Tintin in Tibet (The Adventures of Tintin)

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Summary: Race's Tintin in Tibet Book Review
Review: Finally! A book without guns or violence but shows the true meaning of good friendship even thousands of miles away. The book starts out as Tintin has a strange and blurry day-dream where he see's his friend Chang in a small cave crying his name. He remebers a flight crashing in the mountains. Could Chang have been on that flight as the only sole survivor after the horrible crash. Then, Tintin, Snowy, Captin Haddock and their guides set out to find Chang if it means life or death.

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Summary: The Himalayas , the Yeti and Tibetan Buddhism
Review: Firmly convinced that his friend Chang, has survived the plane crash in Nepal, Tintin, accompanied by Captain Haddock, sets off for Nepal to rescue Chang.
After passing through New Deli and Nepal (where we explore the sights and sounds of these wonderful places, Tintin and the reluctant Captain set off for the Tibetan Himalayas for the mission impossible.

This is one of Herge's best works as he explores the , hazards of Himalayan mountain climbing, the gentle Tibetan Buddhist monasteries and the truth about the Yeti , commonly known as the 'abominable snowman'.

The only thing left out, is the brutal Chinese occupation of Tibet which still continues today .The book was recently released in China, on condition that the name 'Tibet' was left out of the title, another example that after the holocaust of 2 million Tibetans, the Red Chinese are still not content in their drive to wipe out the beautiful culture and memory of Tibet.

A particular interesting scene is the psychedelic delirium of Captain Haddock during his sunstroke.
The strong 60's flavour of this is interesting considering that the book was written at the ver dawn of this era-1960.

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Summary: The best and the most sensitive Tintin book
Review: I believe that Tintin in Tibet is Herge's best book. It has a very serious agenda. Tintin's blind faith that his friend Chang survived the air crash in the Himalayas drives him, Snowy and his loyal friend Captain Haddock to find and rescue Chang. All through the adventure, they face terrible dangers and discouragement but Tintin's belief in Chang's being alive is never shaken. Herge, I have read, was going through a personal crisis in his life when he completed this adventure. It shows. There are occassional funny scenes as in all Tintin adventures but essentially, it seems that Herge did not want this to be a funny adventure but rather, a serious one. Hence, the absence of the Thompson twins and a very minimal of Professor Calculus is understandable. This book is a classic for all ages. The mood can be summarized in the last panel on the last page when Chang shares his thoughts about the Yeti.

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Summary: One of the best Tintin adventures!
Review: I have been a fan of Hergé's Adventures of Tintin since I was three years old, and "Tintin in Tibet" is without a doubt one of the four best. It combines wonderful art and a touching story, plus the return of Tintin's friend Chang, whom we have not seen since the earlier story "The Blue Lotus". (The other three best Tintin stories, in my opinion are "The Castafiore Emerald," "The Calculus Affair" and "Flight 714". I recommend you check them all out.) Enjoy.

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Summary: A wonderful comic!!!!!!!
Review: The content of this book is darn great if you ask me! Sure; you aren't asking me, but I'm telling you! Herge writes these comics perfect! In this thrilling adventure, Tintin and Captain Haddock travel through the remote wilderness of Tibet. Catain Haddock's remarks and mishaps are hilarious! Tintin on the other hand, is quite serious looking for his friend Chang who was supposed dead.(Chang appears in an earlier comic called The Blue Lotus, which also should be perchased by the loyal Tintin fan.) All in all, I think it would be wise to buy this book. :)

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Summary: Tintin and Snowy head off to Tibet to rescue Chang
Review: Tintin and Snowy were created in 1929 by Georges Remi (a.k.a. Hergé). In 1934 Hergé met a young Chinese student, Chang Chong-Chen, at which point Tintin's creator became convinced of the importance of having a soundly built storyline and getting the facts straight. In short, Hergé started taking his soundtrack very seriously. After the Communists took over China, Hergé and Chang lost touch. In 1960 the English version of "Tintin in Tibet" was published and it was immediately clear that this was a very personal story for Hergé, who was writing about his friendship with a friend he had not seen in decades.

Tintin has a dream about Chang, the boy he made friends with in China back in the adventure of "The Blue Lotus." In the dream Tintin sees Chang lying in the snow, half buried, holding out his hands and calling to Tintin to help him. When Tintin gets a letter from Chang he is surprised at the remarkable coincidence, but then he reads in the newspaper that Chang's plane has crashed in Tibet. Tintin, convinced his friend is not dead, goes off to the land of the ice and snow to save his friend.

There are none of the traditional villains in this rather special Tintin story in which our hero is aided only by Snowy and Captain Haddock (with a brief appearance by Calculus). This is arguably the most poignant Tintin adventure, focusing on the power of loyalty and hope overcoming all obstacles and Hergé places a lot of obstacles in Tintin's way. I think what I like most about this story is about how Hergé keeps what are essentially a series of cliffhangers going and going but in a realistic manner, while still working in the series trademark humor with Snowy and the Captain. "Tintin in Tibet" is an atypical Tintin adventure, but that just makes it all the more special (By the way, in 1981 Hergé and Chang Chong-Chen were happily reunited).

"Tintin in Tibet" was recently in the news when it was announced that the Chinese translation had the story as "Dingding in Chinese Tibet." Given that Fanny Rodwell, Hergé's widwow, is reported to be a personal friend of the Dalai Lama it is not surprising that she decided not to attend the promotional ceremonies in China for the launching of the Chinese language version of Tintin (the Chinese are not publishing "Tintin in the Land of the Soviets" (anti-communist) and "Tintin in the Congo" (too racist and imperialist).

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Summary: Mountain climbing
Review: Tintin,Captain Haddock, Snowy and a climber search for Chang and the yeti on the mountain's.Everyone apart from Tintin belive that Chang is dead.(Read The Blue Lotus that's when Tintin and Snowy meet Chang).Get Volume 6 of the three in one series or get the indivisual book. Get The Blue Lotus before you get Tintin in Tibet.Is Chang dead you will find out when you read Tintin in Tibet.........