week 9

This week I read Hugo Pratt's Corto Maltese. Although the comic was in Italian, and most of time while trying to decipher the material, I found myself just trying to figure out each illustrated panel rather than continue attempting to read the text. The illustrations were clear and highly detailed like a animators sketchbook. There was a definite era time difference, From the way the people held themselves to the the ships using large sails to travel, along with the type of clothing the characters were wearing. I had to reread the comic several times just because the imagery suggests a faster pace in movements when a fight begins to brew. Altogether the comic was enjoyable to read in a sense. Stories that have a historical semi-plot can usually grab a readers attention faster just because of the years of history we take while attending grade school. The imagination can develop the pacing faster and what the rest of the environment may look like just based on few artifacts in the comic.