Corto always a little further
Writing and drawn by Hugo Pratt, Corto always a little further , reports 5 new adventures of Corto Maltese which succeed those of Under the sign of the Capricorn :
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09e - Heads of mushroom
- 10th - Conga of the bananas
- 11th - Voodoo for Mr. President
- 12th - the Lagoon of Beautiful the Dreams
- 13th - Fables and grandfathers
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They are held during the year 1917, with the Venezuela, the Nicaragua, in the Caribbean Sea and in Amazonia.
Five episodes
Attention: what follows, reveals whole or part of the intrigues!
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Maracaibo, to the
Venezuela, the antique dealer Lévi Colombia would like to assemble a forwarding to find the traces of a lost civilization. It makes available of Jeremiah Steiner what it reads in the newspaper of a missing English explorer. It is mentioned a strange cylindrical construction lost with deep of the Amazonian jungle. Is it about the
Eldorado? Concluded market. Corto Maltese and Steiner are leaving. Corto still did not find the memory. The antique dealer has magic mushrooms used by Jivaros. They would have the capacity “to give the force and to transport behind in time. ” In front of the impotence of medicine, to use the magic as much. After having requested some of them from Lévi, the professor from there will cook a rice dish which he divides with Corto. After the meal, Jeremiah is taken of a deep populated sleep of nightmares. With its alarm clock, Corto wonders what it does in Maracaïbo. It found its former memory well, but with completion forgotten all that it passed from the island of the gull until the dinner of the day before.
Lévi Colomba wants to know if they are ready for forwarding. Corto not having any memory of the discussions of the day before, prefers to give up.
Corto Maltese goes in a lane of the town of Mosquito. Three gunners are embusqués. Shots resound. A shooting nourishes answers them. There is no survivor except a man failing close to a bag to which Corto tries to carry help. When he learns that he is the friend of Gilded Mouth, the dying man asks him to deposit the bag with the cabaret “Rumbita”. Corto hiding place the bag in sure place before going there. In the “Rumbita”, It becomes acquainted with Esmeralda. Recover the bag and is made berner by the adventurous one, Venexiana Stevenson and its accomplice which succeed in seizing some. There will be still much of died around this so much coveted bag: money to conclude the revolution against the banana companies. Last shots exchanged in the intervention of Esmeralda which teaches us that the revolution is already finished. Bouche Dorée confirms: “Mosquito is in festival and the interventionists lost the war of bananas. ” But the bag? …
Corto Maltese and professor Steiner is on the island of Port-Ducal, close to the Barbados. They learn that a lawsuit is in hand against certain Soledad Lokäarth. Arrival here here are almost two years, it is shown to have made work deaths. There is a law which says: “All those which by arts of the magic or hypnosis will oblige deaths to work, will be condemned to death. ” Corto intervenes to fustigate this judgment. Beautiful Soledad recognizes it but it is an unknown factor for him. This portion of its life is indeed unobtrusive of its memory. Offended, the court orders to kill it at once. Remained on board the Yawl, Steiner does not want to accept dead of his/her friend and goes in the President. The pot with the pinks is discovered. Soon the population is raised. Port-ducal will have to learn how to live without devil in this corrupted world where it is not difficult to buy the people. Free, selected Soledad to leave, leaving Corto well melancholic person.
There are three dangerous places in the delta of the Orénoque but most hostile being is the Lagoon of Beautiful the Dreams. The drums state that there is a white man come from the war which was failed in this place. It is sick and loses the reason. Alerted by this message, Corto Maltese comes to carry help to him. The unknown carries the English uniform of Artists Rifles. Too much weak, it refuses to follow the sailor. Corto gives him some drug while waiting to return to seek it with nearest with its boat. In catch with its be delirious, lieutenant Robin Stuart is vis-a-vis itself and with his visions.
two years ago, Nathan, the son of Doctor Stone was killed with his wife, girl of the Jivaro wizard, Marangoué. They left an old boy maintaining seven years. Doctor Stone would like to find it and called upon Corto Maltese to seek it. Accompanied by a Jivaro guide, they are inserted in the Jungle. With the approach of the village all becomes suddenly quiet. Undoubtedly, the hunters of slaves, carried out by Mendoza, preceded them. At this point in time the guide reveals that it is Marangoué. Mendoza is the murderer of Nathan and from his daughter and now it comes to remove its Tutazua grandson. While following their traces, they end up seeing the boat of the kidnappers into whom they are introduced. A fight begins between Mendoza and Marangoué which throws it to the piranhas. The prisoners are released. Tutazua can find his/her grandfathers.
First publications
These 5 new adventures of Corto Maltese, appear for the first time in the weekly magazine Pif Gadget .
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1. Heads and mushrooms : n° 96 of the November 25th 1970.
- 2. Conga of the bananas : n° 103 of the January 12th 1971.
- 3. a strange business ( Voodoo for Mr. President ): n° 108 of the March 18th 1971.
- 4. the Lagoon of Beautiful the Dreams : n° 117 of the May 20th 1971.
- 5. Fables and grandfathers : n° 124 of the July 8th 1971.
Albums
Published at Publicness: - 1972, the lagoon of Beautiful the Dreams , edition colors, flexible cover, large size (31 X 42) of the 4th episode.
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Printed in Photogravure, this album is very required by the collectors; a specimen was allocated 10. 000 €, with the Hôtel Drouot, the December 10th 2005.
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1974, Corto Maltese , Volume 2, edition colors in format “with Italian” of the 5 episodes: Head of mushrooms - Conga of bananas - Voodoo for Mr. President - the Lagoon of Beautiful the Dreams - Fables and grandfathers.
Published at Casterman:
- 1974, Conga of the Bananas , edition colors, hard-bound cover, of the first 2 episodes: Heads of mushrooms - Conga of bananas.
- 1974, Voodoo for Mr. President , edition colors, hard-bound cover, of 3rd and 4th episodes: Voodoo for Mr. President - the Lagoon of Beautiful the Dreams.
- 1975, the Angel with the window of the East , edition colors, hard-bound cover, including/understanding the last episode: Fables and grandfathers.
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1979, Corto, always a little further , edition black and white in album stitched of the 5 episodes: Heads of mushroom - Conga of bananas - Voodoo for Mr. President - the Lagoon of Beautiful the Dreams - Fables and grandfathers.
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1989, Corto, always a little further , edition black and white in format pocket in the collection “I read data base” of the 5 episodes.
- 2001, Remote Windward Islands , edition connected colors of the first 3 episodes with documents and watercolours of Hugo Pratt: Heads of mushrooms - Conga of bananas - Voodoo for Mr. President.
- 2002, the Lagoon of the mysteries , edition connected colors, with documents and watercolours of Hugo Pratt, including/understanding the last 2 episodes: the Lagoon of Beautiful the Dreams - Fables and grandfathers.
- 2007, editions colors of small size (14 X 21)
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Tome 09: Heads and mushrooms (entitled as at the time of its publication in Conk Gadget in 1970.), appeared in February. Volume 10: Conga of the bananas , appeared in May. Volume 11: Voodoo for Mr. President , appeared in May. Volume 12: the Lagoon of Beautiful the Dreams , appeared in May. Volume 13: Fables and grandfathers , appeared in October.
Cartoon films
Court-measurings - Heads and mushrooms
- Conga of the bananas
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Realizers: Richard Danto and Liam Saury. With the voice of Richard Berry (Corto Maltese). Diffused on France 4, in June 2007. Box 7 DVD: Corto Maltese. The Integral . Studio Canal, 2005.