{"product_id":"corto-maltese-fable-of-venice-and-other-adventures","title":"Corto Maltese: Fable of Venice and Other Adventures","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Hugo Pratt. Published by Fantagraphics. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSoftcover, 132 pages, B\u0026amp;W, 1977 (2026 printing)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"grid-x\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"small-12 large-auto cell large-order-2\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-single__description rte\"\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eInternational award-winning graphic novelist Hugo Pratt’s Corto Maltese returns to American readers in a new collection of classic Corto tales, featuring a brilliantly executed wild chase through Venice for a vital occult treasure!\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArtist Hugo Pratt’s most famous creation, the indefatigable sailor Corto Maltese, sails back to American readers after a far too-long absence in Corto Maltese: Fable of Venice and Other Adventures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCorto, a modern Ulysses whose wanderings in the early decades of the 20th century take him to the most fascinating places on Earth, is a hard-luck, hard-driving iconoclastic anti-hero who values freedom and independence more than wealth and status. In “Fable of Venice,” a riddle from a deceased friend plunges Corto into a phantasmagorical mystery thriller that zigzags between the solidity of dreams and the fluidity of reality. A frantic chase in 1921 Venice ensues, up twisting stairs and down tangled alleys, as Corto vies against Freemasons, occultists, budding fascists, and his friend (suddenly back from the dead) in a mad scramble to secure a mystical emerald that will open the doors of forbidden magic and unravel time and space itself!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn addition, this collection also presents Pratt’s Corto Maltese classics “The Secret of Tristan Bantam,” “So Much for Gentlemen of Fortune,” and “The Seagull's Fault,”. As a side note, readers who enjoyed The Magnificent Adventure by Milo Manara and its book-length search for “H.P.” will be quick to note that “H.P.” is, in fact, Hugo Pratt, a beloved mentor to Manara.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"grid-x\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"small-12 large-auto cell large-order-2\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"small-header\"\u003ePraise\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-single__reviews\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"... bursts of action alternating with moments of quiet contemplation and riddle-infested conversations between characters who are all hiding a lot from each other. ... This is one of Pratt's masterpieces, and a five-star book any day of the week.\" — The Slings and Arrows Graphic Novel Guide\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Pratt's tales are like coming home to an entire oeuvre of fables you've never known existed but have always been waiting to read.\" — Reactormag.com\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"expressive ... bold ... full of magic and romantic adventure\" — Frank Miller\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A smashing paperback edition from the good people at Fantagraphics.\" — Dig This with Alex Belth\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Fantagraphics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":61559642358090,"sku":"cortomaltesefableofvenice","price":20.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8894\/4822\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_0b15268a-c464-40f2-a619-568d539d088a.jpg?v=1775819362","url":"https:\/\/littledeercomics.ie\/products\/corto-maltese-fable-of-venice-and-other-adventures","provider":"Little Deer Comics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}