(PROGRAMME thousand words. 27 OCTOBER 2009) Prolific
and essential in the history of English comics, Victor Mora, claimed that he had always dreamed of drawing the adventures of a knight, and thus was born, his pen and the hand of the artist Ambrós, the Knight Captain Thunder, the prototype of quixotic hero fighting with idealism for justice, freedom, peace and brotherhood.
English was the first comic to become a mass phenomenon. Although the Editorial Bruguera did not have a successful adventure series similar to the Mask and Roberto Guerrero Alcázar and Pedrín since the appearance of Captain Thunder in 1956 by writer and artist Victor Mora Ambrós, these publications were eclipsed point topped the Thunder juvenile comic book market. Unlike other works of genre and corasarios pirats and favor one side were drawing, the atmosphere, fun, colorful scenery and the historical context in which they develop and, secondly, in the script, a stories in which the protagonist travels the world fighting a onjetivos universal r justice and freedom. In his first season, 1956-1968, the series became more popular cartoon and distributed in Spain. Outside of Spain, Captain Thunder was published in several countries in Latin America and Europe, becoming published in Portugal, France, Germany and Greece, with the latter two countries achieved greater popularity.
English was the first comic to become a mass phenomenon. Although the Editorial Bruguera did not have a successful adventure series similar to the Mask and Roberto Guerrero Alcázar and Pedrín since the appearance of Captain Thunder in 1956 by writer and artist Victor Mora Ambrós, these publications were eclipsed point topped the Thunder juvenile comic book market. Unlike other works of genre and corasarios pirats and favor one side were drawing, the atmosphere, fun, colorful scenery and the historical context in which they develop and, secondly, in the script, a stories in which the protagonist travels the world fighting a onjetivos universal r justice and freedom. In his first season, 1956-1968, the series became more popular cartoon and distributed in Spain. Outside of Spain, Captain Thunder was published in several countries in Latin America and Europe, becoming published in Portugal, France, Germany and Greece, with the latter two countries achieved greater popularity.
Like almost everything English that his career is a successful publisher has followed a complex path of reissues and reprints, not always with the best quality and true to the originals. It is very difficult eguir track of all the published, official or Captain Thunder apocryphal, although the best efforts correspond to Ediciones B and Planet. During the eighties and nineties of the twentieth century, new adventures appeared unprecedented, without success. Many authors were reinterpreted the character (as Amador García, Jesús Blasco, Luis Bermejo ,...), but were more successful reissues of tidy stories and sources Ambrós Man published until 1968, but have a certain prestige among purist followers the story appeared in the History of the Comics Editor Toutain and Appointment in Cordoba published in 1989, and considered the history of El Capitan Trueno 619.
To mark the 50th anniversary of its creation in 2006, experienced a renaissance Captain Thunder interest and commemorative editions and volume (also large-format) "The Great Book of Captain Thunder," with great sales. And there are new stories like Silence, Captain Thunder Youth on youth of the hero and first advertised in 2010 ua new story, The Death of Captain Thunder and a film, Captain Thunder, The Holy Grail. We both put their hair on end. Of true fear.
Interestingly, the protagonist of the story, Captain Thunder, a English gentleman of the Middle Ages at the time of the Third Crusade, XII century, is Catalan, Empordà. True to form I saw Mora, will be joined Goliath by his friends, strong, big, not clever, and Crispin, a young, cheerful, smart and, in many occasions, also for Sigrid, the bride of Thunder and Queen of the Island of Thule. Unlike other histories of the period, Captain Thunder in other races and cultures are considered inferior, so, you create bonds of friendship and enmity with the Vikings, Chinese, Native Americans, and in the same way among English along to the honest and courageous characters often appear evil. Moreover even the bad are bad displayed in absolute terms of Loghbroth Ragnar himself, Sigrid adoptive father, appears as pirate ships to be assaulted with wealth of the merchants, but struggled to turn against the slave traders. Captain Thunder apart is a more human character than others of the era. As an example, compared to the rigidity of Roberto Alcázar, imperturbable, which not even the comic counterpoint that might involve Pedrín smile, Captain Thunder smiles and even laughs out loud at the events and disasters and Goliath starring Crispin.
Women in the work of Victor Mora are also treated differently as they are in other works of the era, not merely to be the companion of the warrior, but have a decision and a very distant leadership of the archetypes of the time. Becomes Queen Sigrid of Thule, and rules without any male protection, and therefore not so bad. It is true that the desire of Sigrid is married with his hero, but not neglect their duties of good government with respect to his subjects, reasons and responsibilities that accompany the hero in preventing many of his adventures.
Morgano The introduction of the wizard indicates that all was not killed in the English intelligence,
in a society dominated by obscurantism and a firm belief in the most backward religious morality, Victor Mora introduces him to serve as a reasoning and distinguish science and progress false technical magic and trickery. This inclusion makes anachronisms appear in history as the globe, but are warned by the author. This element allows them to move easily by almost everyone. Other anachronisms and historical forgetfulness of the series, are excusable as copyright license, and because, contrary to common in her era comics, the geographical and historical setting are beautifully maintained. We have mentioned in your knowledge of gunpowder, when traveling to China, the Persian empire, Saladin, Genghis Khan, and his due, inaccuracies on the Viking sagas, the possible arrival Teranova of these, in Pharaonic Egypt full Middle Ages ....
Captain Thunder had some problems with censorship, no wonder if Victor Mora himself was arrested and imprisoned for belonging to PSUC and live in sin with your partner. There were no other races as inferior, that sometimes after fighting those who oppress certain people to leave Captain Thunder and are members of the people themselves without asking the white man who will appoint the president, who they choose, converted to hero in someone unusually at the time, the Captain Thunder somehow became a defender of human rights, contrary marked by the censorship of the time and the Franco regime, provided extolling the victory over the agnostics and atheists (eg the fight against the Muslim infidel) and advocating the most orthodox Catholic values.
This meant that in some situations be changed to avoid problems from the political standpoint, the Kingdom of Thule is shown as a parliamentary monarchy, like most of the Vikings, but a kingdom with dyes and semi-authoritarian paternalistic. And to prevent Captain Thunder Sigrid and lead a life together outside of marriage, Queen Sigrid no right along with Captain Thunder, but only rarely. Victor Mora
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two other series with similar characters, El Jabato, The Cossack Green Iron Le Corsaire. The format is always the same and similar characters Gallery: Taurus, Noodles Miletus, Claudia, Mac Meck, the magician Merlini, Lady Roxana, repeated archetype, hero, the great and powerful friend, the friend of small and weaker and eternal love. This fights are insured, which would come alone, laughter and humor to the greed and cowardice, companionship and love. This love is shown almost always platonic, except in the stories of the late twentieth century, which sees Sigrid naked on two occasions, one in a bath in a river, and other sharing bed with Captain Thunder.
Finally some notes on the best-known authors:
- Víctor Mora has gained recognition from critics and fans. While recognizing, of course, the authorities and the French critics.
- Power Man is regarded as the best continuation of the work of Ambrose. A stroke deprived him of continuing the series of El Hierro Corsair.
- Ambrose, the father of the creature, a sad story. Republican ex-teacher, learned to do comics for a living, and it was known when he began Captain Thunder. Bruguera abandoned in 1965, but returned to give birth to The Iron Corsair, and definitely the comics in 1981, survived without any pension to 1,992. For this brilliant cartoon just an award from the Barcelona Comic Fair and a statue in his hometown of Thunder.
And still we wonder why we hate to give the Medal of Merit in Work some cupletista tempered or Medal of the Arts of San Fernando to a famous bullfighter in his private life for his alleged art?
About:
http://www.capitan-trueno.com/
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/V % C3% ADctor_Mora
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambr% C3% B3s
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Fuentes_Manuel
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