Tarkan (comic)
Tarkan is the cartoon character in the comic series of the same name by Sezgin Burak .
The creation of the figure
While Burak was working at Studio D'Ami in Milan in 1965 , he invented the character El Cougar and also co- drew the character Colosso . During this work he planned to draw a Turkish cartoon character and began to read about the Huns , who according to the Turkish official history thesis are the original Turks, as well as about their legendary leader Attila . In the 1940s, two series of comics about Attila were published in Turkish children's magazines, drawn by Şahap Ayhan and Ayhan Erer . Tarkan was actually a character who originally appeared on these series. Burak has continued to work on this figure and portrays it as a warrior and ambassador, who mediates communication between different peoples in the vast Huns with his faithful wolf.
publication
The series was first published on July 21, 1967 and appeared in 21 issues with a total of 15 adventures. The series has also been translated into English, French and German.
Minor characters
Other important characters in the series, besides Tarkan and his wolf, are Attila, Bige (a Hunnin), Kulke (a little warrior), Tan (Tarkan's brother), Altar (Tarkan's father), Kostok (Tarkan's main enemy), Gosha (a beautiful and dangerous witch), Azuk (a northern warrior), Ursula (a Viking warrior princess), Orso the Giant (the servant of Ursula), Mario (a Franconian ), Kombo (a dark-skinned gladiator), Evdoksia and Valentinianus (a Roman Emperor and his wife), Kandilis the Pirate (a Macedonian pirate), Torah the Vikings (the evil king of the Vikings), Karsen the Kater (a northern barbarian), Kuzmo (executioner of the Vandal Queen), Burta (a nomad), Princess Honoria (the fiancée of Attila) and Yao-Chang (the evil Chinese king).
filming
Tarkan was a popular character in Turkish cinema. The first film inspired by Tarkan was Tarkan, the Steppe Falcon ( Bozkırlar Şahini Tark-Han , 1968, Mehmet Aslan ).
From 1969 onwards, a series of films was made whose scripts were written by Burak:
- Tarkan - The Monster Tower ( Tarkan, Canavarlı Kule , 1969, director: Cavit Yürüklü )
- Tarkan - The Sword of Mars ( Tarkan, Mars'ın Kılıcı , 1969, directed by Tunç Başaran )
- Tarkan against Jamoka ( Tarkan Camoka'ya Karşı , 1969, directed by T. Fikret Uçak )
- Tarkan - The Silver Saddle ( Tarkan, Gümüş Eyer , 1970, director: Mehmet Aslan)
- Tarkan - Viking Blood ( Tarkan, Viking Kanı , 1971, directed by Mehmet Aslan)
- Tarkan - The golden medallion ( Tarkan, Altın Madalyon , 1972, directed by Mehmet Aslan)
- Tarkan - The Strong Hero ( Tarkan, Güçlü Kahraman , 1972, Director: Mehmet Aslan)
- Tarkan - The strong hero against the armless hero ( Tarkan Güçlü Kahraman Kolsuz Kahramana Karşı , 1973, director: Mehmet Aslan)
In most of the Tarkan films, Kartal Tibet played the role of Tarkan.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tarkan'ın Yaratılışı. tarkan-sitesi.com, archived from the original on May 13, 2008 ; Retrieved December 28, 2013 (Turkish).
- ↑ Tarkan'da Başlıca characters. tarkan-sitesi.com, archived from the original on March 31, 2008 ; Retrieved December 28, 2013 (Turkish).