table 1 AND ADAM GAVE BIRTH TO SETH, WHO GAVE BIRTH TO ENOS, WHO (OMISSION …) GAVE BIRTH TO LAMECH, AND LAMECH LIVED ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY YEARS AND GAVE BIRTH TO A SON WHO HE NAMED NOAH.
BEN NOAH’S FOURTH SON
NOAH WAS A RIGHT MAN AND WALKED WITH GOD. HE STARTED WORKING THE LAND AND PLANTED THE VINEYARD, HE GAVE BIRTH TO SHEM, HAM, JAPHETH AND …
NOAH’S HAM, 62 YEARS OLD
ONE-TWO. ONE-TWO-AND THREE…
NOAH’S SHEM, 67 YEARS OLD
COME ON WITH THOSE SHORT LEGS SHEM! WE DON’T HAVE A LIFE’S TIME!
LAMECH’S NOAH, 525 YEARS OLD
NOAH’S JAPHETH, 51 YEARS OLD
table 2 I DON’T KNOW WHY IT CROSSED YOUR MIND TO INVENT THIS STUFF. COULDN’T YOU EAT THE GRAPES AND DRINK FRESH WATER?
AND WHERE SHALL I THROW THIS?
SPLISH – SPLOSH
WHAT IS IT?
GRAPES.
THANK YOU, HAM!
SAUVIGNON, OR WHAT THE HELL IT IS CALLED
WELL, SO IN THAT TUB OVER THERE. WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO LEARN?
THEY’RE STILL YOUNG
I KNOW IT IS GRAPES, HAM. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT KIND OF GRAPES!
table 3 THIS POMACE IS TOTALLY SQUEEZED. WE CAN’T GET ANYTHING MORE OUT OF IT.
WELL, THEN. THROW IT AWAY. SHALL I TELL YOU EVERYTHING?
CAN I HAVE IT?
NOAH’S BEN, 44 YEARS OLD
WHAT THE HELL DO YOU WANT TO DO WITH IT? IT IS USELESS.
I SPEND MY TIME, AS YOU DON’T MAKE ME WORK.
OF COURSE. ALL HE DOES IS DAMAGES, DOESN’T HE, DAD?
BEN-MAKES-DAMAGES! BEN-MAKES-DAMAGES! TARARA’-TIRIRI’…
ON THE THEME OF “FRERE JACQUES”
BEN’S PIERI, THE DOG
table 4 AND NOW HE GOES TO MOAN WITH MUM… GNE’-GNE’-GNEE… MAY GOD STRIKE THEM…
SDE’NG!
IT ISN’T POLITE, BEN.
AND NOW CLEAN THE FLOOR AND TAKE THAT STUFF AWAY.
table 5 IT’S POOR OF ALCOHOL.
YOU’RE A DONKEY. SO THE BOUQUET GOES TO HELL.
SO IN A MONTH’S TIME IT WILL BE VINEGAR.
AND SO?
WE PUT SUGAR IN IT. AS MUCH AS NEEDED.
AND SO?
CHERCER
AND WHO SHOULD CATCH US, SISSY!
THE POLICE? THE REVENUE GUARDS?
SHALL WE THROW BOILED MUST INSIDE?
NOAH, SOMEONE WANTS YOU.
AND IF THEY CATCH US?
C’EST TROUVER
table 6 OH, GOD! WHO? THOSE?
NO. HE. HE’S WAITING FOR YOU AT THE CLIFF.
THE DUTY OFFICERS? THE POLICE?
NO, OF COURSE. BUT IF YOU DRINK TWO LITERS, AS HE DOES, THEN YOU BELIEVE IT.
IT’S VERY LIGHT WINE.
GUESS IF IT WAS A LITTLE STRONGER! HE SAYS HE’S SPEAKING WITH GOD. DO YOU BELIEVE IT?
HE WOULD BELIEVE VERONELLI
table 7 ARE YOU A DIVINER AND/OR DO YOUR RHEUMATISMS TELL YOU?
IT WILL RAIN FOR FORTY DAYS
HE, TOLD ME. THEREFORE IT IS FACT, NOT FORECAST.
‘HE’ IS AFFORDABLE
BUT DAMN IT: WE STILL HAVE ALL THE CABERNET ON THE GRAPEVINES!
THIS MEANS THIS YEAR WE SHALL DRINK WHITE WINE.
SCRATCH
BUT ARE YOU CRAZY? WHITE WINE WITH WILD BOAR?
ARE WE CRAZY?
WHITE WINE WITH BRAISED BEEF!?
WHITE WINE WITH KIDNEY!?
WE’LL EAT FISH, WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO TELL YOU. BUT IT ISN’T OVER YET…
table 8 I’VE DECIDED TO DROWN EVERYBODY! WE TOO?! LET ME FINISH OR YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND.
EGOISM
HE SAYS MANKIND IS A GANG OF ROGUES THAT MAKE ONLY DAMAGES
… AND THEN SAYS HE IS RIGHT!
HI! HI! HI!
BUT HASN’T HE CREATED THEM?!
THE POINT IS TO BE ABLE TO CORRECT ONESELF. NOT LIKE BEN, WHO DOES SILLY THINGS…
YOU, SHUT UP. WELL, HE WANTS TO KILL EVERYBODY. BUT US.
COMPLIMENTS FOR THE CHOICE
SDENG
GRRR…
UH!
table 9 BUT THIS KID WITH HIS DOG IS A REAL THORN IN THE BOTTOM! UFF…
YOU’VE MADE HIM AND NOW I HAVE TO KEEP HIM.
SDENG
AND WE HOW DO WE SAVE OURSELVES?
PRAGMATIC MOTHER
BUT WHAT DO YOU WANT TO KNOW, YOU …
HE HASN’T TOLD ME.
HE DOESN’T REMEMBER
… THORN IN THE BOTTOM!
NOBODY TAKES HIM SERIOUSLY
ONE OR THE OTHER: EITHER WE SWIM, OR BY BOAT.
OBVIOUS
table 10 I WONDER WHY WE HAVE TO DEMOLISH THESE ALMOST NEW BARRELS…
AND DURMAST MADE, NOT SCOTCH PINE. IN MY OPINION IT DOESN’T FLOAT. AND ANYWAY IT IS TOO SMALL.
MUSIC: THE HYMN OF THE SEVEN DWARFS
WHAT THE HELL DO YOU KNOW? SHUT UP, PEASANT!
WHAT?
HALT, STOP THE WHOLE THING!
HE SAYS IT’S TOO SMALL.
PRRR-T
table 11 HE SAYS WE HAVE TO TAKE ON BOARD ALSO THE ANIMALS. HENS, ZEBRAS, PIGS…
I DON’T LIKE PORK.
… AND HORSES, ELEPHANTS, FLIES, BISONS… WELL, ALL THE CATALOGUE, IN TWO COPIES BUT ARE YOU JOKING? THEY WILL BE THOUSANDS!
DINOS AND ALIKE EXCLUDED
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE, THAT AFTER THE FLOOD WE REMAIN ALL TOGETHER WATCHING THE DESERT? AND THEN ANIMALS ARE NOT GUILTY.
IS HE COMING AS WELL?
BETTER A COUPLE OF SETTERS, AT LEAST THEY ARE USEFUL.
DINOS EXCLUDED
LET’S GO AWAY, PIERI, BEFORE THEY START THROWING STONES AT US.
table 12
“YOU SHALL BUILD THE ARK 300 CUBITS LONG, 50 WIDE, AND 30 HIGH”. GEN. VI, 15
COULDN’T HE HAVE IT BUILT BY THE OTHERS, BEFORE DROWNING THEM?
HE SAYS IN THIS WAY WE WOULD SPOIL THEIR SURPRISE.
AND BEN, WHERE IS HE? HE’S NEVER AROUND, WHEN WE HAVE TO WORK HARD
table 13 IT’S FERMENTING, PIERI. FEEL HOW WARM IT IS. AND THEY SAID IT IS USELESS!
THERE HE IS
I’M FROZEN, AND MY JOINTS ARE ACHEING. THE WEATHER IS GOING TO CHANGE.
SEVEN DAYS LATER, AT DAWN
IT’S THE SIROCCO.
THE SIROCCO COMES FROM THE SOUTH, ALIDA. IT’S A WARM WIND
ALIDA SCHNEIDER, 81 YEARS OLD
PROBABLY THIS IS COLD SIROCCO.
AS STUBBORN AS YOUR SON. WHERE HAS HE GONE TO HIDE?
table 14 DON’T TELL ME YOU’RE WORRIED.
NO, BUT… WHAT’S THE MATTER…?
LOUD NOISE
THE ANIMALS HAVE COME.
MUSIC: WALKYRIES AND THUNDERS
table 15 COME UNDER HERE, OR YOU’LL GET SOEAKED. IN A WHILE THEY’RE LEAVING AND WE CAN GO BACK HOME.
THE WATER IS RISING. I THINK IT’S TIME TO GO.
YAOOH! OFF FOR THE ADVENTURE!
ONE MOMENT. BEN IS MISSING.
MOTHER’S HEART
OH, GOD… THAT DRAG
GO AND FIND HIM, QUICK!
THE WATER IS HIGH, NOW! DO YOU WANT TO MAKE US DROWN?!?
table 16 LET’S CALL HIM THREE TIMES. IF HE DOESN’T TURN OUT AT THE THIRD, WE’LL PICK UP THE MOORINGS.
BEN.
BEN.
BEN.
MOTHER’S HEART
OK. LET’S GO.
FUCK YOU, BEN!
ADIOS, BEN!
A LITTLE RESPECT.
SDENG
GONE. LET’S GO BACK HOME, PIERI.
table 17 NOT EVEN THE EMBERS, THEY HAVE LEFT US.
NO BREAD, NO POLENTA, NO ONIONS…
HOME, SWEET HOME
NO OLIVE OIL
… AND NO WINE. WHAT’S LEFT OF THE GRAPES IS UNDER WATER. HARD TIMES, PIERI.
THERE’S ALWAYS OUR POMACE. LET’S ADD SOME WATER, SO IT GOES DOWN.
PLIC
SPLASC
NO MORE RAIN!
GOD, HOW HUMID. I’VE GOT MOULD EVEN IN MY NOSTRILS. I FEEL HOMESICK…
FORTY DAYS LATER
table 18 NOW HE’LL BE UNDER WATER. THE HOUSE, THE DOG AND…
DON’T BRING UP A SORE POINT! YOU CYNIC.
LITTLE BEN
SDENG
HAVE YOU GOT THE MATTER? IF I MAKE IT BOIL ITS GOOD FRAGRANCE COMES OUT…
HOWEVER I’M SURE THERE IS A WAY…
BUT WHEN I DRINK IT, IT IS DISGUSTING.
WE’D BETTER GO SOMEWHERE LESS WET. AND AS I CAN’T SWIM…
PROBLEM
table 19 WATER DOESN’T GET ON THAT SMALL MOUNTAIN. QUICK, PIERI.
SOLUTION
THIS IS WHERE DAD CAME TO TALK WITH HIM…
BUT WHO WILL SPEAK TO ME? IF YOU WEREN’T HERE…
IT LOOKS LIKE A CENTURY AGO
LET ME WORK, IT IS BETTER. SO…
LET ME WORK, IT IS BETTER. SO… HA’UK! HU’AK! HA’UK!
FORGET SENTIMENTALISM
HE’S HUNGRY
table 20 FISH. FISH. FISH
THAT WAS MY SHEEP. AND HE KNEW IT!
GUESS WHAT, THOSE ON THE BOAT…
MINE! MINE! ARE WE ROMANTIC, NOW?
TENSION ON BOARD
STOP IT, JAPHETH!
OLD CYNIC! I DON’T KNOW HOW MUM CAN HAVE INTIMACY WITH ONE LIKE YOU!
GALLOPING OEDIPUS
SDENG
HI! HI! HI!
MY LOVELY SHEM
table 21 HERE SHE IS. EVERYTHING EASY: LET’S GO TOWARDS LAND! AND WHERE? WHICH LAND? WHERE THE HELL IS IT?
THIS IS ENOUGH! LET’S GO TOWARDS LAND.
LET’S SEND OUT A BIRD THAT CAN FIND IT.
THAT’S ENOUGH
WELL?
…
…
…
…
THE DESERTED WATER. AT NIGHT IT FLEW LIKE A BLIND GLIDER. BEN, LYING ON THE HARD LAND DREAMED…
THE RAVEN FLEW. IT REMAINED IN THE AIR FOR DAYS AND DAYS SEARCHING FLAP - FLAP
OH, WHAT A NICE KID! OH, WHAT A CUTE BOY!
BEN’S FIRST DREAM
LET’S SEND A RAVEN, IF NECESSARY IT CAN EVEN SPEAK A LITTLE.
… THE BOARDING HOUSE OF U.
table 22 EAT, SWEETHEART…
SO YOU GROW UP TALL AND CURLY AND DARK HAIRED!
SISTER LULU.
SISTER LUANA
MEAT…!
HE’S GOT EVERYTHING AND I’VE GOT NOTHING! NO, NO, NOOOO!!
SISTER JOVANKA
NOOO! NOOOO!
END OF THE DREAM
THEY DON’T SEND OUT A PHEASANT, THOSE SKINFLINTS. AT LEAST, IF THE RAVEN DOESN’T GO BACK, THEY REMAIN OFF OUR BACK. HERE, PIERI.
SFLECK
ARF!
table 23 GO LITTLE DOVE, AND COME BACK WITH THE GOOD SIGN!
SEVEN DAYS LATER
WE HAVEN’T GOT IT YET: IT TASTES WOOD. HOWEVER I’M SURE THAT, IF WE CAN MAKE IT PROPERLY, WE CAN DIGEST EVEN RAVEN MEAT.
OH!
WE’LL SAVE THIS FOR LATER. FIRST LET’S HAVE A NAP…
GOOD NIGHT, LITTLE SNACK
… WE’LL SLEEP ON IT. AT LEAST WE WON’T EAT FISH…
table 24 IS THIS THE WAY YOU WELCOME ME, COMING BACK FROM THE WAR? WHERE ARE MY DOGS?
NIGHT BRINGS NIGHTMARES
THE WAR 1894-97
I WANT TO SEE MY BELOVED DOGS! WHERE’S ORAZIO?
BUT WHO IS HE?
HERE I AM, BARON.
ORAZIO N.
WHERE ARE THE DOGS I ENTRUSTED YOU WITH WHEN I LEFT?
BARON VON K.
table 25 THEY ARE DEAD.
PARDON?
DEAD.
SCHMERZ
DEAD
UND SCHEISSE!
(O, TERRIBLE PAIN!)
GET AWAY, RASCAL! MURDERER! RAUS, BEFORE I DENOUNCE YOU!
SLAM
HERE HE IS…
STRONG
table 26 HAVE YOU REALLY KILLED THEM YOURSELF?
YES. WHY?
HONEST
THEY CRIED AND MY HEAD ACHED HEARING THEM.
THE FAMINE. THERE WAS NOTHING MORE TO GIVE THEM TO EAT.
THE FAMINE ’95-‘96
YOU CANNOT EXPLAIN EVERYTHING TO EVERYBODY.
BETTER NOTHING TO NOBODY
YOU COULD BEAT HIM, BREAK HIS…
HE’S ANGRY FOR DISDAIN
GOOD: SO THE POLICE TAKE ME TO A JUDGE AND HE THROWS ME IN JAIL. THIS IS 1897, IT IS NO LONGER THE TIME OF AN EYE FOR AN EYE.
GRR…
WHY DIDN’T YOU TELL THE BARON?
table 27 AND NOW?
I’LL GO TO WORK.
WITH THAT?
YES, TO MAKE GRAPPA IN THE COURTYARDS.
WORKER
AND HOW DO YOU MAKE IT?
… I’VE GOT IT… COOL IT! THEN CUT THE TAIL … BUT YES, YES…!
THE KNOW-HOW COMES!
MAKE IT, OR MAKE IT GOOD?
table 28 AND THE COIL! THAT WAS COLUMBUS’S EGG! SMELL THE FRAGRANCE…
EITHER ROME OR DEATH
AN EXCEPTIONAL PRODUCT.
THE TIME HAS COME
NOW I CAN LET YOU GO. THEY MAY COME TO SEE WHO IS THE THORN IN THE BOTTOM!
TE DEUM!
AND BRING THIS TO THEM, SO THEY UNDERSTAND THE SIGN.
THE BANANA OF PEACE
table 29 MGNMM… THE LAND HAS RESURFACED. WE’RE GOING BACK HOME.
WELL DONE, DAD!
I’M HERE, MUM!
HE’S GOT A HEART!
AH, HERE YOU ARE.
THE PRODIGAL FATHER
YES, TRY IT.
table 30 YOU’VE RUINED ALL MY POTS!
I MADE IT.
AS PROUD AS A YOUNG BULL
HOW DID YOU MANAGE TO MAKE IT?
WELCOME BACK MUM
A MAN TAUGHT ME… ORAZIO IS HIS NAME. HE TOLD ME: “REMEMBER, THIS IS 1897…”
SLAP
table 31 EIGHTEEN-NINETY-SEVEN WHAT? CONES ON YOUR HEAD?
SELF
COME ON, BLOCKHEAD!
……!
CONTROL
LET’S GO AWAY, PIERI, IT IS NO LONGER THE TIME OF AN EYE FOR AN EYE.
THE TIME OF LEAVING
table 32 OFF WE GO, THE WORLD IS LARGE.
(AND EMPTY)
LET’S STOP THERE, I FEEL A LITTLE PAIN AT MY BOTTOM.
SCIOF… SCIOF…
table 33 HI, NICE CHAP.
HI. THIS IS MY EQUIPMENT TO MAKE GRAPPA. DO YOU WANT TO COME FOR A TOUR?
GOOD MORNING NICE MAN
WHAT IS GRAPPA MADE WITH?
POMACE.
WHAT ABOUT TRYING TO MAKE IT WITH GRAPES?
THE BEGINNING
table 34
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