Thursday, July 28, 2016

Poe 1968, Pt. 15

(Continued from Poe 1968, Pt. 14A)

A CRIPTA  1
"A SOMBRA"

     (English Translation) 

Editora Continental / Outubro / Taika were 3 names used by the same small publisher in Brazil.  The work of artists Jayme Cortez & Miguel Penteado, they produced some wonderful comics, many of them in the horror genre, each doing many gorgeous, stunning cover paintings!

I have discovered, between my own researches and the IMMENSE help of artist and fellow fan Toni Rodrigues, that Continental / Outubro / Taika during their run produced at least 25 POE adaptations-- more than Skywald or Warren !!  It's my intention to compile, clean up, TRANSLATE and COLOR every one of these for my POE blog project!!  (Well, with exceptions.)

Following the demise of ALBUM CLASSICOS DE TERROR came A CRIPTA. Friend & fellow artist Toni Rodrigues had this to say about the magazine:

"A Cripta was printed on a de luxe format, similar to Warren's Eerie and Creepy. The original run lasted five issues. It was a magazine a bit ahead of it's time, because the writer, R.F. Lucchetti, chose to aim his stories at a mature audience. The Nosferatu character for instance, is a vampire, but he falls in love with his victims and has a lot of conflicts. The logo on the cover was painted and integrated on the art by Nico Rosso, etc. It was a gorgeous magazine and had a higher price also. That may be the explanation for its short run."

23rd in line...

     "SHADOW"

Recurring themes can be found in almost any author's work.  In this case, the story has certain elements that are similar to Poe's "The Masque Of The Red Death".  Both take place in the distant past, and involve countries over-run with pestilence.

The art this time is by Nico Rosso, one of the most prolific comics artists in Brazil, responsible for a multitude of interior stories, but perhaps best known as "the" DRACULA artist in the 1960s. He also did an enormous number of full-color painted covers.

This is his 3rd of 4 POE adaptations.

A CRIPTA  1
cover by NICO ROSSO   (Editora Taika  /  Brazil  /  1968)
"A SOMBRA"
     ("SHADOW")  /  Version 1
Adaptation by R.F. Lucchetti  /  Art by NICO ROSSO  /  Page 1
Page 2
Page 3
Page 4
This reprint contained the first 3 issues of A CRIPTA in their entirety...

A CRIPTA:  MAGAZINE DE TERROR
cover by NICO ROSSO   (Editora Taika  /  Brazil  /  1970)
Here's the all-reprint collection of Nico Rosso's work where I found the story...

COLECAO CONTOS DE TERROR
cover by NICO ROSSO   (Editora Taika  /  Brazil  /  1973)
As a bonus, here's the cover of Toni Rodrigues' MEMO Magazine #1 
featuring an exhaustive look back at cover artist Nico Rosso's career!

Copyright (C) Nico Rosso  &  Editora Taika.
New Text Copyright (C) 2016 Henry R. Kujawa


Scan of A CRIPTA #1 cover from the Nostalgia Do Terror site.

Scans of COLECAO CONTOS DE TERROR
     from the Banca Dos Gibis Brazucas blog
     Special thanks to Mario Jorge Vargas at the Che Guavira blog!

Restorations by Henry R. Kujawa

For more:
Read about Edgar Allan Poe at The Poe Museum site.
Read about Edgar Allan Poe at the Biography site.


Read about Editora Continental / Outubro / Taika at Guia Dos Quadrinhos.
See more covers from Editora Outubro at the Nostalgia Do Terror site.
See more covers from Editora Taika at the Nostalgia Do Terror site.

Visit the Nico Rosso blog!

Read about The Shadow at the Hub Pages site.
Read the short story at the The Literature Network site.


Read the Nico Rosso SHADOW adaptation!
Read the Richard Corben SHADOW adaptation!

     Misc:
Read the Nico Rosso RED DEATH adaptation!

Read the Nico Rosso TELL-TALE HEART adaptation!
Read the Nico Rosso SHADOW adaptation!
Read the Nico Rosso RAVEN adaptation!

See the CHRONOLOGICAL list of Edgar Allan Poe stories!
See the ALPHABETICAL list of Edgar Allan Poe stories!


(Continued in Poe 1968, Pt. 16)

Poe 1968, Pt. 14

(Continued from Poe 1968, Pt. 13)

CLASSICOS DE TERROR  8
"HELENA"

     (IN COLOR  w/ English Translation)

Editora Continental / Outubro / Taika were 3 names used by the same small publisher in Brazil.  The work of artists Jayme Cortez & Miguel Penteado, they produced some wonderful comics, many of them in the horror genre, each doing many gorgeous, stunning cover paintings!

I have discovered, between my own researches and the IMMENSE help of artist and fellow fan Toni Rodrigues, that Continental / Outubro / Taika during their run produced at least 25 POE adaptations-- MORE than Skywald or Warren !!  It's my intention to compile, clean up, TRANSLATE and COLOR every one of these for my POE blog project!!

22nd in line, the debut of a somewhat obscure poem...

     "TO HELEN".

I first saw mention of this in a listing for ALMANAQUE CLASSICOS DE TERROR #12 (1976).  Not long after I discovered it originally appeared here.  But as of 8-13-2016, I hadn't seen a single page of it yet.  (But at least the blog page was set up.)  Both the cover and the story information were supplied by Nikki Nixon, a contributor to the GDQ, who has my thanks!

Once again, I feel like Hercule Poirot, trying to piece together things from bits of information that slowly keep surfacing.

Well!  On 4-23-2017 I ran across the reprint posted at the "Papel Digital" blog.  The scans were not so hot, but my guess is, the reproduction quality of the reprint was really the problem.  It was ABYSMAL.  Still, at least now I have it.  

I decided that between the poor quality of the images, and the 3rd-rate art to begin with, to do the least amount of clean-up possible, and also make the coloring SIMPLER than usual.

But I did get inspired when I replaced the sloppy lettering in the title panel!

The artist here is Juarez Odilon.  He did a lot of work, both stories and cover paintings, for Continental / Outubro in the early 60s.

This was his 2nd of 2 POE stories. 

ALBUM CLASSICOS DE TERROR  8
cover by PRIMAGGIO MANTOVI   (Editora Taika  /  Brazil  /  1968)
"HELENA"   
     ("TO HELEN"  /  Version 1)
Adaptation by Francisco De Assis  /  Art by JUAREZ ODILON  /  Page 1
Page 2
Page 3
Page 4
Page 5
Taika reprint covers rarely have anything to do with any of the stories inside.  However, this one looks like it was specifically done to illustrate "HELENA".

ALMANAQUE CLASSICOS DE TERROR  12-A
cover by SERGIO LIMA   (Editora Taika  /  Brazil  /  1976)
Copyright (C) Juarez Odilon  &  Editora Taika.
English Translation & new color Copyright (C) 2016 Henry R. Kujawa.

Scan of ALBUM CLASSICOS DE TERROR #8 cover 

     from the Guia Dos Quadrinhos site
     with special thanks to Nikki Nixon!
Scan of ALMANAQUE CLASSICOS DE TERROR #12 cover (1976)
     from the Quadri Brazil site.

Scans of ALMANAQUE CLASSICOS DE TERROR #12 interiors
     from the Papel Digital blog  
     with special thanks to "Elioch2016
     and/or "mangas e desenhos hentais".

Restorations by Henry R. Kujawa.

For more:
Read about Edgar Allan Poe at The Poe Museum site.
Read about Edgar Allan Poe at the Biography site.


Read about Editora Continental / Outubro / Taika at Guia Dos Quadrinhos.
See more covers from Editora Outubro at the Nostalgia Do Terror site.
See more covers from Editora Taika at the Nostalgia Do Terror site.

Read about Juarez Odilon at the Guia Dos Quadrinhos site!
Read about Sergio Lima at the Guia Dos Quadrinhos site!
See more Edmund Dulac art at the Art & Artists blog.

R
ead about TO HELEN at the Interesting Literature site.
Read about TO HELEN at the Shenandoah Literacy site.
Read the complete poem at the Poetry Foundation site.

See the TO HELEN Gallery of Illustrations!

     Misc.:
Read the Juarez Odilon BLACK CAT adaptation!
Read the Juarez Odilon HELENA adaptation!

See the CHRONOLOGICAL list of Edgar Allan Poe stories!
See the ALPHABETICAL list of Edgar Allan Poe stories!


(Continued in Poe 1968, Pt. 14A)