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Post by coinilius on Mar 8, 2012 7:25:11 GMT -5
Page Fourteen
NOTES:
* This page is a cheat for me - all the text on it is either Poulo making noises or the other Trobbits making '?' sounds. Obviously the context is easy enough to pick up on - Poulo is racing back to the Sagar Tree and alerting the other Trobbits while doing it. What could be going on?
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Post by coinilius on Nov 23, 2012 4:44:05 GMT -5
Told you I was still working on this Page Fifteen Panel One Rif: Hem. Hem. Is my venerable and admirable leader Balkar satisfied with my new recipe – giant butterfly resting on pink-cabbage? Balkar: A delight, Rif my cook! But who dares disturb my meal in our Sacred Tree? Poulo: Poueet! Pouett! Aglub... aglub! Panel Two Rif: Trobbits! Who dares disturb the meal our leader's enjoying? Terra: It wasn't me! It was Gossamer the big ears! Gossamer: It was not, it was Terra the farmer! Burble: No! It was Carpo the Carpenter! Carpo: No... Not me, it was Burble the water specialist! Poulo: Bibi! Panel Three Rif: So Trobbits? Our leader is losing his patience! Other Trobbits: It wasn't us! It was the Poulo the little mute! Poulo: Beeuuu... ag... ag... aglub... Panel Four Rif: It was not them; it was Poulo, the little mute, O' beloved leader Balkar! Balkar: Sileeeence! Panel Five Balkar: Teurrf! Teurrf! Aaarrrgh... Rif: Now look, Trobbits! Our leader is choking on my wonderful new recipe! Poulo: Ag... Ag... Agluuuub... NOTES: * I'm probably missing something in the description of Rif's recipe... giant butterfly on pink cabbage? I mean, it sounds like a zany alien recipe, but also... well, that looks like a chicken leg that Balkar has on his plate... * Also, when they are giving the Trobbits specialities, Burble is described as a 'water specialist'
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Post by coinilius on Nov 25, 2012 4:49:13 GMT -5
Page 16
Panel One Poulo: Aglub... pluff... tiiouitt bibi!
Balkar: Oh! Oh! Ooh! Wait, my little Poulo! I alone am gifted with the power of telepathy which lets me know your thoughts and translate!
Rif: Of course, my leader... Since you are the boss!
Panel two Balkar: Button it! I need to concentrate! Go on, little Poulo! And take it easy!
Poulo: Tuuiiit... poueeet blub... bladiplufff...
Balkar: “I was fishing... at the edge of the Great River... downstream... from the High Waterfall...
Panel Three Poulo: “Sssplutt... tioop... swwwiiifff!”
Balkar: “I was on my tenth underwater slug... when suddenly... Swwwifff...”
Panel Four Poulo: “A glub plataouuuf puuuiiiitt...”
Balkar: “...A sensational tug! I pulled, pulled with all my strength... there was a great turmoil...”
Panel Five Poulo: “Haaagn! Kublooob... biiiip... beauaaarh!”
Balkar: “...And then I saw the head of a huge monster emerge... My line was wrapped around one of its horns!”
Panel Six Poulo: Tiouuuitt! Aglagla! Aglagla! Glub beuaarh!
Balkar: “I was paralysed with fear... I had from fishing... an enormous dragon!” What?!
Trobbit: Ah! Ah! Ah!
Trobbit: Oh! The little liar!
Trobbit: Ah! Ah! Joker!
Trobbit: A dragon?!!
Rif: You lie to our leader?
Panel Seven Balkar: Poulo! You interrupt my meal and your companions work to tell me your fisherman joke? By the slippers of the Ancient Ones! Tonight, you will be deprived of dessert!
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Post by coinilius on Nov 28, 2012 7:06:30 GMT -5
Page Seventeen
Panel One Rif: I will prepare Blue Frog Jam! Our boss will have extra... Na!
Panel Two Terra: Never has a putrid swamp dragon dared come to devour my Pink-Cabbage plants!
Panel Three Burble: Such monsters never haunt our clean waters! And I know my wildlife like the tip of my beard!
Panel Four Gossamer: And if a dragon had been in my airspace, I would have known!
Panel Five Carpo: Although Overlord would be able to attack us by way of dragons! He has already sent his Electric Vipers!
Panel Six Balkar: Impossible! A real dragon would have devoured Poulo and would not have been caught on a line like a slug!
Panel Seven Rif: That’s all true! So why didn’t it devour you, mmh? Come on... tell your leader Balkar everything!
Poulo: Sniff... Sniff...
Panel Eight Poulo: Bliiip spoooop glub splaouff...!
Balkar: “...Its wings were entangled in the web of Tarentula... and it collapsed dead tired on the bank?”... But then...
Panel Nine Balkar: ...a dragon that is vulnerable like that could be a friendly dragon! And who is a nice dragon but...
Trobbits: Warlock!
Poulo: Bip!
Balkar: And where there is Warlock, there is...
Panel Ten Balkar: By the socks of the Ancient Ones! Follow me to the river everyone!
Poulo: Tuuip!
Rif: Go one, follow our leader, Trobbits!
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Post by coinilius on Nov 29, 2012 7:20:14 GMT -5
Page Eighteen Panel One Caption: A new day rises on the giant Sacred Tree of the Trobbits... nearby, the friendly dragon Warlock, healed and rested, grazes on the tender grasses of the meadow... Panel Two Caption: ...Under the immense branches, preceded by a sweet smelling infusion of flowers, the chef Rif climbs towards a small hut... Panel Three Caption: ...Inside which the guest wakes from a long nightmare, and whose eyes open to a rustic decor which he recognises... Poulo: Rrr... pfuiiii... Panel Four Rif: Blackstar, young prince! The Ancient Ones be praised! You came back to us alive... and you conquered Antrax! Poulo: Sluiiip! Spoot! Blackstar: Rif... Poulo... What a joy to see you again! Panel Five Poulo: Pfffwwuuiiiitt!! Panel Six Balkar: The signal! Blackstar has awakened! Terra: My Pink Cabbages have made him healthy! Carpo: He slept in the cabin that I built! Poulo: Pffwuittt! Gossamer: It was I who, by flying, found his body on the other side of the river! Burble: Rif made a good remedy from my water which is infused with a secret destiny! NOTES: * Warlock is a herbivore? So he's like a big, fire-breathing cow * The Trobbits really like explaining what their specialities are... * Speaking of which, Burble's line at the end was a tricky one, and it doesn't help that it kind of sounds like 'his water' means they made that remedy from his pee...
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Post by coinilius on Dec 3, 2012 5:39:34 GMT -5
Page Nineteen
Panel One Balkar: By the boots of the Ancient Ones!... The Black Star!
Gossamer: Thanks to this jewel, we know the awful plans of the Overlord!
Terra: Blackstar! You are our hero...
Burble: ...Overlord will never be master of the universe! Hurrah!!
Carpo: The Black Star will never be united with the Moon Stone by the tyrant!
Panel Two Blackstar: Friend Trobbits, once again you've saved my life!... You retrieved me after my spaceship crashed on Sagar... And I lost the memories of my origins...
Blackstar: ...To better fulfil the prophecy of the Ancient Ones!
Panel Three Blackstar: From elsewhere, I have defeated the Coal Monster Antrax, and taken the Black Star!
Poulo: Swwiip!
Panel Four Blackstar: Here it is! But the Overlord, the tyrant of the Ice Palace, has all the same wins, chief Balkar!
Balkar: Gulp! What... what do you mean, noble hero?
NOTES:
* Balkar has some kind of strange footwear fetish going on in this comic...
* Again, in this 'continuity' Blackstar has lost his memory following the crash on Sagar, and the 'Black Star' and the 'Moon Stone' seem to serve a similar plot-function as the Starsword/Powersword
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Post by coinilius on Dec 4, 2012 5:27:22 GMT -5
Page Twenty
Panel One Blackstar: Tarentula has kidnapped my beloved Mara... our sweet fairy is now in the clutches of this demon!
Panel Two Trobbits: Sniff... Sniff...
Panel Three Balkar: By the Sword of the Ancient Ones!... We must race to free her!!
Panel Four Rif: I look forward to simmering it in a broth!
Terra: Beurk! It would be indigestible unless we add some of my Pink Cabbages!
Poulo: Couic!
Panel Five Carpo: Yeah! We'll destroy the castle with the help of my catapult!
Gossamer: Aerial bombardment using explosive watermelon shots!
Burble: I know enough about water corrosives to gnaw away its foundations!
Panel Six Blackstar: No, friend Trobbits! My sweet Mara would pay for your brave attacks with her life! She is now hostage to the odious master of ice!
Panel Seven Caption: Meanwhile...
Panel Eight Caption: In the space above Sagar, by the order of the Overlord, a strange satellite captures a ray of solar energy...
Panel Nine Balkar: Lo... look! The Black Star... It's changing colour!
Caption: ...And emits a powerful beam that strikes the precious gem resting in the hands of Balkar!
NOTES:
* Exploding watermelons= Power Fruits? Maybe?
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Post by blackstar76 on Dec 4, 2012 13:00:49 GMT -5
Edition lugs came today!!! If you need any help with any page or panel, just let me know and I'll try to work it out!!! I didn't have the time to read it yet, I just gave it a glimpse. Oh, man I can't believe what I was missing... Thanks for your outstanding work on the translation so far!
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Post by coinilius on Dec 5, 2012 5:21:47 GMT -5
Page Twenty-One
Panel One Balkar: By... by the Cigars of the Ancient Ones! My mouth smokes!
Panel Two Balkar: Grrrmml... My ears smoke!
Panel Three Balkar: Pfff... My... my nose smokes!
Panel Four Balkar: I smoke everywhere! Teeurrf! Teuurf!
Panel Five Blackstar: By the Galaxy!
Rif: Our venerable chief is burning on the inside!
Gossamer: It is Overlord’s black magic!
Carpo: It uses his gift of medium to speak to us!
Terra: The smoke takes on an inhuman form...
Gossamer: ...That of the Telekrane the Witch!
Poulo: Aglagla!
Panel Six Telekrane: Hyaar! Hyaar! Hyaaar! I am Telekrane, the immaterial messanger of the Overlord of Sagar! The spatial projection of his dark thoughts!
Telekrane: On your knees, insolent and ridiculous midgets! And you too, Blackstar, bend your knee to the magic of the Overlord! Hyaar! Hyaar!
Panel Seven Blackstar: Balkar: What... This old crone, she insults my Trobbits!
Blackstar: Patience, Balkar! First we must listen to what the Overlord wants to tell us through your mouth!
Blackstar: Speak, Telekrane! What has become of our sweet fairy Mara?
NOTES:
* This is a pretty interesting sequence, IMO, using Balkar as a medium, and the use of smoke and flame pouring out of him is both comedic and kind of creepy at the same time.
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Post by coinilius on Dec 5, 2012 5:23:52 GMT -5
Thanks Blackstar76 - glad to hear you've gotten your copy! It was my holy grail of Blackstar collecting for awhile there, until I managed to track down a copy lol Now translating it is my white whale
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Post by coinilius on Dec 6, 2012 4:42:04 GMT -5
Page Twenty-Two
Panel One Telekrane: Give me the Black Star so that I may present it to my master! Telekrane: In case you refuse...
Panel Two Balkar: Pouah! The word of the Overlord is worth no more than the growl of the reptile Karnosaurus!
Rif: King Balkar is always right! Na!
Carpo: The tyrant proves that Mara is still alive!
Panel Four Telekrane: Watch the telepathic vision I receive from my master!
Blackstar: Mara!
Telekrane: Your precious fairy is trapped in the Chamber of the Bottomless Pit! Hyaar! Hyaar!
Panel Five Mara: Aaaah... Blackstar... My love...
Panel Six Blackstar: Mara!
Panel Seven Blackstar: Telekrane! Send this message to your vile master! I will go to the Ice Castle myself to make the exchange!
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Post by coinilius on Dec 10, 2012 6:02:43 GMT -5
Page Twenty-Three
Panel One Overlord: Here is the answer of the future conqueror of the universe!
Telekrane: Go thee tomorrow night to the Ice Castle, at the precise moment of the two full moons of Sagar!
Panel Two Telekrane: Come alone, Blackstar! Otherwise... Mara will disappear into the Bottomless Pit! Telekrane: Farewell midgets! Ha! Ha! Hyaar!
Blackstar: Tell your master that if there is the slightest sign of disloyalty, it will be he who ends up in the Bottomless Pit!
Balkar: Hold me back or I will...
Panel Three Balkar: But... where does that old crone go?
Carpo: She returns to where she came from through the same pathways! Hi! Hi!... You are smoking!
Panel Four Balkar: By the anger of the Ancient Ones! Treating my Trobbits like midgets! Grrr... Why I... Balkar: Gossamer!
Panel Five Balkar: Listen... psst... bllbl... pst...blbl... Balkar: ...And discreetly!
Gossamer: Aye, aye, King Balkar!
Panel Six Caption: But...? To what mysterious destination does brave Gossamers ear wings take him... and without the knowledge of Blackstar?
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Post by blackstar76 on Dec 10, 2012 6:14:25 GMT -5
Excellent work my friend, I couldn't have done it better! The concept with overlord trying to master the universe, starting from earth (which seems more technologicly advanced!!!), is really exciting and shows that maybe the greek idea of naming the line motu came from there...
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Post by coinilius on Dec 10, 2012 6:20:33 GMT -5
I know I was so tempted to just have him say 'here is the answer of the future Master of the Universe!' but thought it might be a bit much The French creators really had a thing for Overlord being out to conquer not just Sagar but also the Universe - he says much the same thing in the Pif Gadget stories.
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Post by blackstar76 on Dec 10, 2012 7:07:08 GMT -5
I would go on and translate it as "master of the universe"!!
It's great that this comic legacy remains. Although I love the masters of the universe franchise, I was always attracted more by the blackstar comics, because of its cult appeal.
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