|
''Mort & Phil'' ((スペイン語:Mortadelo y Filemón)) is one of the most popular Spanish comics series, published in more than a dozen countries. It appeared for the first time in 1958 in the children's comic-book ''Pulgarcito'' drawn by Francisco Ibáñez. The series features Mort ((スペイン語:Mortadelo)), the tall, bald master of disguise named after mortadella, and his bossy partner, the shorter, pudgier Phil ((スペイン語:Filemón)) Pi. Initially, they were private detectives operating as ''Mortadelo y Filemón, Agencia de Información'', but now both serve as secret agents in the ''Técnicos de Investigación Aeroterráquea'', or T.I.A. ("Tía" is the Spanish word for "aunt", a spoof on CIA, with T.I.A. translating into "Aeroterrestrial Investigation Technicians". One of the main features of the series is its extremely slapstick humor, so that the characters constantly suffer mishaps such as falls from heights, explosions, being crushed by all kinds of heavy objects (pianos, safes, etc..), usually without the consequences lasting more than one panel. ==Overview== Mort and Phil can be described as a pair of walking catastrophes, and no matter what kind of mission they are assigned they always manage to get it wrong. The results are almost invariably extremely violent, and most often directed towards Phil. At the T.I.A. (Spanish for "aunt", a parody of the CIA), which combats "enemy organizations" like R.A.N.A. ("frog") or A.B.U.E.L.A. ("grandmother"), they interact with their boss, the bad-tempered ''Superintendente Vicente''; with ''Professor Bacterio'', a black-bearded, disastrous scientist parodying James Bond's Q; and with the fat, blonde secretary ''Ofelia'', a parody of Moneypenny, whose attempts at seducing Mort always fail. Outside Spain, the series is especially popular in Germany as ''Clever & Smart''. After the 1980s, the albums have featured current news, like computer sabotage, the AVE, Islamic terrorism, Spanish and European politics, and specials for the Olympic Games and the soccer World Cup. Ibáñez likes to introduce whimsies unrelated to the action especially in covers. A water tap can sprout from a tree, two mice may be chatting, a vase can contain a foot or an eggplant, etc. An eerie example happened in the final page of the album ''El 35 aniversario'' (1993) where a New York scene features an airplane crashing against the World Trade Center. This attracted attention after the 9/11 attacks of 2001.〔''(Mortadelo y Filemón llegan al cine de la mano de Javier Fesser ): Ibáñez y la viñeta profética del 11-S: “¡Qué quince días pasé!”'', ''El País'', 4 February 2003.〕〔''( September 11 Premonitions )'', ''Dark Roasted Blend'' (blog), September 10, 2007.〕 Ibáñez issues several albums a year. One animated series and some animated films were also produced. There are two live-action movies based on the series, one of them made in 2003 in Spain titled ''La gran aventura de Mortadelo y Filemón'' (''Mort & Phil: The Big Adventure''). A second movie was released in 2008, ''Mortadelo y Filemón. Misión: salvar la Tierra'' (''Mort & Phil. Mission: Save Earth''), marking the 50th anniversary of the series. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mort & Phil」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|