About this title: Little, Brown is celebrating 100 years of Herge with 3 titles never before published in the U.S. Join traveling reporter Tintin and his faithful dog Snowy, along with well-known friends such as Captain Haddock, as they embark on an extraordinary adventures spanning historical and political events, fantasy and science-fiction adventures and thrilling mysteries. These full-color graphic novels broke new ground when they were first released and became the inspiration for countless modern-day comic artists.
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Edition: NEW ED
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: EGMONT CHILDRENS BOOKS Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781405220989ISBN:1405220988
Description: BRAND NEW HARDBACK. 64 pages. (64 pages) first published in book form in 1931 (in black and white only), 'tintin in the congo' reflects the colonial attitudes of that period in its depiction of african people. herge himself admitted that he was influenced by the bourgeois, paternalistic stereotypes of the period. this is also true of the treatment of big-game hunting and the attitude towards animals. all copies of the book will be displayed with a belly-band advertising its content. colour ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Last Gasp
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780867199024ISBN:0867199024
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Egmont Books Ltd
Date Published: 05/09/2005
ISBN-13:9781405220989ISBN:1405220988
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: EGMONT CHILDREN'S
Date Published: 2005-09-05
ISBN-13:9781405220989ISBN:1405220988
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"In the second Tintin adventure, Tintin in the Congo, we again join the young reporter as he travels abroad, in search of stories and a good bit of hunting.
As with the first Tintin story, Tintin in the Land of the Soviets, this work shows how dramatically and drastically Herge's work developed and changed over time. These two earliest books show a rougher, more cartoonish style, as well as more simplistic writing.
Tintin in the Congo isn't recognized as part of the main canon, as in this early Herge work Tintin portrays many Colonialist/Imperialist/Paternalist attitudes of the (then) times. It additionally falls prey to ethnic stereotyping--showing the native Congolese as simple, lazy, superstitious and childlike, dependent upon help and guidance of 'white masters'.
Whew! So once you realize that this book in particular, and perhaps all of Herge's first three books must be read in context of the times from which they came, you're over the worst of the culture shock. Well, not quite, but at least you're better prepared.
I've never been a proponent of 'disappearing' books that are examples of earlier, ugly portrayals of minorities or the historical attitudes out of which they were produced. I think these books have a lot to teach us about our not so distant past--and some can even be enjoyable despite the now jarring ethnic 'off-notes,' the flat-out superiority complex of white-meets-anything-else.
The story is far more of an outlandish big-hunt adventure with some fairly improbable run-ins and stalkings of typically two-dimensional bad-guys.
There's a lot more bloodshed in the first two early Tintin stories--and though in black and white, it's more than one sees in the rest of the later books, as is the killing of big game animals. Tintin's edges are still a bit sharp in the early works, softened by later stories into a more G-rated hero.
Snowy gets quite a bit of story-line as well. His character took shape much more quickly and remained more solidly so than Tintin's. Snowy gets to save the day a few times and also be famously cowardly a few times too. He's very much himself, and strongly so.
Much more of a silly story than a gripping adventure, the Tintin in the Congo version I read was an unaltered, un-colorized version. I'd enjoy to see how a later, updated version reads in comparison to this facsimile. It would be interesting to see what changes Herge made, both in story content and in visual style."
"I love Tintin's books. I grew up reading and re-reading them so they are part of my childhood, my education, my cultural backgrownd. Some are better than others, funnier than others or even scarier than others. But they are all worthwhile visiting and re-visiting as the author (or editor) says "from ages 7 to 77"."
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