#anon if u read some volumes nd like it pls dm me to join the discord server 🥺

[mayor-david-prentiss]

Hi! I saw your Corto Maltese drawings and I'm super intrigued now but don't really know where to start from, do you have any tips/recommendations on how to get into it? I know that ballad of the salty sea is considered a good starting point, but am still unsure. Thank you! And your art is super awesome!

First off ahhh thanks!!!

Now to answer your question, getting into Corto is super easy! There aren't that many volumes, and the stories are all mostly self contained, so you won't miss out on much no matter what you pick up! There are some reoccurring characters, nd some tiny references to past volumes here nd there, but genuinely, you can just pick whatever cover you vibe with the most and start there haha. They do flow chronologically in-universe. Anyway, I'll give you a link to a site you can use to get most of the volumes:

The Ballad of the salty sea was the first issue released, and it's definitely a good intro to the serial, and it still holds up (minus some sketchy moments). After that you can Google the order the issues were published in, or just pick whatever (my recommendation is to read Corto in Siberia bc it's just so Peak nd if you like it, you can watch the French animated movie, it's really good!!)

One last thing to note is that, even though Hugo Pratt has been dead for some time, they are still releasing Corto comics, so once you're done with the originals, there's still a few books to devour :)

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