Edgar Jacobs created the Blake & Mortimer series in 1946. In the six decades since their creation, all of the books have remained constantly in print. They are considered classics in the Franco-Belgian comic book tradition. In Europe, these stories are held with the same high esteem as Tintin, Lucky Luke, Asterix and Alix. Unfortunately, with the exception of Tintin and Asterix, the Franco-Belgian tradition has never caught on in the English speaking world.
The English publisher Cinebook decided to issue a line of English language translations of classic European comic books. "The Yellow M" is their first Blake & Mortimer release. This is the first Blake & Mortimer story that I have ever read and it is easily understood why this series is such a classic. The series was produced in the "clear line" (Ligne Claire) style of illustration. The quality of the draftmanship is very high. However, what makes the story first rate is the strong story line. It is cinematic in style and there is a film noire feel to the story.
Tintin is undoubtedly great, however the best Blake and Mortimer stories are as good as the best Tintin stories. And "The Yellow Mark" is definitely one of the best Blake and Mortimer stories of them all and even of all stories ever. Edgar P. Jacobs is the one who gave us much of the greatness in 'Tintin' adventures. He use to work for Hergé and much of the great work in 'Tintin' was due to E. P. Jacobs.
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Over the past nine months I've kept on translating almost 55 pages of this great story. Let's see how readers like it, and how much succeed I was in this effort...
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1. First Part - 34 Pages (uploaded in 2014)
The English publisher Cinebook decided to issue a line of English language translations of classic European comic books. "The Yellow M" is their first Blake & Mortimer release. This is the first Blake & Mortimer story that I have ever read and it is easily understood why this series is such a classic. The series was produced in the "clear line" (Ligne Claire) style of illustration. The quality of the draftmanship is very high. However, what makes the story first rate is the strong story line. It is cinematic in style and there is a film noire feel to the story.
Tintin is undoubtedly great, however the best Blake and Mortimer stories are as good as the best Tintin stories. And "The Yellow Mark" is definitely one of the best Blake and Mortimer stories of them all and even of all stories ever. Edgar P. Jacobs is the one who gave us much of the greatness in 'Tintin' adventures. He use to work for Hergé and much of the great work in 'Tintin' was due to E. P. Jacobs.
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| The Best 3 Blake & Mortmer Adventures |
"The Secret of the Swordfish" (in 3 parts) is one of the best war comics ever. It was available in English in the late eighties, and includes top racist action: Mortimer invents a super fighter plane, just in time for the evil Japanese to declare war on the entire world. "The Mystery of the Great Pyramid" is second best. It's probably the most Tintin-like of the Blake and Mortimer books, with lots of non-thrill-powered historical detail about the old Egyptian civilization.
In this post I tried with my humble knowledge to translate one of the best B&M adventures,"The Mystery of the Great Pyramid" in Bengali. Due to my limited knowledge in Egyptian history & civilization, readers "may" find me to pronounce certain characters/places in this story slight differently. Unlike Tintin and many other popular comics, these B&M comics contain lot of speech-balloons on every single page, thus readers need to use enough zoom to read the pages in Bengali fonts.
Over the past nine months I've kept on translating almost 55 pages of this great story. Let's see how readers like it, and how much succeed I was in this effort...
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1. First Part - 34 Pages (uploaded in 2014)
kuntalda darun hoche ............... amar to darun laglo .................. porer ongser opekhai roilam ..................
ReplyDeleteBhai , sab gulo (B & M) r anubad koro, darun hochche.
ReplyDeletechalie jao dada..............durdanto hochchhe!
ReplyDeleteThanki dada....ei series er 2 to boi ache amar kache,oi Yellow M ar ekta(title ta kheyal nei)....goppo gulo bhaloi but story-movement ta slow r oi hugeeeeeee speech-baloon gulo matha dhoriye dey...but art was just superb!
ReplyDeletePyramid-story ta kenar icche ache,tobe age Bengali ta pore dekhi :)
thanks for the 2nd part .............. next weekend k third part pabo ?? ......... :):):):):):):)
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ReplyDeleteBhai..The Secret of the Sword fish ta Bangla te masik Basumoti ta start hoyeche.
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ReplyDeleteSecret of the Sword fish er Kotota hoyeche ??? 2 page kore na 2-3 part e Complete erokom kichu...
Peyecho Basumoti....wait koro..shesh holei scan kore debo..
DeleteNa 1st Part Ta miss hoye geche 2nd theke Collect korchi...
DeleteAmra Antorik bhabe chai Je Apni The Secret of The Grat Piramid Story 2nd part ta complete korun...Kuntal Da Jodi ekantoi Somoy ba Dhoirjer Obhabe Seta Sombhob na hoy tobe Apnar Onumoti pele Ami Horaser Kokho ta Translate korte chai...
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না আপনার দেখানো পথ অনুসরণ করব সেই জন্যেই আমি অনুমতি চাইছিলাম আরকি।আরেকটা কথা রুস্তম দার কথা শুনে আমিও বসুমতি কিনলাম। ওতে ব্লেক ও মর্টিমারের "Secret of The Swordfish" এর প্রথম পর্ব শুরু হয়েছে,তাও আবার বঙ্কিমি বাংলা,অনুবাদ করেছেন অনিকেত নামের কোনও ব্যক্তি।সে যাইহোক বঙ্কিমি বাংলা তাও আবার কমিকসে পড়তে যেন কেমন অদ্ভুত লাগে।পড়ার সময় বারবার আপনার অনুবাদের কথা মনে পড়ছিল...
ReplyDeleteRupak er Katha 100% correct.....chalit vasha r danto vanga Bangla....basumoti te porle bojha jay.
ReplyDeleteporer parter ashay roilam....ashadharon hochhe....
ReplyDeleteporer parter ashay roilam....ashadharon hochhe....
ReplyDeleteKuntal Da Apnar ei Post Ta Porar Por Ami Blake & MOrtimer Er Die Hard Fan Hoye Gechi Bolte Paren...Eto Sundor Ekti Comics Amar Ojana Chilo...Jodio Ekhono Kototai Ba Porechi...Tobuo Ami Ekon Blake & Mortimer Series Complete Korar Jono Mukhiye Achi...Eimodhe 6-7 ta pora hoye Geche...Achha Apnar Kache Ki Yellow M er Squeal "The Septimus Wave" Ache ?? Thakle Share Korben...Thanks For Introducing This Great Characters among us...
ReplyDeleteRupak - "The Septimus Wave" sobe matro English-e bar hoyeche - ekhono pora hoye otheni - ete chobi enkechen different Artist ra.
DeleteTumi "Julius Chancer"-er adventure-o pore dekhte paro - aamar Blog-ei peye jabe - Tintin-er mato oto high standard na-holeo, valo.