Editing Hugo Pratt (section)

===Later years===
From 1970 to 1984, Pratt lived mainly in France where Corto Maltese, a psychologically very complex character resulting from the travel experiences and the endless inventive capacity of his author, became the main character of a comics series. Initially published from 1970 to 1973 by the magazine ''Pif Gadget'', it brought him much popular and critical success. Later published in album format, this series was eventually translated into fifteen languages. From 1984–95 he lived in Switzerland, where the international success that Corto Maltese sparked continued to grow. In France, most of his pre-Corto Maltese works were published in several album editions by publishers such as [[Casterman]], [[Dargaud]], and [[Les Humanoïdes Associés]]. A wanderer by nature, Hugo Pratt continued to travel from Canada to Patagonia, from Africa to the Pacific area. He died of [[Colorectal cancer|bowel cancer]] on 20 August 1995.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-hugo-pratt-1598750.html|work=[[The Independent]]|title= OBITUARY: Hugo Pratt|author=James Kirkup|date=30 August 1995}}</ref>

Pratt cited authors such as [[Robert Louis Stevenson]], [[James Oliver Curwood]], [[Zane Grey]], [[Kenneth Roberts (author)|Kenneth Roberts]], [[Henry De Vere Stacpoole]], [[Joseph Conrad]], [[James Fenimore Cooper|Fenimore Cooper]], [[Herman Melville]] and [[Jack London]] as influences, along with cartoonists [[Lyman Young]], [[Will Eisner]], and especially [[Milton Caniff]].{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}

On Friday, 15 July 2005, at [[San Diego Comic-Con]]'s 17th Annual [[Eisner Awards|Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards]], he was one of four professionals that year inducted into the Comic Book Hall of Fame.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}

One of the series created by Pratt, entitled "The Scorpions of the Desert" in English, has been continued after Pratt's death. In 2005 a sixth volume in this series was released, drawn by Pierre Wazeem and entitled "Le chemin de fièvre". A seventh album was scheduled by the French publishers Casterman for release in March 2008. Casterman have also on several occasions hinted at the possible future release of a further episode in the Corto Maltese saga.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}

In 2015, IDW Publishing's [[List of EuroComics publications|EuroComics]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://euro.idwpublishing.com/catalog/corto/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110212256/euro.idwpublishing.com/catalog/corto/|archive-date=2017-01-10|website=euro.idwpublishing.com|title=Corto Maltese}}</ref> imprint launched the definitive English-language edition of Corto Maltese, with new translations made from Pratt's original Italian scripts.