Tintin Comic Book, Centennial Celebration

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Celebrating 100 years old the birth of "Herge" the creator of Tintin ,

 

One of the comic books that really made me excited and truly captured my heart was the Tintin comic series. Featuring the boy reporter, his dog Snowy and down the line the memorable supporting cast included the whisky-loving Captain Haddock, the bumbling detectives Thompson and Thomson and the absent-minded half deaf Prof Calculus.  As he (Tintin) went through many challenges and emerge triumphantly along the way.

Tintin, the intrepid reporter first saw the light (introduced) in 1929

Who is the man behind the boy 

Lets get some facts here, there must be someone who created this Hero

We all really enjoy reading the comic series of Tintin and of course like everything else that exists there must be someone behind it who created this hero to be alive.


Younger "George Prosper Remi"

The man responsible for Tintin was "Georges Prosper Remi". Born on May 22, 1907 in Brussels, Remi developed an early interest in drawing cartoons and his earliest works made their debut in his boy scout troupe's publications. At the age of 17, he decided to adopt the pseudonym "Herge", under which he become famous. He fist book on Tintin was "Tintin in the land of the Soviet". followed by second book "Tintin in Congo" and his third book, "Tintin in America"

The cast of Characters 

The 1st character, 24 books, the main center is none other than Tintin, the youthful reporter

TINTIN



The title character is the eternally youthful reporter who investigations take him to four corner of the world. He overcomes the odds thanks to his indomitable spirit and a combination of cunning, arrogance and physical agility. Curiously, despite being eminently eligible, Tintin never once came close to developing a love interest.

The 2nd Character 

SNOWY

Tintin's faithful sidekick is a terrier who rescues him from trouble on countless occasions. Snowy's thoughts are made clear through speech bubbles so that he almost appears to be a talking dog (he certainly solves more than one mystery through his remarkable understanding of human language!). Although it is arguable that his influence decreases over the course of the series as more and more regular characters are introduced it is still Snowy who is inextricably linked with his master.

The 3rd Character 

CAPTAIN ARCHIBALD HADDOCK

First introduced in the Crab with the Golden Claws, Captain Haddock is arguably the most memorable of all Tintin characters. He is best remembered for a legendary fondness for the bottle(he is initially a raving alcoholic manipulated by his first mate, Allan) and his convoluted curses ("billion of billious barbecued blue blistering barnacles!" and "10,000 thundering typhoons! for starters). Eventually he is forced to live the life of a country squire at an estate called Marlinspike, a situation which offers no end of comic relief.

The 4th Character 

PROF CUTHBERT CALCULUS

A barmy inventor, Prof Calculus makes his bow in Red Rackham's Treasure, where is touting a fantastic submarine. Selectively deaf and particularly touchy about being called a goat, he is nonetheless sufficiently brilliant to lead Tintin and friends to the moon (Destination Moon) and to merit his kidnapping by foreign agents (The Calculus Affair).

His eccentric behavior includes attempting to find a cure for alcoholism that didn't quite go down well with Captain Haddock.

The 5th Character 

THOMSON AND THOMPSON

This bungling set of detectives (Dupond et Dupont in the original French) can always be counted on to get the wrong end of the stick - and mangle the English language in the process! Usually decked out in bowler hats and walking sticks, they have a habit of coming up with outlandish disguises and are often so far off with their investigations that they mistakenly chase Tintin believing him to be the criminal!

Minor recurring characters include: 


  1. Abdullah, mischievious and extremely spoilt little boy whose father happens to be an emir; he loves playing pranks on Captain Haddock


  2. General Alcazar, a South American soldier whom Tintin encounters under hilarious circumstances in the The Broken Ear


  3. Chang, a Chinese boy rescued on a number of occasions by Tintin
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  5. Bianca Castafiore, a world famous opera singer who is under the misapprehension that Captain Haddock harbors romantic feelings for her


  6. Nestor, the faithful butler at "Marlinspike" who initially mistook Tintin for a villain in the The Secret of the Unicorn"


  7. Roberto Rastapopoulos, Tintin's arch nemesis who first emerges as a crook in the Blue Lotus. He is often behind elaborate plots to dominate the world and is persistently foiled by Tintin


  8. Jolyon Wagg, a thick-skinned insurance agent who harasses Captain Haddock over the course of the last few Tintin books

Official Tintin Books 

There is 24 books written on Tintin's Adventures

1. Tintin in the Land of the Soviets
2. Tintin in the Congo
3. Tintin in America
4. Cigars of the Pharaoh
5. The Blue Lotus
6. The Broken Ear
7. The Black Island
8. King Ottokar's Sceptre
9. The Crab with the Golden Claws
10. The Shooting Star
11. The Secret of the Unicorn
12. Red Rackham's Treasure
13. The Seven Crystal Balls
14. Prisoners of the Sun
15. Land of Black Gold
16. Destination Moon
17. Explorers on the Moon
18. The Calculus Affair
19. The Red Sea Sharks
20. Tintin in Tibet
21. The Castafiore Emerald
22. Flight 714
23. Tintin and the Picaros
24. Tintin and Alph-Art

Trail of Adventures of Tintin 

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Tintin's Trail information 

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Amazon.com: Tintin: The Complete Companion: Books: Michael Farr,Herge by Michael Farr,Herge.
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Explorers on the Moon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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TinTin In The Eyes Of Wikipedia 

The Adventures of Tintin () is a series of comic strips created by the Belgian artist (1907-1983), who wrote under the pen name of Hergé. The series first appeared in French in '', a childrens supplement to the Belgian newspaper on 10 January 1929.

The success of the series saw the serialised strips collected into a series of twenty-four albums, spun into a successful magazine and adapted for film and theatre. The series is one of the most popular European comics of the 20th century, with translations published in over 50 languages and more than 200 million copies of the books sold to date.

Set during a largely realistic 20th century, the hero of the series is Tintin, a young Belgian reporter. He is aided in his adventures from the beginning by his faithful fox terrier dog Snowy (' in French). Later, popular additions to the cast included the brash, cynical and grumpy Captain Haddock, the highly intelligent but hearing-impaired Professor Calculus (') and other supporting characters such as the incompetent detectives Thomson and Thompson (''). Hergé himself features in several of the comics as a background character, as do his assistants in some instances.

The comic strip series has long been admired for its clean, expressive drawings in Hergés signature style."Tintin and the enigma of academic obsession" The Daily Telegraph (London); 1 July 2006; Toby Clements; p. 006"Tintin at the top" The Times (London); 9 December 2006; Erica Wagner; p. 33"Tintin's big art adventure; An exhibition in Paris puts the creator of the blank-faced boy reporter and his clever dog alongside the 20th artists. John Lichfield gets drawn in" The Independent (London); 27 December 2006; John Lichfield; p. 1"Blistering barnacles! Tintin is a Pop Art idol" The Times (London); 29 December 2006; Ben Macintyre; p. 17 Engaging, well-researched plots straddle a variety of genres: swashbuckling adventures with elements of fantasy, mysteries, political thrillers, and science fiction. The stories within the Tintin series always feature slapstick humour, accompanied in later albums by sophisticated satire, and political and cultural commentary.

TinTin and Snowy In Chinatown

Tin Tin And Snowy

The Adventures of Tintin Original Opening 

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Tin Tin With Other Casting Stars

Tintin Photos collection 

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Tintin With Familiar Faces

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Tintin in the Congo

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    harlank harlank Jul 12, 2009 @ 11:57 pm
    I love your Tintin page, the only thing wrong with it was the Tintin pictures from Flickr need to be changed.

    I seem to remember a Tintin Cartoon from the 70's. Perhaps it was simply translated. I only remember seeing one or two episodes, but it dealt with their moonshot because I remember their funny checkerboard pattern rocket.

    I found Tintin in the monthly (or was it weekly, I don't remember ) magazine Children's Digest (from Reader's Digest). Tintin was the only strip they ever did and I have been hooked ever since. It is evident you care about the stip.
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    vanidiana vanidiana Jan 5, 2009 @ 11:43 pm
    *****!
    Love Tintin since I was little up 'till now!
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    Sunfish Sunfish Aug 28, 2008 @ 7:50 pm
    I have read Tintin so much as a kid I know every story by heart.
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    WorldTravelers916 WorldTravelers916 Jul 22, 2008 @ 3:35 pm
    i can do this as long as i have my coffee in the morning!

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    Evelyn_Saenz Evelyn_Saenz Mar 28, 2008 @ 8:08 am
    When my son was beginning to read it was hard to find a book that he was interested in but still allowed him to enjoy it independently. Tintin was the answer. He listened to it on tape and read along. The pictures helped him remember the words and soon he was reading without the tape.

    The Tintin books are great for children and pre-teens beginning to take off as readers.

    For such a great lens I am sending you a virtual cup of coffee to hang on your wall.
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