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Of course he is present. He is inside the vehicle, talking.
This storytelling device is something of a Pratt speciality, and we see it again and again in the Corto Maltese stories. Corto is talking, but all we actually see is something he is standing behind or to the side of - zebras, billiard balls, fish - or First World War military vehicles.
This 20-pager was originally published in Pif Gadget 172 in 1972 and has been republished countless times as part of the Les Celtiques sequence. Apparently Pratt´ s assistant Guido Fuga drew the vehicles in this story. From the Corto Maltese en Siberie story, all cars, trains, airplanes and so on in the Corto stories were drawn by Fuga.
This storytelling device is something of a Pratt speciality, and we see it again and again in the Corto Maltese stories. Corto is talking, but all we actually see is something he is standing behind or to the side of - zebras, billiard balls, fish - or First World War military vehicles.
This 20-pager was originally published in Pif Gadget 172 in 1972 and has been republished countless times as part of the Les Celtiques sequence. Apparently Pratt´ s assistant Guido Fuga drew the vehicles in this story. From the Corto Maltese en Siberie story, all cars, trains, airplanes and so on in the Corto stories were drawn by Fuga.
Publication
- Les Celtiques
- Casterman
- 04/1980
- Page 124
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See also:
Corto Maltese
Thematics
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About Hugo Pratt
Hugo Pratt is considered to be one of the greatest among comic artists for his versatile fantasy and use of graphic freedom, and the combination of these factors resulted in very strange stories. In his tales, reality can change into dream and vice-versa, and in this way he took his readers into the strangest lands and even through time. He is thought to be one of the first comic artists to mix literature with adventure. Hugo Pratt has been a great inspiration to comic artists all over the world.
