I don't know if there are any real comic book fans who know their stuff...but this is really great....great comic great animated film great character...

Highly recomend it! *****

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bro-fCnQQ-4&feature=related[/youtube]

there are five films as far as I know...i have them all but I have had some difficulty finding sub titles for all (as they are in french) I found subs for only three of them.

correction - there are 7 films as far as I know...lol

Re: Corto Maltese

That looks really good...

Re: Corto Maltese

Corto Maltese (possibly derived from the Venetian [I]Courtyard of the Maltese[/I]) is a laconic sea captain adventuring during the early [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century"][COLOR=#0066cc]20th century[/COLOR][/URL] (1900-1920s). A "rogue with a heart of gold," he is tolerant and sympathetic to the underdog. Born in [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valletta"][COLOR=#0066cc]Valletta[/COLOR][/URL] on [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_10"][COLOR=#0066cc]July 10[/COLOR][/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1887"][COLOR=#0066cc]1887[/COLOR][/URL], he is a son of a [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom"][COLOR=#800080]British[/COLOR][/URL] sailor from [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornwall"][COLOR=#0066cc]Cornwall[/COLOR][/URL] and an [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andalusia"][COLOR=#0066cc]Andalusian[/COLOR][/URL] prostitute known as [I]"La Niña de Gibraltar"[/I]. As a boy growing up in the Jewish quarter of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordoba"][COLOR=#0066cc]Cordoba[/COLOR][/URL], Maltese realised he had no [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiromancy"][COLOR=#0066cc]fate line[/COLOR][/URL] on his palm and therefore carved his own with a razor, determining that his fate was his to choose. Although maintaining a neutral pose, Corto instinctively supports the disadvantaged and oppressed. The character embodies the author's scepticism of national, ideological, and religious assertions. Corto befriends people from all walks of life, including the murderous Russian Rasputin (no relation with the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasputin"][COLOR=#0066cc]historical figure[/COLOR][/URL], apart from physical resemblance and some characteristic attributes), British heir Tristan Bantam, [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voodoo"][COLOR=#0066cc]Voodoo[/COLOR][/URL] priestess Gold Mouth and [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_people"][COLOR=#0066cc]Czech[/COLOR][/URL] academic Jeremiah Steiner. He also knows and meets various historical figures, including [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_London"][COLOR=#0066cc]Jack London[/COLOR][/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Hemingway"][COLOR=#0066cc]Ernest Hemingway[/COLOR][/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Hesse"][COLOR=#0066cc]Herman Hesse[/COLOR][/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_Cassidy"][COLOR=#0066cc]Butch Cassidy[/COLOR][/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_movement"][COLOR=#0066cc]White Russian[/COLOR][/URL] general [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Ungern_von_Sternberg"][COLOR=#0066cc]Roman Ungern von Sternberg[/COLOR][/URL] and [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enver_Pasha"][COLOR=#0066cc]Enver Pasha[/COLOR][/URL] of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey"][COLOR=#0066cc]Turkey[/COLOR][/URL]. His acquaintances treat him with great respect, as when a telephone call to [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Stalin"][COLOR=#0066cc]Josef Stalin[/COLOR][/URL] frees him from arrest when he is threatened with execution on the border of Turkey and [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenia"][COLOR=#0066cc]Armenia[/COLOR][/URL]. Corto's favourite reading is the Utopia by [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_More"][COLOR=#0066cc]Thomas More[/COLOR][/URL], but he never finished it. He also read books by [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_London"][COLOR=#0066cc]London[/COLOR][/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopoldo_Lugones"][COLOR=#0066cc]Lugones[/COLOR][/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Louis_Stevenson"][COLOR=#0066cc]Stevenson[/COLOR][/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Melville"][COLOR=#0066cc]Melville[/COLOR][/URL] and [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Conrad"][COLOR=#0066cc]Conrad[/COLOR][/URL]. [I]Corto Maltese[/I] stories range from straight historical adventure stories to [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occult"][COLOR=#0066cc]occult[/COLOR][/URL] dream sequences. He is present when [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manfred_von_Richthofen"][COLOR=#0066cc]Red Baron[/COLOR][/URL] is shot down, helps the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jivaro"][COLOR=#0066cc]Jivaros[/COLOR][/URL] in South America, and flees Fascists in [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venice"][COLOR=#0066cc]Venice[/COLOR][/URL], but also unwittingly helps [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merlin_%28wizard%29"][COLOR=#0066cc]Merlin[/COLOR][/URL] and [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberon_%28Fairy_King%29"][COLOR=#0066cc]Oberon[/COLOR][/URL] to defend Britain and visits the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_continent"][COLOR=#0066cc]lost continent[/COLOR][/URL] of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mu_%28lost_continent%29"][COLOR=#0066cc]Mu[/COLOR][/URL]. Chronologically, the first [I]Corto Maltese[/I] adventure, [I]La giovinezza[/I] ([I]The Early Years[/I]), happens during the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Japanese_War"][COLOR=#0066cc]Russo-Japanese War[/COLOR][/URL]. In other albums he experiences the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I"][COLOR=#0066cc]Great War[/COLOR][/URL] in several locations, participates in the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Civil_War"][COLOR=#0066cc]Russian Civil War[/COLOR][/URL] after the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_Revolution"][COLOR=#0066cc]October Revolution[/COLOR][/URL], and appears during the early stages of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascist"][COLOR=#0066cc]Fascist[/COLOR][/URL] Italy. In a separate series by Pratt, [I]Gli Scorpioni del Deserto[/I] ([I]The Desert Scorpions[/I]) he is described as disappearing in Spain during the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Civil_War"][COLOR=#0066cc]Spanish Civil War[/COLOR][/URL].

ITS GREAT...just watched another yesterday ...I cant recommend this highly enough ...very good characters