I said in the time that this house was always open to friends who want to enter. Well, this time it was Toni's friend who has asked me the keys to give a party in honor of the comic Blueberry and in particular to Western cinema and in particular. Obviously you are all invited. Skip a drink.
I say publicly, in this article my boldness exceeds all limits, but being so long-running series and extended and unable to return to reread them for the reasons as always, I will dare to make a review to flight bird and certainly new. Like any daring act is accompanied by some courage and unconsciousness, I hope they forgive myself and appreciate the gesture and if they had better decide once and for her, and not regret (And eye! That I say this with certainty unusual), this eulogy will have been worthwhile and I know that Jean Giraud, wherever you are, I wink and Jean Michel Charlier was removed at the tomb of some pride post mortem.
Like any parent and reference work, aspects that can influence are manifold. I will tell you about Lt. Blueberry focusing more on its relationship with cinema, but be calm because it does not speak of that monster movie basurilla call from the same name as the comic but its relationship with the cinema of the west with the western, starting traits that Mike S. Blueberry powerfully remind us of the French actor Jean Paul Belmondo.
purposely Leaving aside all the events that were shaped through the years this masterpiece, only two data apostille to date including: started back in 1963 when Charlie was looking for a cartoonist for a number of west and the other date is 1989, when staying Charlier Giraud as author died complete saga. Before
in itself, and start to reel off cycles, it is law to mention the states of grace and quality that squandered its two authors in this work, as we grow not only one of the greatest visual artists and narrative of the twentieth century but also reveals a writer of the old school with a sweeping force and modernity in the plots and arguments, aside from a profound characterizations and brilliant characters that made him one ahead of his time. His death far and added a few publications that exist in our country, makes him a stranger but Charlie is a big plus. I personally see their influence on the comic and movies and the series later today which combine intrigue, mystery and adventure. When reading the Lieutenant know what I mean.
Above all, and is the great need of this review, I want to see as Lt. Blueberry born and raised in the heat of American cinema, especially the Western, and was taking and passing the current stage and that this had. The
Fort Navajo saga begins, beginning the cycle of Cochise and the Apaches (1965-1969), consisting of five comics, where we represented the entire area of \u200b\u200bUSA and Mexico with the Rio Grande through a truth and amazing knowledge. In this first-cycle, where the young Giraud shows a classical traditional and somewhat archaic for what comes next, although he noted great ways for the story, we pay tribute from Major Dundee Pechimpah, Broken Arrow Delmer Daves The Apache Aldrich or The Unforgiven by John Houston.
Broken Arrow. Delmer Daves (1950)
Then came the only autoconclusivos take the series, The Man with the Silver Star (1969), volume where it begins and ends in a perfect way the story is a tribute to the cinema in the West. Here is reminiscent of High Noon by Fred Zinnemann, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Ford teacher and especially the Rio Grande with a Blueberry Howard Hanks in the role of John Wayne.
Rio Bravo. Howard Hanks (1959)
In chronological order would cycle the Sioux (1970-1971) with The Iron Horse and three more titles. In this case, and based on historical events such as the construction of the rail by two companies in a fierce competition, one for the east, another to the west and the slaughter of Sioux Indians and their subsequent response to Little Big Horn, as well as move northward toward the Great Plains and the Rocky Mountains, so sublime and assist staff to the vision of what happened there by the authors. Here already we see the similarities with the film on the cover of the 2 nd title of the series: man iron fist copied directly from the film The Desperados of Henry Levin, a Steelfingers Jetha like the villain of the film, the great Jack Palance.
films that inspired this series range from, died with his boots on Raoul Walsh, Union Pacific's Cecil B. DeMille (the cartoons panoramic many Giraud is a tribute to the director) and Ralph Nelson's Soldier Blue, filmed at the time, and where it is a complaint to the indiscriminate killing of Indians.
Died with Their Boots On. Raoul Walsh (1941)
Make an indent at this point to say that in all stages of this saga, there are situations and characters that were true, product documentation made by the authors, and knew very cleverly mixed with things from his invention, giving and from very early in the series a touch of history, a status that no other series has come to West have.
far we can say that it comes Blueberry classic, Blueberry comic gender as pure, in this case the Western genre, following the parallel turn to cinema of the West, in this case with the golden age of Western, 40's, 50's and first half of the 60. The cycles that follow already come with a frame, some arguments, characterizations and characters, some dialogue and situations, in short, modernity and quality, although Western comics, drawing together transcending the genre intrigue, mystery, adventure, black gender, social reporting, gender history, gender prison, etc ...
The next cycle, the mine German lost (1972-1973), consisting of two titles, the mentioned and The Phantom of the gold bullets (both slightly inspired by the legend of the Lost Duchtman) is a lesson in how in just two volumes make an unforgettable gallery worthy of the best side of American cinema and a story about an unforgettable gold mine. As for films relating to this cycle we can lie The Treasure of Sierra Madre John Houston and Mackenna's Gold J. Lee Thompson, on a legendary gold vein located in the sacred territory of the Apaches shot a couple of years ago, but already beginning to guess were the influences of western Europe with Sergio Leone in the lead in the five years that will from 1965 to 1970 shot her fetish films.
Mackenna's Gold. J. Lee Thompson (1969)
And with these came Chihuahua Pearl, the first volume of the cycle of Confederate Gold (1973-1975), composed of five volumes. For me the star of the saga cycle and one of the peaks of the 9 th Art. I will not talk much about the genius of this cycle, that's what the critics and Blueberry studies, noted that the cast of characters here is simply brutal heading the cast one of the most memorable characters, Chihuahua Pearl (the little fox in the Pearl Jimmy McClure would say), a prostitute, spy, sexy adventurer, mercenary, the antithesis of Bluberry. This cycle can be awarded as generic cinematic influences and disparate that it would be difficult to specify, creating a really great mix of genres. Just to argue that we have articulated a truly exciting and mind-bending plot, with plots to kill the President of USA, degrading prisons leaking through, suicide missions, double set of spies, shootings, explosions and violence in the line of best Pechimpah, hired murderers Angeles faced the best pre-revolutionary atmosphere of the best Mexico has been done in the cartoon, crazy and death triggered by gold, but treachery and betrayal and treachery in a hellish game leaves the reader literally, breathless and in shock. Apart from this impressive work of Charlier, Giraud is on this cycle in its most sublime moment, with that I say everything, I need not go into details.
For A Fistful of Dollars. Sergio Leone (1964)
And now at its zenith, was published Broken nose first album Vitorio cycle and the Navajo (1980-1983), composed of four titles, plus two volumes clip where the authors are closing issues raised in previous cycles. In this series the authors show the demystification and the decline of the old West and the arrival of the new era that makes dying a whole era, which ran dying and going to the West in those years. Blueberry is no longer such but is Tsi Nah Pah. and ashamed of the white man and the supposed modernity that killing an entire way of life and historical period. The western that can influence starting from the oldest as The Ox-Bow Incident by William A. Hellman, furious argument against lynching and injustice, the last of John Ford western, The Big Fight, all an act of justice toward the Indian nation, or Little Big Man, Arthur Penn western atypical, another allegation twilight of the old West but also influences from Sam Pechimpah guess, Michael Cimino and Clint Eastwood.
The Big Fight. John Ford (1964)
And thinking of ending this fabulous journey, came the death of Jean Marie Charlier, which made people think many people or Lt. Blueberry was finished or could become Giraud Moebius and depersonalize the saga doing weird experiments. In the end, Giraud contradicting many people, showed that many years with great writers had brought a really interesting background and ended the series with Geronimo cycle and the OK Corral (1995-2007), consisting of five volumes, which gives us his version of the famous duel of Wyatt Earp and Doc Holiday, with Blueberry in between as great observer. Giraud we say about the camera so great about characters, and dissected with a scalpel in order to deepen all psychologically in a highlight of that era and one of the greatest legends West, with a new drawing Moebius than ever, but with that classic touch Blueberryeresco. The influences of classic films concerning the famous duel we mention Darling Clementine John Ford o poker Henry Hathaway's death, but what really noticeable influences are generic and can be varied as John Wayne's character in Searchers or Eastwood's Unforgiven or The Sting and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid George Roy Hill.
Two Men and a destination. George Roy Hill (1969)
and fire, with a double argument: the first for this type of film, although there are many films that have aged considerably and evil, there are many others that are maintained with a force and a quality that I'm sure some of you are surprised and the second is, of course, for this masterpiece of cartoon art, which combines two of the great art form to show us how to live the adventure capital letters while maintaining the moral integrity and dignity as a main argument and skill by flag.
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