The Adventures of Tintin: King Ottokar's Sceptre - Herge

King Ottokar's Sceptre was first published in a catholic French paper in 1939 and is the eight in the Tintin comic series. Many people have said that this book draws very heavily on the political happenings and conspiracies of the time, especially due to the thematic features and the name of one of the villains: Musstler (drawn from Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler). I have to admit that before doing some research on this particular episode, I truly didn't notice the political dimension of the book at all. Like all the other Tintin books therefore, this one also draws from realistic happenings, but is still light and entertaining enough to be read merely another fictional adventure. ...

The Adventures of Tintin: Cigars of the Pharoah - Herge

Cigars of the Pharaoh is the fourth published adventure in the classic Tintin series by Belgian writer and illustrator Hergé and first saw the light of day in 1934. The story was originally in in black and white and published in Le Petit Vingtième - a children's supplement to the Belgian newspaper Le Vingtième Siècle - but later redrawn and coloured in 1955. Cigars of the Pharaoh begins with Tintin and Snowy on a cruise in the Mediterranean Sea. 'This is the life Snowy. A really quiet holiday for a change.' However, a chance encounter on the ship with the eccentric Egyptologist Dr Sarcophagus soon puts paid to their plans for a bit of peace and quiet. Dr Sarcophagus has a papyrus that he ...

The Adventures of Tintin: The Seven Crystal Balls - Herge

The Seven Crystal Balls is the thirteenth book in the series of Tintin adventures by Belgian writer and illustrator Hergé and was first published in the Le Soir newspaper from December 1943 to September 1944. The story was inspired by the expedition that discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun and the suggestion that they died in strange circumstances after invoking some sort of curse. The Seven Crystal Balls begins with Tintin on his way to Marlinspike Hall on the train to see his friend Captain Haddock. A piece in the paper he is reading - about an archaeological expedition that has returned after finding the Inca tomb of Rascar Capac - is commented on by a fellow passenger who says that ...