author: Hugo Pratt
name: Wayne
average rating: 4.22
book published: 1970
rating: 4
read at: 2015/01/04
date added: 2015/01/04
shelves: graphic-novels
review:
'Corto Maltese: Under the Sign of Capricorn' is another reprint of the late 1960s-early 1970s series by Hugo Pratt. The adventure takes place around 1916 in the South Seas.
Corto Maltese, for those unfamiliar, is a mysterious ship captain and sometime ruffian who finds himself in the midst of trouble and always looking for a big score in buried or sunken treasure. He also finds himself on the edges of world conflict as he runs across plotting German captains.
This volume has a few stories, but the main one is called 'The Secret of Tristan Bantam' and concerns a young man who hires Corto Maltese to solve a mystery left behind by his deceased father. This will lead Tristan and Corto Maltese on an ocean adventure with unexpected results. Another story finds Corto Maltese on a beach, being shot at, and no memory of himself or how he got there.
They are high adventure stories from another time. The art is not bad. Corto Maltese is gangly and laid back, usually finding himself leaning against a door frame with a cigarette in his mouth. Sometimes his legs look a little too long and some of the native people are are a bit garish. The depictions of different races seems harsh at first glance, but these characters resonate with wisdom and intelligence, so it makes it's way into less offensive territory (at lease for me). I enjoyed this volume of stories and wouldn't mind reading more of handsome, laid back Corto Maltese.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Diamond Book Distributors and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
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