How is this done when the author cannot be consulted? The ouija does not seem to help them talk to the late Pratt. In October last year, Canales told the newspaper El País that “we are authors and we will have some of us, but the goal is to be faithful to the character and, as far as possible, also to graphics. As is a continuation of the section, we are being super responsible for the chronology and bibliography of the character”.

Those who have seen the first results, such as Pratt’s biographer Dominique Petitfaux, have talked to Le Figaro about the excellent results. Petitfaux said he has evoked the ambiences of the “classic” Pratt, remembering the appearance of his album, the Jesuit Joe.

Retrieved by a fan

No wonder those who have seen the first samples of the work have been given those echoes in their heads, if we bear in mind that the draftsman who recovers the character is Rubén Pellejero: In 1985 he founded Dieter Lump, a character influenced by the sailor created by Pratt and with great influence.

This is a great publication, both because of the expectation it will generate and because of the works that will be carried out: the collaboration of three publishers – Casterman, Rizzoli and Norma – and a circulation of at least 150,000 copies.

Unfortunately, Maltese will only rise again in Spanish. The efforts made by the editorial Antxeta de Baiona at the end of the 1980s are far away: This bet allowed the Ethiopians to read in Basque, but it has not been followed. Maybe within the last rebirth that the comic book lives around here, someone will cheer up again.