This is a list of books about ''
The Adventures of Tintin
''The Adventures of Tintin'' (french: Les Aventures de Tintin ) is a series of 24 bande dessinée#Formats, ''bande dessinée'' albums created by Belgians, Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi, who wrote under the pen name Hergé. The series was one ...
'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist
Hergé
Georges Prosper Remi (; 22 May 1907 – 3 March 1983), known by the pen name Hergé (; ), from the French pronunciation of his reversed initials ''RG'', was a Belgian cartoonist. He is best known for creating ''The Adventures of Tintin'', ...
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Books in English
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Tintin and the World of Hergé
''Tintin and the World of Hergé: An Illustrated History'' (french: link=no, Le monde d'Hergé) is a book by Benoit Peeters chronicling the illustrated history of Belgian cartoonist Hergé and his creation '' The Adventures of Tintin''.
Recepti ...
'' by
Benoit Peeters (1983)
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Hergé and Tintin, Reporters'' by
Philippe Goddin
Philippe Goddin (born May 27, 1944, in Brussels, Belgium) is a leading expert and literary critic of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', and author of several books on Tintin and his creator, Hergé. He was general secretary of the Fondation Hergé fr ...
(1986)
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Tintin: 60 Years of Adventure'' by
Michael Farr
Michael Farr (born 1953) is a British expert on the comic series '' The Adventures of Tintin'' and its creator, Hergé. He has written several books on the subject as well as translating several others into English. A former reporter, he has al ...
(1989)
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Tintin: Hergé and his Creation'' by
Harry Thompson (1991)
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Tintin in the New World : A Romance'' (1993) by
Frederic Tuten
Frederic Tuten (born December 2, 1936) is an American novelist, short story writer and essayist. He has written five novels – ''The Adventures of Mao on the Long March'' (1971), ''Tallien: A Brief Romance'' (1988), ''Tintin in the New World: A ...
. A novel that transplants Tintin from his comic book confines into a fleshed out, realistic world with all its wicked, grave and abstruse trappings. The cover of the novel features a specially-commissioned painting by
Roy Lichtenstein
Roy Fox Lichtenstein (; October 27, 1923 – September 29, 1997) was an American pop artist. During the 1960s, along with Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, and James Rosenquist among others, he became a leading figure in the new art movement. ...
who used his hallmark
Benday-dot technique to depict Tintin and Snowy in a near-miss with a would-be assassin's knife.
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Hergé: The Man Who Created Tintin'' by
Pierre Assouline (1996) (2009)
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Tintin: The Complete Companion'' by
Michael Farr
Michael Farr (born 1953) is a British expert on the comic series '' The Adventures of Tintin'' and its creator, Hergé. He has written several books on the subject as well as translating several others into English. A former reporter, he has al ...
(2001)
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Hergé: Son of Tintin'' by
Benoît Peeters
Benoît Peeters (; born 1956) is a French comics writer, novelist, and comics studies scholar.
Biography
After a degree in Philosophy at Université de Paris I, Peeters prepared his Master's at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales ...
(2002) (2012)
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The Pocket Essential Tintin'' by
Jean-Marc Lofficier
Jean-Marc Lofficier (; born June 22, 1954) is a French author of books about films and television programs, as well as numerous comics and translations of a number of animation screenplays. He usually collaborates with his wife, Randy Lofficier (b ...
and Randy Lofficier (2002)
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The Adventures of Tintin at Sea'' by
Yves Horeau; edited and translated by
Michael Farr
Michael Farr (born 1953) is a British expert on the comic series '' The Adventures of Tintin'' and its creator, Hergé. He has written several books on the subject as well as translating several others into English. A former reporter, he has al ...
(2004). Issued in conjunction with an exhibition focusing on Tintin's exploits at sea at the
National Maritime Museum
The National Maritime Museum (NMM) is a maritime museum in Greenwich, London. It is part of Royal Museums Greenwich, a network of museums in the Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site. Like other publicly funded national museums in the Unite ...
in
London
London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...
, which was organized in partnership with the Hergé Foundation. The exhibition commemorated the 75th anniversary of the publication of Tintin's first adventure.
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Tintin and the Secret of Literature'' by
Tom McCarthy Thomas McCarthy (also Tom and Tommy) may refer to:
Academia
*Thomas A. McCarthy (born 1940), American professor of philosophy
*Thomas J. McCarthy (born 1956), American professor of polymer chemistry at the University of Massachusetts
*J. Thomas Mc ...
(2006). A rather obscurely-written work which attempts through literary analysis to identify themes in "great literature" by such authors as
Aeschylus
Aeschylus (, ; grc-gre, Αἰσχύλος ; c. 525/524 – c. 456/455 BC) was an ancient Greek tragedian, and is often described as the father of tragedy. Academic knowledge of the genre begins with his work, and understanding of earlier Gree ...
,
Balzac,
Conrad and
Henry James
Henry James ( – ) was an American-British author. He is regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism, and is considered by many to be among the greatest novelists in the English language. He was the ...
in the Tintin comic series. Reviewed in
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Tintin and Co.'' by
Michael Farr
Michael Farr (born 1953) is a British expert on the comic series '' The Adventures of Tintin'' and its creator, Hergé. He has written several books on the subject as well as translating several others into English. A former reporter, he has al ...
(2007)
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The Adventures of Hergé: Creator of Tintin'' by
Michael Farr
Michael Farr (born 1953) is a British expert on the comic series '' The Adventures of Tintin'' and its creator, Hergé. He has written several books on the subject as well as translating several others into English. A former reporter, he has al ...
(2007)
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The Art of Herge: Inventor of Tintin, Volume 1, 1907-1937'' by
Philippe Goddin
Philippe Goddin (born May 27, 1944, in Brussels, Belgium) is a leading expert and literary critic of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', and author of several books on Tintin and his creator, Hergé. He was general secretary of the Fondation Hergé fr ...
translated by
Michael Farr
Michael Farr (born 1953) is a British expert on the comic series '' The Adventures of Tintin'' and its creator, Hergé. He has written several books on the subject as well as translating several others into English. A former reporter, he has al ...
(2007)
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The Art of Herge: Inventor of Tintin, Volume 2, 1937-1949'' by
Philippe Goddin
Philippe Goddin (born May 27, 1944, in Brussels, Belgium) is a leading expert and literary critic of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', and author of several books on Tintin and his creator, Hergé. He was general secretary of the Fondation Hergé fr ...
translated by
Michael Farr
Michael Farr (born 1953) is a British expert on the comic series '' The Adventures of Tintin'' and its creator, Hergé. He has written several books on the subject as well as translating several others into English. A former reporter, he has al ...
(2009)
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The Metamorphoses of Tintin, or Tintin for Adults'' by
Jean-Marie Apostolidès
Jean-Marie Apostolidès (; born 1943) is a Greek-French novelist, essayist, playwright, theater director, and university professor. He was born in Saint-Bonnet-Tronçais, France, on 27 November 1943.
Biography
Apostolidès grew up in Troyes, a ...
(2010)
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The Art of Herge: Inventor of Tintin, Volume 3, 1950-1983'' by
Philippe Goddin
Philippe Goddin (born May 27, 1944, in Brussels, Belgium) is a leading expert and literary critic of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', and author of several books on Tintin and his creator, Hergé. He was general secretary of the Fondation Hergé fr ...
translated by
Michael Farr
Michael Farr (born 1953) is a British expert on the comic series '' The Adventures of Tintin'' and its creator, Hergé. He has written several books on the subject as well as translating several others into English. A former reporter, he has al ...
(2011)
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The Adventures of Hergé'' by
Jose-Louis Bocquet and
Jean-Luc Fromental (2011)
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