Tintin: The Complete Companion - Couverture souple

Farr, Michael; Herge

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0867199016 ISBN 13 : 9780867199017

Editeur : Last Gasp of San Francisco, 2002

Synopsis

Book by Farr Michael

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

the most recognisable figure in all fiction, has been a publishing phenomenon since he first appeared in 1929. For half a century Tintin books have sold four million copies annually in more than fifty languages, and every year new fans succumb to his appeal, which is just as strong for adults as for children.

This book explains the books' sources in real life. Hergé, Tintin's creator, drew on the news stories of his day. The fascist plots of the thirties, and later Stalinist machinations too, were transformed and inimitably satirised in the tension between Syldavia and Borduria. The race to the moon, fascination with the Abominable Snowman, the revolutionary Tupamaros in South America, plus much more, caught his imagination as well. Hergé was also preoccupied with accuracy. Equipment from aircraft to guns, street scenes, interiors, clothes, flora and fauna were all drawn from his enormous archive of press cuttings, postcards, catalogues and ephemera, and updated for new editions. People were updated likewise Rudolf Valentino for example, who has a walk-on part in Cigars of the Pharaoh later becomes Kirk Douglas.

Tintin himself was based on Hergé's younger brother, who (together with Erich von Stroheim) was the model as well for the dastardly Colonel Sponsz. Bianca Castafiore was derived from his Aunt Ninie with a touch of Maria Callas - and Thomson and Thompson from his father and uncle, twins who really did wear matching bowler hats. Auguste Piccard is recognisably Professor Calculus and, though Captain Haddock has no traceable source, there was coincidentally an Admiral Haddock who might have captained the Unicorn.

Tintin : The Complete Companion is full of fascinating information and intriguing connections, is comprehensive and unrivalled, and beautifully designed in colour throughout. For devotees of Tintin and the Tintinesque it is indispensable.

Présentation de l'éditeur

This text explains the sources in reality of all the Tintin stories, which still sell four million copies a year worldwide. Politics, people, events and objects are all covered,;Tintin, the extraordinary reporter with his immediately recognizable coif and his dog Snowy, has been a publishing phenomenon since he first appeared in 1928. Herge, Tintin's creator, based the stories on actual events in his world, reflecting the political tensions of the 1930s and postwar events. The Anschluss and the Japanese invasion of Manchuria, the race to the moon, our Western fascination with the Abominable Snowman, the spying activities of Buster Crabbe, the revolutionary activities of Regis Bebray in South America, are just a few of the people, events and phenomena to crop up, inimitably satirized, in Herge's stories. He also drew on real objects: the aircraft, ships, guns, cars, clothes, buildings and so forth, that appear in his stories are scrupulously correct, and were often updated in subsequent editions.;This book explains the sources, of whatever kind, of all the stories. It also shows how Herge subtly adjusted the stories in new editions, adapting them to changing times and ideas, and downplaying their originally local, Belgian origins.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Last Gasp of San Francisco
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0867199016
• ISBN 13: 9780867199017
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible