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Corto Maltese

#6

June 2016 · 24.99 USD · 104 pages

On sale 2016-08-17

ISBN 978-1-63140-696-6

UPC 978163140696652499


Synopsis

In the desert of Yemen, controlled by the fading Ottoman Empire, Corto meets Cush, a Danakil warrior with whom he establishes a close yet conflicted relationship.

Notes

The Ethiopian collects the fourth and final cycle of inter-connected short Corto Maltese stories created by Hugo Pratt in the early 1970s in France. The cycle includes four episodes: "In the Name of Allah, the Merciful and Compassionate", "The Coup de Grace", "... and of Other Romeos and Other Juliets", and "The Leopard-Men of the Rufiji". The episodes are set in Yemen and East Africa during the year 1918.

The French name of the cycle is "Les Éthiopiques".

Translated from Pratt's original Italian scripts.

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Credits

Script
Hugo Pratt
Pencils
Hugo Pratt
Inks
Hugo Pratt
Art director and co-cover designer
Lorraine Turner
Consulting editor
Patrizia Zanotti
Editor and designer
Dean Mullaney
Translator
Dean Mullaney, Simone Castaldi

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