The Adventures of Tintin | ||
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The main characters of The Adventures of Tintin from left to right: Professor Calculus, Captain Haddock, Tintin, Thompson, Snowy (dog), Thomson, and Bianca Castafiore | ||
Created by | Hergé | |
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Formats | Original material for the series has been published as a strip in the comics anthology(s) and a set of graphic novels. | |
Original language | French | |
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Publication date | 1929 – 1976 | |
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Creative team | ||
Writer(s) | Hergé | |
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Colourist(s) | (all uncredited) | |
Creator(s) | Hergé |
Album Number | Title | Serialisation | Album (B&W) | Album (colour) | Notes |
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1 | Tintin in the Land of the Soviets | 1929–1930 | 1930 | 2017 | Hergé prevented this book's republication until 1973. It became available in a coloured edition in 2017. |
2 | Tintin in the Congo | 1930–1931 | 1931 | 1946 | Re-published in colour and in a fixed 62-page format. Book 10 was the first to be originally published in colour. |
3 | Tintin in America | 1931–1932 | 1932 | 1945 | |
4 | Cigars of the Pharaoh | 1932–1934 | 1934 | 1955 | |
5 | The Blue Lotus | 1934–1935 | 1936 | 1946 | |
6 | The Broken Ear | 1935–1937 | 1937 | 1943 | |
7 | The Black Island | 1937–1938 | 1938 | 1943, 1966 | |
8 | King Ottokar's Sceptre | 1938–1939 | 1939 | 1947 | |
9 | The Crab with the Golden Claws | 1940–1941 | 1941 | 1943 | |
10 | The Shooting Star | 1941–1942 | 1942 | ||
11 | The Secret of the Unicorn | 1942–1943 | 1943 | Books 11 to 15 set a middle period for Hergé marked by war and changing collaborators. | |
12 | Red Rackham's Treasure | 1943 | 1944 | ||
13 | The Seven Crystal Balls | 1943–1946 | 1948 | ||
14 | Prisoners of the Sun | 1946–1948 | 1949 | ||
15 | Land of Black Gold | 1948–1950 | 1950, 1971 | ||
16 | Destination Moon | 1950–1952 | 1953 | Books 16 to 23 (and revised editions of books 4, 7 & 15) are creations of Studios Hergé. | |
17 | Explorers on the Moon | 1952–1953 | 1954 | ||
18 | The Calculus Affair | 1954–1956 | 1956 | ||
19 | The Red Sea Sharks | 1956–1958 | 1958 | ||
20 | Tintin in Tibet | 1958–1959 | 1960 | ||
21 | The Castafiore Emerald | 1961–1962 | 1963 | ||
22 | Flight 714 to Sydney | 1966–1967 | 1968 | ||
23 | Tintin and the Picaros | 1975–1976 | 1976 | ||
24 | Tintin and Alph-Art | 1986 | 2004 | Hergé's unfinished book, published posthumously. |
John Fardell talks about the influence of Hergé's drawing style on his own work.
Spielberg said he found a 'soul mate' in the person of Hergé.
Tintin and the Black Island adapted by Geoffrey Case from Hergé. Unicorn Theatre Company 1980.
Tintin: Le Temple du Soleil. Tabas&Co 5005, 2002. (Charleroi cast)