“The Adventures of Captain Donka” is a comedy-philosophical comic book novel in three parts by Vladimir Sakov : “The Adventures of Captain Donka in Hell”, “The Adventures of Captain Donka in Paradise” and “The Adventures of Captain Donka: continued”. “The Adventures of Captain Donkey in Hell” was first published in 1990 by UFLEKU MP (circulation of 500,000 copies. [1] - hardcover and 500,000 copies - in the form of a two-volume); “The Adventures of Captain Donkey in Paradise” was first published in 1991 by MP UFLEKU (circulation - no data). The Adventures of Captain Donka is the first multi-volume comic book publication in the USSR and the post-Soviet space.
| The Adventures of Captain Donkey | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy-philosophical comic book novel |
| Author | Vladimir Sakov |
| Original language | Russian |
| Date of first publication | 1990 - 1991 - 2012 |
In 2008, restoration work began [2] on graphic material for the release of the collector's edition of the comic book, which should include all three parts. The publication was planned to be released by Vladimir Sakov and producer Muntyan Pavel in a year. I had to paint from scratch and restore various labor-intensive processes, the work dragged on, the publication dates were repeatedly postponed.
In 2011, an agreement on cooperation with the Moscow International Festival of Hand-Drawn Stories named after Natasha Monastyreva was issued [3] on the joint re-release of the book. The global crisis made adjustments and the publication of the publication was again postponed. In November 2012, the comic book “The Adventures of Captain Donkey” was published by Toonbox animation studio and went on sale. After 23 years from the moment of the plan and 22 years from the moment of the first publication, in support of the cultural and journalistic initiative, a resource was created to cover the "Adventures of Captain Donka" [4] .
Content
Story
Part 1. Donkeys in Hell
Suddenly to the ordinary police captain Donkey (full name Donquil) is the Lord and the Devil . After a short battle, the Devil takes Donkey to hell in the city of Diet and shows his device. According to the Devil, the Greatest Apocalypse is coming when God dares to take decisive actions and flood Hell. For obvious reasons, the Devil is opposed to this and invites Donkey to steal the Ruler of Sermyazhny. Lost in hell, Donkey meets Tantalum and agrees on some tricky plan. At the same time, Tantalus opens Donkey's eyes to the structure of the world and talks about the universal service of Good and Evil. As recorded in the book of Fates, the hero is waiting for a bullet in the forehead. Death is about to meet him, charmed by captain Donkey. At the same time, Sisyphus makes a revolution in Hell and becomes the main revolutionary leader of Hell. As a result, the captain goes to Heaven, where Sisyphus escapes with him for the company.
Part 2. Donkeys in Paradise
Sisyphus and Donkey go to heaven at the most inopportune moment, when the Holy Revision should visit them. Heroes get acquainted with amazing creatures elephants and inhabitants of Venus tapizyuhi. After sudden movements, they are captured by the Eagle, which is completely composed of souls, and even tries to swallow Sisyphus and Donkey. And then Sisyphus twists out and hits the Eagle at the assembly point, thereby provoking an explosion.
Characters
- Captain donkey
- The Lord
- Devil
- Charon
- Death
- Sisyphus
- Tantalum
- Miklantecutli
- Apostle Paul
- Barnabas
- Dante
- Carlos Castaneda
Artistic Features
- In the main characters, you can easily recognize the popular Aniskin and Pronin .
- The structure of hell and paradise is taken from Dante 's Divine Comedy .
Notes
- ↑ Chronology of Russian comics (inaccessible link)
- ↑ Start of Captain Donkey's Adventure Collector's Edition
- ↑ The Commission will take part in the publication of Captain Donkey
- ↑ Captain Donkey's Adventures official record (link unavailable)