Tintin: The Complete Companion

Michael Farr, Hergé

Last Gasp, Mar 1, 2002 - Art - 205 pages

Tintin The Complete Companion starts where Tintin and the World of Herge stooped. An overview of the world famous comic character and of his adventures through the 23 titles of the complete oeuvre, the Complete Companion contextualizes Herge's work replaces it in its historical period by showing side by side by side the drawings and the references used by the artist to establish believable backgrounds and realistic details. Also included are sketches, large number of sketches that Herge would rework and polish until he would fine the clearest, most easily readable line giving birth to a style that would later be called the Clear Line. While this book is clearly aimed at an older reading audience, its iconography and attractive layouts will also appeal to teen agers and young and old comic connoisseurs who are familiar with Tintin adventures

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User Review  - Lisa Houlihan - Goodreads

More comparison between the original black and white periodicals and their reworking into color books than the series warrants; not enough discussion of how to translate French or Bruxellois puns and ...

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User Review  - Maz - Goodreads

This is obviously a top read for Tintin enthusiasts! No one who likes Tintin is going to tell you otherwise! Michael Farr provides a detailed account of how each Tintin book came into being, and each ...

About the author

Michael Farr is a leading British Tintinologist, and an expeMichael Farr is a leading British Tintinologist, and an expert on the comic series Tintin and its creator, Herg . He hasrt on the comic series Tintin and its creator, Herg . He has written several books on the subject as well as translating written several books on the subject as well as translating several others into English.Farr was a reporter and foreign several others into English.Farr was a reporter and foreign correspondent for Reuters and then the Daily Telegraph. He correspondent for Reuters and then the Daily Telegraph. He was soon sent to many of the destinations familiar to Tintinwas soon sent to many of the destinations familiar to Tintin, including Africa, the former Soviet Union, and Central and, including Africa, the former Soviet Union, and Central and eastern Europe. When based in Brussels, he became acquainte eastern Europe. When based in Brussels, he became acquainted with the creator of Tintin, Herg , and was later to have ad with the creator of Tintin, Herg , and was later to have access to his extensive archives. ccess to his extensive archives.

'Hergé' was born Georges Remi on 22 May, 1907 in Etterbeek, a suburb of Brussels, in Belgium. After leaving school, he worked for the daily newspaper, Le XXe Siècle (The 20th Century). He was responsibe the for the section of the newspaper designed for children. Tintin, the main character in his works, was introduced on January 10, 1929 in a story entitled 'Tintin in the Land of the Soviets.' Each story ran as a comic strip in the newspaper and then was published as a book. Some of these books were adapted for the small screen including The Crab With The Golden Claws, Star of Mystery, Red Rakham's Treasure, Black Island, Objective Moon and The Calculus Affair. French TV produced longer versions of twenty of the books in 1992, which have been broadcast in over fifty countries. On 3 March, 1983, he died in Brussels. At the time of his death, he was working on Tintin and the Alpha-Art, which was published in an unfinished form.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Tintin: The Complete Companion; Original Artists Series
• Authors: Michael Farr, Hergé
• Illustrated by: Hergé
• Contributor: Michael Farr
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Last Gasp, 2002
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Nov 15, 2007
• ISBN: 0867199016, 9780867199017
• Length: 205 pages
• Subjects: Art / Individual Artists / General; Art / Popular Culture; Art / Techniques / Cartooning; Comics & Graphic Novels / Nonfiction; Literary Criticism / Comics & Graphic Novels