 1917-1918 (French) ''Les Celtiques'' (black and white 1971-1972); in English as ''The Celts''
★ 1918 (French) ''Les Éthiopiques'' (black and white 1972-1973); in English as ''Corto Maltese in Africa''
★ 1918-1920 ''Corte sconta detta Arcana'' (black and white 1974-1975), better known under its French title ''Corto Maltese en Sibérie''; in English as ''Corto Maltese in Siberia''
★ 1921 (Italian) ''Favola di Venezia - Sirat Al-Bunduqiyyah'' (black and white 1977; colour 1984), in French as ''Fable de Venise'', in English as ''Fable of Venice''
★ 1921-1922 (French/Italian) ''La maison dorée de Samarkand/La Casa Dorata di Samarcanda'' (published simultaneously in France and Italy, black and white 1980, colour 1992); in English as ''The Golden House of Samarkand''
★ 1923 ''Tango... y todo a media luz'' (first published in Italian, black and white 1985; editions in other languages normally use the same Spanish title)
★ 1924 (Italian) ''Le helvetiche - Rosa alchemica'' (colour 1987; also known as ''La rosa alchemica''); in French as ''Les hélvétiques'', in English as ''The Secret Rose''
★ 1925 ''Mu'' (first published in Italian, first part in 1988-1989, second part in 1988-1989). In French as ''Mû'' (black and white and colour editions, both 1992). Not available in English.
In 1975-1977, Secondo Bignardi produced semi-animated ''Corto Maltese'' stories for the RAI television programme ''Supergulp, fumetti in TV!''.[3]
A 2002 French-language animated film, ''Corto Maltese: La Cour secrète des Arcanes'', was based on the Pratt novel ''Corte sconta detta arcana'', (''"Corto Maltese in Siberia"''). Also in 2002, Canal + produced a series of ''Corto Maltese'' adventures for television, adapting the stories ''La Ballade de la mer salée'', ''Sous le signe du Capricorne'', ''Les Celtiques'' and ''La Maison dorée de Samarkand''.
★ "Corto Maltese" appears in Frank Miller's graphic novel '' as the name of an island at the centre of an incident not unlike the Cuban missile crisis. The choice of name is apparently an inside joke as Miller has stated he is a great admirer of Pratt's work. The island has been occasionally referenced in other DC Comics since.
★ In the 1989 film ''Batman'', "Corto Maltese" was referenced as the location of a violent uprising where Vicki Vale had been working as a photojournalist.
★ In the episodes "Justice" and "Combat", both from the sixth season of the television series ''Smallville'', the name is referenced as being a site of Luthorcorp's 33.1 lab.
★ ''Corto Maltese'' publication chronology FFF
★ ''Corto Maltese'' publications in ''Pif gadget'' BDoubliées
'Footnotes'
1.
2. Le Palmarès 1976
3. Corto Maltese
★ Corto Maltese official site
★ Detailed profile of life
★ A different approach to the character
The first ''Corto Maltese'' adventure, ''Una Ballata del Mare Salato'', Italian publication cover
'''Corto Maltese''' is a comics series featuring an eponymous character, a complex sailor-adventurer. It was created by Italian comic book creator Hugo Pratt in 1967. The ''Corto Maltese'' series has been translated into many languages and is known worldwide.
| Contents |
| Publication history |
| Character |
| Chronology |
| Adaptations |
| References in media |
| References |
| External links |
Publication history
The character debuted in the serial ''Una Ballata del Mare Salato'' (''Ballad of the Salt Sea''), one of several Pratt stories published in the first edition of the magazine ''Sgt.Kirk'' in July.[1] The story concerned smugglers and pirates in the World War I-era Pacific Islands. In 1970 Pratt moved to France and began a series of short ''Corto Maltese'' stories for the comics magazine ''Pif gadget'', an arrangement lasting four years and producing many 20 page stories. In 1974 he returned to full-length stories, sending Corto to 1918 Siberia in the story ''Corte sconta detta arcana'' (''Corto Maltese in Siberia''), first serialised in ''Linus''.
In 1976, ''Ballad of the Salt Sea'' was awarded with the prize for best foreign realistic comic album at the Angoulême International Comics Festival.[2]
Pratt frequently produced new stories in the following years, many first appearing in the comics magazine ''Corto Maltese'', until 1988 when the final story ''Mu'' was serialised, ending in June 1989.
Character
Corto Maltese (possibly derived from the Venetian ''Courtyard of the Maltese'') is a laconic sea captain adventuring during the early 20th century (1900-1920s). A "rogue with a heart of gold," he is tolerant and sympathetic to the underdog. Born in Valletta on July 10, 1887, he is a son of a British sailor from Cornwall and a gypsy witch from Gibraltar. As a boy growing up in Spain, Maltese had no fate line on his palm and therefore carved his own with a razor, determining that his fate was his to choose. Although maintaining a neutral pose, Corto instinctively supports the disadvantaged and oppressed.
The character embodies the author's skepticism of national, ideological, and religious assertions. Corto befriends people from all walks of life, including the murderous Russian Rasputin (no relation with the historical figure, apart from physical resemblance and some characteristic attributes), British heir Tristan Bantam, Voodoo priestess Gold Mouth and Czech academic Jeremiah Steiner. He also knows and meets various historical figures, including Jack London, Ernest Hemingway, Herman Hesse, Butch Cassidy, White Russian general Roman Ungern von Sternberg and Enver Pasha of Turkey. His acquaintances treat him with great respect, as when a telephone call to Josef Stalin frees him from arrest when he is threatened with execution on the border of Turkey and Armenia.
Corto's favourite reading is the ''Utopia'' by Thomas More, but he never finished it. He also read books by London, Lugones, Stevenson, Melville and Conrad.
''Corto Maltese'' stories range from straight historical adventure stories to occult dream sequences. He is present when Red Baron is shot down, helps the Jivaros in South America, and flees Fascists in Venice, but also unwittingly helps Merlin and Oberon to defend Britain and visits the lost continent of Mu.
Chronologically, the first ''Corto Maltese'' adventure, ''La giovinezza'' (''The Early Years''), happens during the Russo-Japanese War. In other albums he experiences the Great War in several locations, participates in the Russian Civil War after the October Revolution, and appears during the early stages of Fascist Italy. In a separate series by Pratt, ''Gli Scorpioni del Deserto'' (''The Desert Scorpions'') he is described as disappearing in Spain during the Spanish Civil War.
Chronology
This is a list of the twelve ''Corto Maltese'' novels in chronological order. Original titles - French or Italian - are given first, followed by English ones. Please note that not all the albums are available in English and some NBM albums do not correspond to any original French or Italian title. French editions were published by Casterman, Italian by Edizioni Lizard.
★ 1905 (French) ''La Jeunesse'' (black and white 1981, colour 1985); published in Italian as ''La giovinezza'' (colour 1983); in English as ''The Early Years''
★ 1913-1915 (French/Italian) ''Una ballata del mare salato''/''La ballade de la mer salée'' (black and white 1967-1969; colour 1991); in English as ''The Ballad of the Salt Sea''
★ 1916-1917 (French) ''Sous le signe du Capricorne'' (black and white 1971; colour edition as - episodes 1 to 3 - ''Suite caraïbéenne'', 1990; and - episodes 4 to 6 - ''Sous le Drapeau des Pirates'', 1991); various episodes are availablle in English as separate editions
★ 1917 (French) ''Corto toujours un peu plus loin'' (black and white 1970-1971); various episodes are availablle in English as separate editions
★ 1917-1918 (French) ''Les Celtiques'' (black and white 1971-1972); in English as ''The Celts''
★ 1918 (French) ''Les Éthiopiques'' (black and white 1972-1973); in English as ''Corto Maltese in Africa''
★ 1918-1920 ''Corte sconta detta Arcana'' (black and white 1974-1975), better known under its French title ''Corto Maltese en Sibérie''; in English as ''Corto Maltese in Siberia''
★ 1921 (Italian) ''Favola di Venezia - Sirat Al-Bunduqiyyah'' (black and white 1977; colour 1984), in French as ''Fable de Venise'', in English as ''Fable of Venice''
★ 1921-1922 (French/Italian) ''La maison dorée de Samarkand/La Casa Dorata di Samarcanda'' (published simultaneously in France and Italy, black and white 1980, colour 1992); in English as ''The Golden House of Samarkand''
★ 1923 ''Tango... y todo a media luz'' (first published in Italian, black and white 1985; editions in other languages normally use the same Spanish title)
★ 1924 (Italian) ''Le helvetiche - Rosa alchemica'' (colour 1987; also known as ''La rosa alchemica''); in French as ''Les hélvétiques'', in English as ''The Secret Rose''
★ 1925 ''Mu'' (first published in Italian, first part in 1988-1989, second part in 1988-1989). In French as ''Mû'' (black and white and colour editions, both 1992). Not available in English.
Adaptations
In 1975-1977, Secondo Bignardi produced semi-animated ''Corto Maltese'' stories for the RAI television programme ''Supergulp, fumetti in TV!''.[3]
A 2002 French-language animated film, ''Corto Maltese: La Cour secrète des Arcanes'', was based on the Pratt novel ''Corte sconta detta arcana'', (''"Corto Maltese in Siberia"''). Also in 2002, Canal + produced a series of ''Corto Maltese'' adventures for television, adapting the stories ''La Ballade de la mer salée'', ''Sous le signe du Capricorne'', ''Les Celtiques'' and ''La Maison dorée de Samarkand''.
References in media
★ "Corto Maltese" appears in Frank Miller's graphic novel '' as the name of an island at the centre of an incident not unlike the Cuban missile crisis. The choice of name is apparently an inside joke as Miller has stated he is a great admirer of Pratt's work. The island has been occasionally referenced in other DC Comics since.
★ In the 1989 film ''Batman'', "Corto Maltese" was referenced as the location of a violent uprising where Vicki Vale had been working as a photojournalist.
★ In the episodes "Justice" and "Combat", both from the sixth season of the television series ''Smallville'', the name is referenced as being a site of Luthorcorp's 33.1 lab.
References
★ ''Corto Maltese'' publication chronology FFF
★ ''Corto Maltese'' publications in ''Pif gadget'' BDoubliées
'Footnotes'
1.
2. Le Palmarès 1976
3. Corto Maltese
External links
★ Corto Maltese official site
★ Detailed profile of life
★ A different approach to the character
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