Corto Maltese #8
August 2017 · 19.99 USD; 25.99 CAD · 72 pages
On sale 2017-09-27
ISBN 978-1-63140-926-4
UPC 978163140926451999
Synopsis
Corto falls through the roof a masonic lodge in Venice. The freemason Bepi Faliero accompanies him through the streets of Venice, and Corto tells that he is in Venice looking for an emerald called "Solomon's Clavicle". They meet a group of fascist Blackshirts led by Stevani, their argument is interrupted by The Poet (based on Gabriele D'Annunzio). Faliero invites Corto to meet the Neoplatonic philosopher Hipazia.
Credits
- Script
- Hugo Pratt
- Pencils
- Hugo Pratt
- Inks
- Hugo Pratt
- Art director and co-cover designer
- Lorraine Turner
- Artwork of backgrounds of venice
- Guido Fuga
- Consulting editor
- Patrizia Zanotti
- Editor and designer
- Dean Mullaney
- Translator
- Dean Mullaney, Simone Castaldi
Notes
Fable of Venice is regarded as a tribute by Hugo Pratt to his home town. The single Corto Maltese story was first published in 1977 and is set during the year 1921. Guido Fuga contributed with artwork of backgrounds of Venice.
The story is divided into four chapters: "The Hermes Lodge", "The Enigma of Baron Corvo", "The Stairway of Encounters", and "The Revelations of Saint Mark".
Translated from Pratt's original Italian scripts.
First published in Italy in the weekly supplement of L'Europeo, from #21-22 of 3 June 1977 to #51 of 23 December 1977 with the title "Fiaba de Venezia" and with colors by Mariolina Pasqualini. The first publication as an Italian album had the title "Sirat al Bunduqiyyah", which is Arabic for "Story of Venice". The Italian title was later changed to "Favola di Venezia - Sirat Al-Bunduqiyyah", or only "Favola di Venezia". First published in French in the monthly magazine (À Suivre) from #12 January 1979 to #15 April 1979 as "Fable de Venise (Sirat Al-Bunduqiyyah)".