![]() ![]() I have been a Corto Maltese fan ever since. To me it showed off the power of the comic where language is not much of a barrier. Maltese is a rascal who could talk to the gods. It was full of magic and romantic adventure. The artwork was so expressive and so bold that it leapt off the newsprint. Then on my travels, I studied and discovered an edition at a newsstand in Rome. In a statement, Miller said, “I first discovered Corto Maltese reading the books at Forbidden Planet in New York as a young man. ![]() In movies, he’s written RoboCop 2 and 3, and acted as director on both 2005’s Sin City and its 2014 sequel, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, as well as the 2008 adaptation of Will Eisner’s The Spirit. It’s not his first TV gig he was the creator and executive producer on the 2020 Netflix series Cursed, which he also appeared in. Miller, who introduced the location "Corto Maltese" to the DC Universe with his 1980s series The Dark Knight Returns, will act as writer and executive producer on the six-episode series. Hugo Pratt’s greatest hero is about to live again, with the news that Corto Maltese - the iconic sea captain that appeared in Pratt’s work from 1967 through 1989, comprising some of the most beloved works in European comic history - is being adapted as a television series, with Frank Miller attached to the project. ![]()
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