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Corto Maltese Update…..

Sunday, May 1, 2011

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Further to the news that Corto Maltese will finally get republished by Universal, we have a few more details sent in by reader Mark Snow: “Saw your report on the new English edition of Corto Maltese.  Thought you m ight be interested in this follow-up  –  I checked with the publisher (Universe is a sub [...]

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Corto Maltese back at last…

Saturday, February 19, 2011

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One of the greatest mysteries in comics is why Hugo Pratt’s Corto Maltese has been unavailable in English for 15 years. But not anymore. Over at Bleeding Cool, Rich had the news, grabbed from an Amazon.com listing, of a new series out from Universe Publishers. The first book – The Ballad Of The South Sea is [...]

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From our continental correspondent – more stuff for people with too much money

Thursday, December 3, 2009

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The trusted Blake, Jacobs and Mortimer blog, that we’ve quoted before, has found some very nice Jacobs items in the catalogue of a new comics items auction due to be held on December 12th at the Coutea-Bégarie auction house in Paris. Next to a very nice large-sized sketch by Jacobs (valued at 4000 Euros), the [...]

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