The Adventures of Tintin, Vol. 1: Tintin in America / Cigars of the Pharaoh / The Blue Lotus
ISBN:
9780416148527 (0416148522)
Publish date: August 19th 1990
Publisher: Egmont Books
Pages no: 196
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Adventure,
Classics,
Humor,
Mystery,
Sequential Art,
Graphic Novels,
Comics,
Graphic Novels Comics,
Comic Book
Series: Tintin (#3)
Well, I gave Tintin a shot, but the stories don't do much for me. Implausible storylines, which focus entirely on action. Meh. Next!
The best of the Tintin stories so far (I'm reading and rating them in order of publication): Hergé has really hit his stride with The Blue Lotus.Nicely plotted with lots of intrigue to which we, the reader, are more privy than Tintin. An interesting device to increase narrative tension: "No, Tintin ...
I loved the Tintin books as a kid, but rereading them I'm realizing how racist they are. Also, each book is the same story. I do still enjoy the drawings and I still love Snowy, so rereading them is a partial pleasure.
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