Tintin: The Complete Companion: The Complete Guide to Tintin's World (The Adventures of Tintin) - Hardcover

Farr, Michael

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1405261277 ISBN 13: 9781405261272

Publisher: Egmont Books Ltd, 2011

Synopsis

Join the world’s most famous traveling reporter in the complete guide to the world of Tintin.The perfect gift for fans of the beloved graphic novel series, old and new.

Written by ace Tintinologist Michael Farr, this book is the complete guide to The Adventures of Tintin, including fascinating background information on how the books were created. Learn how Tintin was based on Herge’s brothe, and Captain Haddock on himself! With fascinating detail Michael Farr also recounts how real people came to be immortalized in the Tintin books.

Lavishly illustrated with photographs, illustrations, sketches and maps, this is the fascinating story of the evolution of a genuine comic book classic. Ideal for fans aged 8 and up.

Herge (Georges Remi) was born in Brussels in 1907. Over the course of 54 years he completed over 20 titles in The Adventures of Tintin series, which is now considered to be one of the greatest, if not the greatest, comics series of all time.

Have you collected all 24 graphic novel adventures?

Tintin in the Land of the Soviets

Tintin in the Congo

Tintin in America

Tintin: Cigars of the Pharaoh

Tintin: The Blue Lotus

Tintin: The Broken Ear

Tintin: The Black Island

Tintin: King Ottakar’s Sceptre

Tintin: The Crab with the Golden Claws

Tintin: The Shooting Star

Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn

Tintin: Red Rackham’s Treasure

Tintin: The Seven Crystal Balls

Tintin: Prisoners of the Sun

Tintin: Land of Black Gold

Tintin: Destination Moon

Tintin: Explorers of the Moon

Tintin: The Calculus Affair

Tintin: The Red Sea Sharks

Tintin in Tibet

Tintin: The Castafiore Emerald

Tintin: Flight 714 to Sydney

The Adventures of Tintin and the Picaros

Tintin and Alph-Art

About this title

About the Author

Hergé (Georges Remi) was born in Brussels in 1907. Over the course of 54 years he completed 23 albums of The Adventures of Tintin series, which is now considered to be one of the greatest, if not the greatest, comics series of all time. With translations published in over 80 languages, more than 230 million copies sold worldwide and a Hollywood movie to its name, Tintin dominates the Comics and Graphic Novels chart even today. Sadly, Hergé died in 1983, leaving his 24th album, Tintin and Alph-Art, unfinished, but his hero continues to be one of the most iconic characters in both adult and children’s fiction.

From the Back Cover

This complete guide to the world of Tintin, lavishly illustrated with photographs, illustrations, sketches and maps is the perfect gift for any Tintin fan.

For many years, author Michael Farr was a reporter like Tintin. He covered many of the same countries, or at least their real-life counterparts. He came to know Hergé, himself, and for this book was given access to his immense archive. The leading British expert on Tintin, Michael has created the ultimate guide to Tintin's world.

Edition details

• Publisher: Egmont Books Ltd
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1405261277
• ISBN 13: 9781405261272
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 128