Corto Maltese is more than just the ultimate achievement of the Heroic Journey monomyth in fact, I’d disagree in saying that Corto Maltese is the ultimate deconstruction of the Hero’s Journey in the wake of the 20th Century. That makes me uneasy about what the end result will be.įor an introduction of what Corto Maltese (the Comic Book series) is about and who Corto Maltese (the character) is, here is a self-referential plug from last year, and if you go by the title of that article, you’d think I’d be happy about seeing the first live-action adaptation of one of the greatest literary works of the previous century.

And yet, that period of his life made us realize that the nihilism of his work leans too close to fascism for comfort. He has claimed to be in a better place now, and has insisted on his East-Coast, liberal-libertarian credentials. I should also mention that Frank Miller is a complicated figure, complicated in that he recanted and expressed regrets about that period in the early 2010s where it seemed that he had pivoted to the far-right, publishing Holy Terror, an Islamophobic bootleg version of Batman, accompanied by Ayn Randian screeds against Occupy Wall Street. Miller’s popularity has been crucial in disseminating the work of Pratt in the Anglo Comic Book world, which is at times very insular.

Being purely objective, I have to acknowledge that Frank Miller is undeniably a true heir to Hugo Pratt’s artistic legacy, and one of the few within the Anglo Comic Book industry. The announcement on Deadline makes extensive mention of the mutual admiration Pratt and Miller had for each other, with the former becoming one of the latter’s biggest influences (as seen in the name of a certain fictitious island). The series will be backed by Studiocanal and Canal+ and will consist of a six-episode season, with EP roles falling on Jemma Rodgers and Silenn Thomas (CEO of Frank Miller Ink.). Yesterday it was announced that Frank Miller will be the lead producer and writer of a TV adaption of Corto Maltese, the landmark European Comic Book series, written and illustrated by the late Hugo Pratt, who’s basically the Cervantes of Comics.

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