Anyone who in his youth read Jules Verne's novels, Robinson Crusoe's adventures, Arkady Fiedler's Polish series, popular science books on ancient civilizations or Däniken's theories, will find the same emotions and sense of adventure in Pratt’s books. I think this comic series – which is after all created for adults – taps into our fascination with discovering unknown lands, learning about mysterious peoples, explaining riddles of the past. Over the last fifty years Corto has become a symbol of post-war European pop culture, whose adventures have been translated into dozens of languages, including Polish. Readers of Hugh Pratt's comic books were able to travel with him to exotic and mysterious places, to take part in a truly male adventure, in the company of many beautiful women. TOMASZ KOŁODZIEJCZAK: Corto Maltese is one of the most important characters in the history of European comics – a traveller, a sailor, an adventurer. So why celebrate these anniversaries and delight over a cartoon character, someone who didn’t actually exit? Corto Maltese appeared 50 years ago as the hero of Hugh Pratt’s comic books. 130 years ago Corto Maltese was born, and there would be nothing extraordinary in recalling this anniversary, except for the fact that this figure. POLAND.PL: Woody Allen, Arturo Perez Reverte and Tim Burton are all big fans, and François Mitterrand and Umberto Eco also loved him.
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