Roman Pesavento
A spectacular album, no. 755 of Tex, “La cavalcata del destino”, epic in its title alone, written by Mauro Boselli, a historic name at Bonelli Editore, and with drawings and cover by the legendary Claudio Villa, on newsstands from September 7th.
Ours have produced a little gem: evocative atmospheres, superbly illustrated landscapes, precise, well-finished drawings, but, above all, extremely expressive facial features, in the rendering of the intense emotions of the characters. The dialogues and the passionate and “dense” story are truly worthy of the most engaging western stories and not only in the comics field. There is no lack of references to real historical events, such as bacteriological warfare, a vile expedient used by English soldiers to exterminate the Indian tribes, and to the traumatic past of our hero Tex.
Particularly effective is the meeting between the Native American commissioner of Indian affairs, Ely Parker, a real character, and the pards inside a futuristic, for the time, train, which arouses contrasting "feelings" in the old owl: a fascination for comfort and an invincible distrust of modern technology.
The coloring, by Matteo Vattani, enriches the images, enhancing their expressive power in a calibrated way, without ever falling into the “circus-like”, as can unfortunately happen when moving from traditional black and white to color.
The cover of Villa, with Tex galloping under Lilyth's melancholic gaze, promises once again the triumph of good over human corruption and wickedness.
Nemesis, in the end, on the edge of the supernatural, quenches the desire for justice that the narrative structure has been able to skillfully fuel, strip after strip, in the readers.
The wicked will be paid with their own coin because Karma in the Texian world is mocking and anything but lazy.
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