In the good old days when we still thought that Robin Wood to write all his comics (but already leaked through some indiscretion nippurweb.com.ar) I wrote a long piece about Wood that ended with a list of his series arrive in Italy. "And we hope not too many stupid things you have written" I said to introduce it on Mute Fucine 51. Here, of course, I take this opportunity the blog to update and correct some things ...
And of course to expand the list with the new series of the weekly Wood appeared after 2002.
The Cossack ( Skorpio 47/85)
Sacha Veblin is the product of illicit passion (and very short-lived) of Prince Fedor for a commoner. What a beast, the prince ignores the poor Katie up at birth, at a time when part of the woman with a lot of isba below concrete. To combat it, however, is the father of the woman, another that is no joke in terms of brutality: it Terek Atark, a Cossack, one of the men of the wilderness of steel and his nephew does not want to give up. The first stirrings of Sacha stop the fight between the two, but also mark the end of his mother. Once named as best Sacha and cooled the hot spirits, computer Boris, Prince Fedor's brother, tells him to forget about the child's avoiding the scandal of a hateful relationship to the social conventions of St. Petersburg. Sacha grows like a Cossack in the care of his grandfather and become a simple brawler prince official in Crimea and even to turn: the now-old Fedor, who saw him as a young man himself, it does not tolerate the apparent weakness of its two official heirs. The Cossack is one of those series that have made history. The idea is in fact almost genius: move the situations and the typical Western stereotypes in a "serious" and well depth. But after the first few episodes here and there you feel a bit 'tired and perhaps the last period are the most trivial to resolve a situation that are not good. Sometimes, then, Sacha Veblin is so arrogant as to be unpleasant. Wood had originally thought of as a designer but Casall Salinas, while not great, it has certainly been able to inextricably link his name to this series, especially in Italy. The last nine episodes are, however, by a certain Furlino, admirer if not a real assistant Casall [Hernan Ruben Furlino was also the "clone" of other designers as needed] , and the series would then be continued in Argentina without Wood. The Cossack was originally reprinted in a special volume of his own (1989) and then insert ( Skorpio 1/98-1/99, the reissue has yet to be completed).
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