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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherLast Gasp of SAN Francisco
ISBN-100867196904
ISBN-139780867196900
eBay Product ID (ePID)64080419
Product Key Features
Book TitleTintin and Co
Number of Pages100 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicGeneral, Comics & Graphic Novels
Publication Year2015
IllustratorYes
GenreLiterary Criticism, Art, Fiction
AuthorMichael Farr
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight12 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
SynopsisLeading British Tintinologist and journalist, Michael Farr, presents his choice of the dozen most important and colorful characters from The Adventures of Tintin, revealing their origins, and inspirations, and the source of their enduring fascination. This handsome, lavishly-illustrated volume takes a closer look at the remarkable cast that enriches the adventures: Snowy from Tintin in the Land of the Soviets, 1929-30, Coco from Tintin in the Congo, Snowy and arch-villian Boerto Rastapopoulos from Tintin in America Boerto Rastapopoulos and the hapless Thom(p)sons in Cigars of the Pharaoh Boerto in The Blue Lotus unpredictable Captain Haddock in The Crab with the Golden Claws, (1941) inventor Professor Calculus, and prima donna Banica Castafiore in King Ottokar's Sceptre (1938) delinquent Arab prince Abdullah smug insurance salesman Jolyon Wagg constant revolutionary General Alcazar the sinister Teutonic villain Muller, Leading British Tintinologist and journalist, Michael Farr, presents his choice of the dozen most important and colorful characters from The Adventures of Tintin, revealing their origins, and inspirations, and the source of their enduring fascination. Thi