WHY GRAND OLD TALES?
“Grand Old Tales From the World of Mauretania” was inspired by Matteo Gaspari of the Hamelin Cultural Association of Bologna. Matteo had masterminded the Italian edition of “The New World” but thought that Seth (Editor of the original New York Review Comics TNW) had left out some important stories. As a result of this thinking, Matteo published these extra stories as”L'Età d'oro” to coincide with the Tunué (Italy) TNW launch in Bologna in 2019 under his “Banana Oil” imprint. The stories were out in the world again.
I was honoured to meet Matteo that year, and his infectious enthusiasm encouraged me. Our taxi ride to Bologna railway station was particularly hilarious! Covid then took some of the wind out of my sails but the idea of these extra stories lived on.
There had been no English language version of these tales since Glasgow's Kingly Books included them in “The Dial and Other Stories” in 2005, now long out of print, and it seemed a shame to just leave these stories lying in the drawer for English readers.
So here they are for you as “Grand Old Tales From the World of Mauretania.”
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