Saturday, August 13, 2016

Poe 1968, Pt. 18

(Continued from Poe 1968, Pt. 17)

I CLASSICI A FUMETTI  7
"IL DELITTI DELLA VIA MORGUE"

     (IN COLOR  w/ English Translation)

Gino Sansoni Editore was a publisher in Italy active in the 1960s & 70s.

Like Société Parisienne d'Édition's MONDIAL AVENTURES in France, Sansoni's I CLASSICI A FUMETTI was an attempt to emulate the success and subject matter of Gilberton's wildly-successful CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED.  The series was done in a tiny digest format, in B&W, with 2-3 panels per page.  It appears to have run at least 28 issues from 1967-70, and included a number of adapations not done in Gilberton's entire run.  Many of the stories focused on beautiful, sexy women, something reflected in most of their covers.

Among them were a number of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations.

First up...

     "THE MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE"

     This was the 4th version of the story, following...
Gilberton's CLASSIC COMICS #21 (Jul'44), 
Marvel's LAWBREAKERS ALWAYS LOSE #10 (Oct'49), and  
Milano Libri's LINUS #39 (Jun'68),
     ...the latter only 1 month earlier!

The art this time was by Gino Dauro, who did a lot of work in both France and Italy.  If Guido Crepax' use of intense, almost excessive detail and tiny panels could make him comparable to George Perez, Daro's simpler, more straightforward style that focused entirely on storytelling might make him Italy's answer to Dick Ayers.  (I know that's a stretch, but I enjoy doing such things.)  While Crepax' "RUE MORGUE" was insanely crammed into a mere 7 pages, Daro's version is spread out over 88 pages!!!

This was his 1st of 4 Poe adaptations.

The English translation this time around required a lot more work on my part, as, like many feature films or TV adaptations, this version of the story was very much "fleshed out" and not a literal retelling of Poe's original.  Despite this, I still managed to use some authentic Poe text, an example being the narration on Page 1.

I CLASSICI A FUMETTI  7
cover by SERGIO ZANIBONI    
     (Gino Sansoni Editore  /  Italy  /  July-September 1968)
"IL DELITTI DELLA VIA MORGUE"
     ("THE CRIMES OF MORGUE STREET")
     ("THE MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE")  /  Version 4
Adaptation by Tito Monego  /  Art by GINO DAURO  /  Page 1

Pages 2-3
Pages 4-5
Pages 6-7
Pages 8-9
Pages 10-11
Pages 12-13
Pages 14-15
Pages 16-17
Pages 18-19
Don't go away!  Our story will continue...

Copyright
(C) Gino Dauro,  Sergio Zaniboni  &  Gino Sansoni Editore.

English Translation & New Color Copyright (C) 2016 Henry R. Kujawa.

Scans of I CLASSICI A FUMETTI #7 from Silvano Calligari
     with special thanks!

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 Gino Sansoni at the Magliarossonera.it site.
See I CLASSICI A FUMETTI covers at the Comic Vine site.

Read about Gino Dauro at Lambiek Comiclopedia.

Read about THE MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE at the Spark Notes site.
Read about THE MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE at the Britannica site.

Read the complete story at the Poe Museum site.
See the RUE MORGUE Gallery of Illustrations.

      Audio:
Hear the WEIRD CIRCLE radio episode!
Hear the Paul Hecht CBS RADIO MYSTERY THEATER episode!

     Comics:
Read the Arnold L. Hicks RUE MORGUE adaptation!
Read the Sam Gross RUE MORGUE adaptation!
Read the Guido Crepax RUE MORGUE adaptation!
Read the Gino Dauro RUE MORGUE adaptation!
Read the Miguel Gomez Esteban RUE MORGUE adaptation!   (coming soon!)

Read the Cezar Lopez Vera RUE MORGUE adaptation!
Read the Illustrated Classics RUE MORGUE adaptation!  (coming soon!)
Read the Jose Ortiz RUE MORGUE adaptation!
Read the E.R. Cruz RUE MORGUE adaptation!

     (Coming soon:)
Read the Moises Cespedes RUE MORGUE adaptation!

Read the Ediciones Maisal RUE MORGUE adaptation!
Read the Howard Priestley RUE MORGUE adaptation!
     Read the Mark A. Nelson RUE MORGUE sequel!
Read the Silvio Camboni RUE MORGUE adaptation!
Read the Matt Brooker RUE MORGUE adaptation!
Read the Reno Maniquis RUE MORGUE adaptation!

Read the Emerson Dimaya RUE MORGUE adaptation!
Read the Ola Skogang RUE MORGUE adaptation!
Read the Richard Corben RUE MORGUE adaptation!
Read the Leandro Fernandez RUE MORGUE adaptation!

     Misc:
Read the Gino Dauro RUE MORGUE adaptation!
Read the Gino Dauro BLACK CAT adaptation!
Read the Gino Dauro TELL-TALE HEART adaptation!
Read the Gino Dauro HOUSE OF USHER adaptation!

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


Don't miss the 2nd PART of this... coming up next!!! 

(Continued in Poe 1968, Pt. 19)    

Poe 1968, Pt. 17

(Continued from Poe 1968, Pt. 16)

LINUS 39
"IL DUPLICE DELITTO DELLA VIA MORGUE"

     (IN COLOR  w/ English Translation)

Milano Libri Edizione was a publisher in Italy active in the 1960s & 70sLINUS was possibly the 1st all-comics magazine published in Italy, and contained, among its features, PEANUTS, BARNEY GOOGLE, LI'L ABNER, POGO, B.C., THE WIZARD OF ID, POPEYE, as well as numerous features original to Italy.

Among them were a number of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations.

First up, one of my recent acquisitions...

     "THE MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE"

     This was the 3rd version of the story, following...
Gilberton's CLASSIC COMICS #21 (Jul'44), and 
Marvel's LAWBREAKERS ALWAYS LOSE #10 (Oct'49),
     ...the latter some 19 years earlier!

The art this time was by Guido Crepax.  No doubt his most famous creation is VALENTINA, a sexy female character whose look was based on silent film actress Louise Brooks.  I first ran across Crepax' work in HEAVY METAL magazine.

This was his 1st of 3 Poe adaptations.

All 3 have been reprinted multiple times, but never translated into English until 2016, as part of a brand-new collection series from Fantagraphics Books.  I heard about this before-the-fact, and considered waiting until it came out to save myself some trouble.  However, the cost of the books was so high, there was no way I could afford it.  Ironically, I found I WAS able to afford to buy a copy of the original 1968 magazine!!!  I'm really glad I did.  It's a large-format, and quite thick-- like TIME magazine-- except, printed entirely on high-quality newsprint, which is still bright white after all these decades.  Although I can't read Italian, I'm still thrilled to have gotten an example of the actual magazine.  And, of course, with Google Translate, I can create MY OWN English version myself.

In the long run, the Fantagraphics edition has been delayed so many months, that I finished MY translation before they published theirs.

Yep-- I BEAT them to it!!!  Plus, mine's in COLOREnjoy.

LINUS  39
cover by CHARLES SCHULZ   (Milano Libri Edizione  /  Italy  /  June 1968)
"IL DUPLICE DELITTO DELLA VIA MORGUE"
     ("THE DOUBLE CRIME OF MORGUE STREET")
     ("THE MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE")  /  Version 3
Adaptation & Art by GUIDO CREPAX  /  Page 78

Page 79
Page 80
Page 81
Page 82
Page 83
Page 84 
back cover by CHARLES SCHULZ   ("They were all for me!")
It turns out, this was not Crepax' 1st Poe-related project.  
Here's a trio of stand-alone illustrations he did way back in 1951!!!

"LADY LIGEIA"
 

"IL CUORE RIVELATORE"
"GLI ASSASSINII DI VIA MORGUE"
This story has been reprinted multiple times...

TOTEM BIBLIOTECA  3:
VALENTINA PRESENTA:  POE - H - ANITA
cover by GUIDO CREPAX   (Nueva Frontera, S.A.  /  Spain  /  1979)

3 GIALLI EDGAR ALLAN POE
cover by GUIDO CREPAX   (Editori Del Grifo  /  Italy  /  1994)

GUIDO CREPAX DISEGNA RACCONTI EDGAR ALLAN POE
cover by GUIDO CREPAX   (Edito Da Excalibur  /  Italy  /  May 1999)
(Limited edition  /  333 numbered copies)

VALENTINA  7:  ASSASSINI E ALTRA STORIE
cover by GUIDO CREPAX   (Courriere Della Sera  /  Italy  /  March 2007)

JEKYLL E ALTRI CLASSICI DELLA LETTERATURA
cover by GUIDO CREPAX   (Black Velvet  /  Italy  /  January 2011)

GUIDO CREPAX EROTICA
Vol.17:  VALENTINA NOIR:  STORIE NERE A LUCI ROSS
cover by GUIDO CREPAX   (Mondadori Comics  /  Italy  /  April 2015)

THE COMPLETE CREPAX Vol.3:  EVIL SPELLS
cover by GUIDO CREPAX   (Fantagraphics  /  January 31, 2018)

Guido Crepax.
Copyright (C) Guido Crepax, Charles Schulz.
English Translation & New Color Copyright (C) 2016 Henry R. Kujawa.

Scans of LINUS #39 from my collection.

     Scans of...
"Lady Ligeia" (1951) from the Comic Art Fans site, 
     special thanks to "Mister Fantastic".
"Il Cuore Rivelatore" (1951) from the Live Auctioneers site.
"Gli Assassinii Di Via Morgue" (1951) from the Anobii.com site.

BIBLIOTECA 3:  POE-H-ANITA from the Todo Collecion site.
EDGAR ALLAN POE:  3 GALLI from the Raimondi Campbell site.
GUIDO CREPAX DISEGNA RACCONTI EDGAR ALLAN POE 
     from the Anobii.,com site.
VALENTINA 7:  ASSASSINI ALTRA STORIE from the Slumberland site.
JEKYLL E ALTRI CLASSICI DELLA LETTERATURA 
     from the Comics Babylonia site.
GUIDO CREPAX EROTICA 17:  VALENTINA NOIR:  
     STORIE NERE A LUCI ROSSE from the "MC" site.

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 Guido Crepax at Lambiek Comiclopedia.
Read about Guido Crepax at The Comics Journal site.

Read about THE MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE at the Spark Notes site.
Read about THE MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE at the Britannica site.

Read the complete story at the Poe Museum site.
See the RUE MORGUE Gallery of Illustrations.

      Audio:
Hear the WEIRD CIRCLE radio episode!
Hear the Paul Hecht CBS RADIO MYSTERY THEATER episode!

     Comics:
Read the Arnold L. Hicks RUE MORGUE adaptation!
Read the Sam Gross RUE MORGUE adaptation!
Read the Guido Crepax RUE MORGUE adaptation!
Read the Gino Dauro RUE MORGUE adaptation!
Read the Miguel Gomez Esteban RUE MORGUE adaptation!   (coming soon!)

Read the Cezar Lopez Vera RUE MORGUE adaptation!
Read the Illustrated Classics RUE MORGUE adaptation!  (coming soon!)
Read the Jose Ortiz RUE MORGUE adaptation!
Read the E.R. Cruz RUE MORGUE adaptation!
      (Coming soon:)

Read the Moises Cespedes RUE MORGUE adaptation!

Read the Ediciones Maisal RUE MORGUE adaptation!
Read the Howard Priestley RUE MORGUE adaptation!
     Read the Mark A. Nelson RUE MORGUE sequel!
Read the Silvio Camboni RUE MORGUE adaptation!
Read the Matt Brooker RUE MORGUE adaptation!
Read the Reno Maniquis RUE MORGUE adaptation!

Read the Emerson Dimaya RUE MORGUE adaptation!
Read the Ola Skogang RUE MORGUE adaptation!
Read the Richard Corben RUE MORGUE adaptation!
Read the Leandro Fernandez RUE MORGUE adaptation!

     Misc.:
Read the Guido Crepax RUE MORGUE adaptation!

     (Coming soon:)
Read the Guido Crepax MARIE ROGET adaptation!
Read the Guido Crepax PURLOINED LETTER adaptation!

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


Visit The FANTAGRAPHICS website to BUY
     THE COMPLETE CREPAX volumes as they are released!!
 
(Continued in Poe 1968, Pt. 18)