The Adventures of Tintin: Original Classic - Tintin and Alph-Art

DYLAN BEVAN: It very much works well despite not being finished upsettingly. If only!!!! it still is a classic. Great original story !!! and incredibly funny, as only Herge uniquely can invent.Lovely incredible drawings of work in progress ideas . Herge with his friendly tongue in cheek dig at The Art world perhaps . So much to digest ,but very sad it wasnt finished to have its day of complete glory. Still brilliant.....less is more in this case !!!

United Kingdom on Dec 22, 2023

Jeffrey A.: Last in the Tintin series. Interesting book for historical reasons.

United States on Feb 25, 2023

miguel martinez: Really enjoyed this book

United States on Mar 20, 2021

Amazon Customer: i needed this to complete my tintin hard back collection. had it complete one time before someone stole it off my book case. so had been looking for this particular one for a while for the right price, which ii was finally able to score. only gripe it took an awfully long time to arrive at my mailbox..like almost a month..guess shipped from EU or something..but hey worth the wait..

Canada on Aug 05, 2020

Mick Gob: Herge died while working on this book. It is not a comic book as such but a collection of his sketches and notes made while creating the final book. It should be of interest to all Tintin fans.

United States on Jan 13, 2020

MR WOLF 15G: a collectors item for the Tintin enthusiasts... this is not a standard format Tintin book

Australia on Jan 23, 2019

Kaushik Banerjee: Must have for all Tintin fans. This is not the comic book (as is wasn't completed by Herge) but a rough script with loads of sketches. You may find fan made comics (original Herge style) online (not sure if we get the print anywhere). It's costlier than the other Tintin books as it is hardbound and with relatively better paper quality.

India on Feb 10, 2018

2nimm: album de BD anglophone broché souple grand format ancien (2004) présentant la toute dernière aventure inachevée d'Hergé; crayonnés et ébauches de textes remplacent la vaie BD qui n'a jamais été finalisée; l'exercice peut être intéressant mais il n'y a plus la magie qui opère habituellement quand on lit Tintin quel que soit son âge ou son origine; pour compléter une collection un exemplaire d'occasion de cette édition souple Little Brown au papier épais suffira amplement mais si vous vous intéressez uniquement à l'histoire vous risquez d'être déçu

France on Nov 21, 2014

Haik Sahakian: A fascinating and adult Tintin book, well worth reading for Tintin fans. Tintin takes on art forgers, and Herge takes on fake art lovers. As other commenters have said it's very interesting to see the process behind the making of a Tintin book.

Herge spends the first 10 pages re-introducing all the main characters from past books and having them interact with each other. These introductory pages, despite being mostly plot-less, are great fun to read. I think this is because as you get older the things most interesting from childhood books like Tintin, Asterix, and The Lord of the Rings, are not the plots but how the characters act. How Rastopopulous will always return to being evil for example, or the shamelessness of Alcazar.

If you're into Tintin because of its action, this book might not be fun. Castafiore again is central to what annoys Herge, and generally this book is about fakes. Here fakes are people who like the idea of themselves being into art rather than liking art itself. It's funny and interesting, and more like watching the TV show Absolutely Fabulous than reading other Tintin books.

The book continues the cynicism of Picaros...

United States on Aug 30, 2009

Alice: I am of purchasing the complete set of TinTin books for my son. I was pleased with the ease of ordering and the promptness of my receipt of this book. Further, I found the price to be quite fair - much less than the local bookstores. I will definitely complete the rest of the set in the same way.

United States on Jan 07, 2008