Is there still any point in introducing the famous puff-puff reporter? Born in January 1929 in Le Petit Vingtième from Hergé’s imagination, Tintin has continued to delight comic book readers. His exciting investigations, his discovery of multiple countries, his unwavering friendships formed with colorful characters, his ability to get out of the most perilous situations, his intrepidity… are all ingredients that have made Tintin the everlasting character of the ninth art. His journeys have not aged a bit.
“Tintin is a character who never ages. It evolves into a timeless work which ended up becoming universal, thanks to the genius of Hergé,” Hergé biographer Benoit Peeters declared to Le Figaro, on the occasion of our hero’s 90th birthday. For those who want to immerse themselves in the adventurous world of Tintin on glossy paper, Le Figaro offers a deluxe edition of its 24 adventures gathered in eight hardback albums in a magnificent box set.
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Presented chronologically, these 24 stories immerse the reader in a world where adventure and freedom are elevated to majesty. A world where it is possible to leave without anything holding you back to explore the mysteries of fascinating distant lands, all the way to the moon. From Tintin in the Land of the Soviets, the first story with an unfinished tale Tintin and the Alpha’art, the reporter’s wanderings, imbued with dreaminess, humor and fantasy, will take you notably to the Congo, America, China, in the Arctic seas, in the Middle East, in Peru, in Egypt, in India…
The reader will be able to discover or rediscover the truculent swear words of Captain Haddock, the genius and fantasy of Professor Tryphon Tournesol, the legendary clumsiness of the Dupondts as well as their tasty expressions, the gallery of “rogues” Rastapopoulos, Doctor Müller or Mitsuhirato, to name but a few. than them.
Reading or rereading his entire adventures allows for full immersion in the dizzying world of Tintin. To fully immerse yourself in the progression of the saga, to perceive the evolution of the relationships between the characters, to grasp the recurrence of certain themes such as dreamlike. To treat yourself to beautiful hours of reading rich in suspense and emotion.
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