In its December 2012 issue dedicated to travelers hero comics, French magazine Grands Reportages publish an article of 14 pages on the footsteps of Corto Maltese in Papua New Guinea. With his inimitable drawing style, Hugo Pratt gave birth to his cult character Corto Maltese in Papua New Guinea in the heart of the Pacific Ocean. This first adventure, The Ballad of the Salt Sea, is now considered a founding work of modern comics.
The magazine also devotes a report Tintin Peru, Blake and Mortimer Greece, Blueberry Arizona and Jonathan Himalayas. A special issue to discover in all good newsagents from 1st December 2010.