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Summary: If you like TinTin - MUST get this book
Review: I have been a Tintin fan for 25 years, have read what I thought was every TinTin book available. Still, I was surprised at how much I learned reading this Companion. Almost every page I read in this guide taught me a lot of things about Tintin: how the characters were created, what are the stories behind them, what are the changes made between the present editions and the originals, etc. It's like reading Tintin for the first time ...
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Summary: If you like TinTin - MUST get this book
Review: I have been a Tintin fan for 25 years, have read what I thought was every TinTin book available. Still, I was surprised at how much I learned reading this Companion. Almost every page I read in this guide taught me a lot of things about Tintin: how the characters were created, what are the stories behind them, what are the changes made between the present editions and the originals, etc. It's like reading Tintin for the first time ...
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Summary: The best companion book ever!
Review: If you are even mildly interested to know how Herge choose his name or those of his characters, if you are kind of interested in the historical background to your favorite adventure or if you are a crazy Tintin fan and hunger for anything you can get your hands on, this book is for you! I have enjoyed it a great deal and I know you will too!
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Summary: COMPLETELY awesome!
Review: If you love the work of Herge, this is the book for you. The most complete volume on the series of Tintin adventures. Exhaustively details each book and shows reference materials used in sketches and final art. Tintin fans of any age will love it!
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Summary: Read this and enjoy Tintin even more
Review: In Tintin: The Complete Companion Michael Farr takes the reader on a trip from the early beginnings of Tintin in The Land of the Soviets to the final and unfinished album of the Alpha-Art. With a contagious enthusiasm Farr describes the creation phase of every album and reveals some remarkable trivia you would normally miss while reading Hergé's masterpieces. It is refreshing to see how thoroughly Hergé documented himself before letting Tintin loose on yet another adventure. A lot of this documentation is reproduced in this book together with the final drawings, so you quickly get a feel of professionalism Hergé showed in all of his work. This is clearly the main team of this companion. While guiding the reader through the complete works, Farr does not neglect to describe some of the personal problems Hergé had to deal with during his career. Although Farr gives most of the time his personal view on topics such as Hergé working for a newspaper led by Nazis during the occupation of Belgium and the break-up of Hergé's marriage, the author still gives the readers enough room for their own opinions. The sometimes quite remarkable links between the unpleasant episodes in the life of Hergé and the fantastic adventures Tintin and his elaborate entourage are getting into, can only give the reader more respect for one of the most important European cartoonists of the previous century. This book is a must have for every Tintin-fan.
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Summary: For the Tintin fan who has all the books
Review: My family collected Tintin and Asterix books when I was growing up. My parents have a complete set as do several of my sisters. "Tintin: The Complete Companion" was the perfect gift for them. "The Complete Companion" discusses the political, scientific, and sociological climate present when Herge wrote the Tintin books. It is very satisfactory to read about the state of space travel and to know where Herge was citing research and where he was leaping ahead. This is not a story book but inquisitive minds from 8-88 will enjoy it.
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Summary: For the Tintin fan who has all the books
Review: My family collected Tintin and Asterix books when I was growing up. My parents have a complete set as do several of my sisters. "Tintin: The Complete Companion" was the perfect gift for them. "The Complete Companion" discusses the political, scientific, and sociological climate present when Herge wrote the Tintin books. It is very satisfactory to read about the state of space travel and to know where Herge was citing research and where he was leaping ahead. This is not a story book but inquisitive minds from 8-88 will enjoy it.
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Summary: Great Blue Blazes!! A Tintin "Must Have"
Review: This book provides a fascinating look into the historical context of the Tintin's world and the inspiration for the Tintin stories. Multiple photos on every page accompany drawings from the Tintin books, and show the reader how these stories developed. If you are any kind of a Tintin fan...you've got to get this book.
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Summary: Absolutely fabulous !!
Review: Well, now that you have hungrily read and collected all the titles of Herge, the marvelous artist & story teller, this book completes your appetite, as a slurping dessert!. Contains detailed background on each and every title that Herge published upto the unfinished 'Alph Art'. Contains several sketches and reference photographs the artist used. You live through the mind of Herge, the times and his efforts. How carefully he chooses realism, timely topics and authenticity to spin those wonderful tales of Tintin! It is fascinating to go behind the scenes of the favourite stories. contains tons of information. This ought to serve as a wonderful reference for artists. If you are a diehard fan of Tintin & Herge, this book is a must! Great paper quality & print too!
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Summary: Absolutely fabulous !!
Review: Well, now that you have hungrily read and collected all the titles of Herge, the marvelous artist & story teller, this book completes your appetite, as a slurping dessert!. Contains detailed background on each and every title that Herge published upto the unfinished 'Alph Art'. Contains several sketches and reference photographs the artist used. You live through the mind of Herge, the times and his efforts. How carefully he chooses realism, timely topics and authenticity to spin those wonderful tales of Tintin! It is fascinating to go behind the scenes of the favourite stories. contains tons of information. This ought to serve as a wonderful reference for artists. If you are a diehard fan of Tintin & Herge, this book is a must! Great paper quality & print too!
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