| | The '''Adventures of Tintin''' is a series of [[comic book]]s written by [[Belgian]] [[Hergé]].<ref>[http://www.tintin.com/#aventures/albums/albumh.swf&lang=fr/&mc=_root.ban7 The Official Tintin Site]</ref> The books feature adventures of intrepid boy reporter Tintin and his faithful dog Snowy. Originally written in [[French]], they have been translated into many languages, including English. The Tintin books have been popular around the world for over 70 years. | | The '''Adventures of Tintin''' is a series of [[comic book]]s written by [[Belgian]] [[Hergé]].<ref>[http://www.tintin.com/#aventures/albums/albumh.swf&lang=fr/&mc=_root.ban7 The Official Tintin Site]</ref> The books feature adventures of intrepid boy reporter Tintin and his faithful dog Snowy. Originally written in [[French]], they have been translated into many languages, including English. The Tintin books have been popular around the world for over 70 years. |
| − | * Tintin, the creation of the Belgian comic-strip artist known as Hergé (1907–1983), is a boyish newspaper reporter of remarkable courage, who travels the world in pursuit of stories that reliably expose him to life-threatening danger. He appeared first in a story called “Tintin in the Land of the Soviets,” in which the brave youngster went to the Soviet Union to report on the world Josef Stalin was building — a world of artificial famine, phony elections, and political assassination. These stories, originally created for a children’s supplement to the conservative Roman Catholic weekly Le XXe Siècle, were an instant success. Book-length collections have sold over 200 million copies in 50 languages. ([http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/286447/wonderful-adventures-tintin-frederica-mathewes-green National Review]) | + | * Tintin, the creation of the Belgian comic-strip artist known as Hergé (1907–1983), is a boyish newspaper reporter of remarkable courage, who travels the world in pursuit of stories that reliably expose him to life-threatening danger. He appeared first in a story called “Tintin in the Land of the Soviets,” in which the brave youngster went to the Soviet Union to report on the world Josef Stalin was building — a world of artificial famine, phony elections, and political assassination. These stories, originally created for a children’s supplement to the conservative Roman Catholic weekly Le XXe Siècle, were an instant success. Book-length collections have sold over 200 million copies in 50 languages. ([https://www.nationalreview.com/articles/286447/wonderful-adventures-tintin-frederica-mathewes-green National Review]) |