The Adventures of Tintin: The Seven Crystal Balls 丁丁历险记系列

作者 Herge著
出版社 Little Brown
出版时间 1976年1月第1版
ISBN 9780316358408
定价 98.10

内容简介

TheAdventuresofTintin(LesAventuresdeTintin)isaseriesofcomicstripscreatedbyBelgianartistHergethepennameofGeorgesRemi(19071983).TheseriesfirstappearedinFrenchinLePetitVingtieme,achildren'ssupplementtotheBelgiannewspaperLeVingtiemeSiecleon10January1929.Setinapainstakinglyresearchedworldcloselymirroringourown,Herge'sTintinseriescontinuestobeafavoriteofreadersandcriticsalike80yearslater.TheherooftheseriesisTintin,ayoungBelgianreporter.HeisaidedinhisadventuresfromthebeginningbyhisfaithfulfoxterrierdogSnowy(MilouinFrench).Later,popularadditionstothecastincludedthebrash,cynicalandgrumpyCaptainHaddock,thebrightbuthearing-impairedProfessorCalculus(ProfesseurTournesol)andothercolorfulsupportingcharacterssuchastheincompetentdetectivesThomsonandThompson(DupondetDupont).Hergehimselffeaturesinseveralofthecomicsasabackgroundcharacter;asdohisassistantsinsomeinstances.Thesuccessoftheseriessawtheserializedstripscollectedintoaseriesofalbums(24inall),spunintoasuccessfulmagazineandadaptedforfilmandtheatre.TheseriesisoneofthemostpopularEuropeancomicsofthe20thcentury,withtranslationspublishedinover50languagesandmorethan200millioncopiesofthebookssoldtodate.Thecomicstripserieshaslongbeenadmiredforitsclean,expressivedrawingsinHerge'ssignatureligneclairestyle.Engaging,well-researchedplotsstraddleavarietyofgenres:swashbucklingadventureswithelementsoffantasy,mysteries,politicalthrillers,andsciencefiction.ThestorieswithintheTintinseriesalwaysfeatureslapstickhumor,accompaniedinlateralbumsbysophisticatedsatire,andpoliticalandculturalcommentary.

作者简介

GeorgesProsperRemi(22May1907–3March1983),betterknownbythepennameHergé,wasaBelgiancomicswriterandartist.Hisbestknownandmostsubstantialworkisthe23completedcomicbooksinTheAdventuresofTintinseries,whichhewroteandillustratedfrom1929untilhisdeathin1983,althoughhewasalsoresponsibleforotherwellknowncomicbookseriessuchasQuick&Flupke(1930–1940)andJo,ZetteandJocko(1936–1957).Bornintoamiddle-classfamilyinEtterbeek,Brussels,hetookakeeninterestinScoutinginearlylife,somethingthatwouldprovehighlyinfluentialonhislaterwork.InitiallyproducingillustrationsforBelgianScoutingmagazines,in1927hebeganworkingfortheconservativewingnewspaperLeXXeSiècle,whereheadoptedthepenname"Hergé",basedupontheFrenchpronunciationof"RG",hisinitialsreversed.Itwashere,in1929,thathebeganserialisingthefirstoftheAdventuresofTintin,TintinintheLandoftheSoviets.ThenotablequalitiesoftheTintinstoriesincludetheirvividhumanism,arealisticfeelproducedbymeticulousandwiderangingresearch,andHergé'sligneclairedrawingstyle.Adultreadersenjoythemanysatiricalreferencestothehistoryandpoliticsofthe20thcentury.TheBlueLotus,forexample,wasinspiredbytheMukdenincidentthatledtotheChinese-JapaneseWarof1934.KingOttokar'sSceptrecouldbereadagainstthebackgroundofHitler'sAnschlussorinthecontextofthestrugglebetweentheRomanianIronGuardandtheKingofRomania,CarolII;whilstlateralbumssuchasTheCalculusAffairdepicttheColdWar.HergéhasbecomeoneofthemostfamousBelgiansworldwideandTintinisstillaninternationalsuccess.Hergéisaprominentnationalheroinhisnativecountry,totheextentwherehehasbeendescribedastheactual"personificationofBelgium".Thelong-awaitedHergéMuseumwasopenedinLouvain-La-Neuveon2June2009.DesignedbyPritzkerPrize-winningarchitectChristiandePortzamparc,themuseumreflectsHergé'shugecorpusofworkwhichhas,untilnow,beensittinginstudiosandbankvaults.Hisworkremainsastronginfluenceoncomics,particularlyinEurope.HewasinductedintotheComicBookHallofFamein2003.

丛书

The Adventures of Tintin: Original Classic

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