Comic Strip #9: Posljednja karta / Divlji nasljednici / Legionar / Blago Crvenobradog / Čuvari Bierzoa
Comic Strip #9 continues the adventures of Blueberry, Jeremiah, Asterix, Redbeard and Ramiro, with comic relief from Little Spirou and Gaston. A varied selection of European adventure and humour comics.
The ninth issue of Comic Strip combines Westerns, historical adventure, pirate stories and humour, continuing several European comics series. Its serial format presents instalments of longer narratives rather than a collection of complete albums.
Lieutenant Blueberry appears in La Dernière Carte, written by Jean-Michel Charlier and illustrated by Jean Giraud. Hermann’s Les Héritiers sauvages takes readers into Jeremiah’s world of insecurity, violence and survival. Providing a contrast to these realistically drawn adventures, René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo’s Astérix légionnaire turns the ancient world into a setting for verbal wit and comic misunderstandings.
Charlier and Victor Hubinon’s Le Trésor de Barbe-Rouge supplies maritime adventure, while Jacques Stoquart and William Vance’s Les Gardiens du Bierzo continues Ramiro’s medieval exploits.
Shorter contributions featuring Tome and Janry’s Little Spirou and André Franquin’s Gaston provide humorous interludes. The alternation between longer adventures and compact gags gives the issue a varied rhythm, bringing together distinctive approaches to drawing, characterisation and storytelling.
Two copies are available
