Hugo Pratt
Corto Maltese: La Casa dorada di Samarkand
Linus #187
Milano Libri, 1980
I had been thinking of creating a Corto’s double for a long time. His mother once told him – and mine also told me – that if one day you meet your double, there is danger, because one of the two is going to bring misfortune to the other. I found it interesting.
Hugo Pratt, about The Golden House of Samarkand, quoted in CONG’s website
La Casa dorada di Samarkand (Italian), or La Maison dorée de Samarkand (French) −The Golden House of Samarkand, in English−, was originally published in both the Italian magazine Linus (Milano Libri) between 1980 and 1981, continuing in the also Italian Corto Maltese (Milano Libri), from 1983 to 1985; and the French magazine (À suivre) (Casterman) between 1980 and 1981, continuing in the also French Corto Maltese (Casterman) from 1985 to 1986.