Tintin in America
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780867199048 (0867199040)
Publish date: March 1st 2004
Publisher: Casterman Editions
Pages no: 120
Edition language: English
Category:
Childrens,
Adventure,
Humor,
Cultural,
France,
Sequential Art,
Graphic Novels,
Comics,
Graphic Novels Comics,
Comic Book,
Komik,
Bande Dessinée
Series: Tintin (#3)
Tintin in America is very early Tintin. I wanted to give an early work by Hergé a try to see what his progress was as a writer and artist. From reading this one, it is clear that Hergé improved as he went along. The plot of this one really amounts to no more than Tintin goes to America to investi...
Other than some cringe-worthy moments in Herge's handling of Native Americans, Tintin in America is an entertaining and often funny read. I find it hilarious that Herge had not visited the U.S. before creating this story, so he chose to focus on popular movie themes--gangsters and the Wild West. Cer...
While it's one of the earlier Tintins, this one already bears many classic hallmarks of the series. Tintin is in constant danger, and always escapes by the skin of his teeth. In many instances, the reason for his escape is something wonderfully ridiculous and improbable. Oh, and these occur every...
Only for those that can take the blatant racism in context and enjoy some early Tintin.
This is not really my favourite Tintin story, though it is only the third one ever written. The story appears to be set immediately after Tintin in the Congo and it is suggested (it has been a long time since I read a Tintin in the Congo, if I ever actually read it in English so I can only garner fr...
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