Tintin is a creation of a Belgian comic artist Hergé (Georges Remi, b. 22 May 1907, d. 3 March 1983). Tintin is one of the most popular comics in the world. Tintin comic books have sold 200 million copies and the series has been translated into over 50 languages.
Tintin began to appear in Le Petit vingtième journal in 1929. The story appeared in graphic novel in 1930 called Tintin in the Land of the Soviets (Les Aventures de Tintin, reporter du "Petit Vingtième", au pays des Soviets).
Tintin is a young journalist, who will have exciting adventures around the world with his loyal friends, dog Snowy (originally Milou) and Captain Haddock. Tintin visit exotic countries, and also to the Moon (Explorers on the Moon/On a marché sur la Lune, published in 1953). Tintin itself is a fairly colorless and traditional comic character. For this reason, Tintin is easy to identify. The other characters are even more beaming: Milou shows often almost human intelligence, and drunk Captain Haddock's profanity is very unique.
Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson are making movie The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn, starring Jamie Bell (Tintin), Andy Serkis (Captain Haddock), Simon Pegg and Nick Frost (Thomson and Thompson) and Daniel Craig (Red Rackham). Premiere is in 2011. Before that, we have to watch animation series and old French-Belgian Tintin movies from DVD. For Hergé fans can suggest I, Tintin (1976) and Tintin and I (Tintin et Moi, 2003) document films.
All Tintin Comic Books:
1. Tintin in the Land of the Soviets (Les aventures de Tintin, reporter du "Petit Vingtième", au pays des Soviets) 1929–1930
2. Tintin in the Congo (Tintin au Congo), 1930–1931
3. Tintin in America (Tintin en Amérique), 1931–1932
4. Cigars of the Pharaoh (Les Cigares du pharaon), 1932–1934
5. The Blue Lotus (Le Lotus bleu), 1934–1935
6. The Broken Ear (L'Oreille cassée), 1935–1937
7. The Black Island (L'Île Noire), 1937–1938
8. King Ottokar's Sceptre (Le sceptre d'Ottokar), 1938–1939
9. The Crab with the Golden Claws (Le Crabe aux pinces d'or) 1940–1941
10. The Shooting Star (L'Étoile mystérieuse), 1941–1942
11. The Secret of the Unicorn (Le Secret de la Licorne), 1942–1943
12. Red Rackham's Treasure (Le Trésor de Rackham le Rouge), 1943–1944
13. The Seven Crystal Balls (Les Sept boules de cristal), 1943–1948
14. Prisoners of the Sun (Le Temple du Soleil), 1946–1949
15. Land of Black Gold (Tintin au pays de l'or noir), 1948–1950
16. Destination Moon (Objectif Lune), 1950–1953
17. Explorers on the Moon (On a marché sur la Lune), 1950–1954
18. The Calculus Affair (L'Affaire Tournesol), 1954–1956
19. The Red Sea Sharks (Coke en stock), 1958
20. Tintin in Tibet (Tintin au Tibet), 1960
21. The Castafiore Emerald (Les Bijoux de la Castafiore), 1963
22. Flight 714 (Vol 714 pour Sydney), 1968
23. Tintin and the Picaros (Tintin et les Picaros), 1976
24. Tintin and Alph-Art (Tintin et l'alph-art), 1986/2004
