Michael Farr
Hardcover | Pages: 100 pages Rating: 4.38 | 2017 Users | 65 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Tintin: The Complete Companion |
| ISBN: | 0867199016 (ISBN13: 9780867199017) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Tintin |
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Tintin The Complete Companion starts where Tintin and the World of Herge stooped. An overview of the world famous comic character and of his adventures through the 23 titles of the complete oeuvre, the Complete Companion contextualizes Herge's work replaces it in its historical period by showing side by side by side the drawings and the references used by the artist to establish believable backgrounds and realistic details. Also included are sketches, large number of sketches that Herge would rework and polish until he would fine the clearest, most easily readable line giving birth to a style that would later be called the Clear Line. While this book is clearly aimed at an older reading audience, its iconography and attractive layouts will also appeal to teen agers and young and old comic connoisseurs who are familiar with Tintin adventuresDescribe Epithetical Books Tintin: Complete Companion
| Title | : | Tintin: Complete Companion |
| Author | : | Michael Farr |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 100 pages |
| Published | : | February 25th 2015 by Last Gasp (first published January 1st 2001) |
| Categories | : | Sequential Art. Comics. Nonfiction. Graphic Novels. History. Biography. Art |
Rating Epithetical Books Tintin: Complete Companion
Ratings: 4.38 From 2017 Users | 65 ReviewsNotice Epithetical Books Tintin: Complete Companion
Interesting, loving, generally well-written, and copiously illustrated book covering mainly the Tintin series, though also including a lot of biographical detail about Herge. Farr manages to deal with each book without being too spoilery, though he has a tendency to be a bit more worshipful than I might like, and perhaps at times to try to make loftier claims for the work than it can really support. The most fastinating thing about the book is the wealth of illustrations, not only from the booksThe concept behind this officially-sanctioned book is mouth-watering. Hergé Foundation/Moulinsart gave Michael Farr free reign of Hergé's archives, allowing him to show the reference images and sketches that sat behind the final Tintin artwork. A real behind-the-scenes experience for fans!Unfortunately, the actual book fails to live up to this possibility.A large part of the problem is the formatting of the book......which divi-des the book into three col-umns per page, with text of-ten broken
This is a great companion piece to the Tintin stories. Each Tintin book is covered, with archival photos and commentary providing rich background info on what went into the making of the stories.My only nitpick is that the author occasionally injects his personal preferences regarding the books. For instance, he considers "Flight 714" to be weak due to its extraterrestrial themes, whereas in the Tibet adventure he has no problem with the presence of the Yeti (he mentioned something about his dad
Read this and enjoy Tintin even moreIn Tintin: The Complete Companion Michael Farr takes the reader on a trip from the early beginnings of Tintin in The Land of the Soviets to the final and unfinished album of the Alpha-Art. With a contagious enthusiasm Farr describes the creation phase of every album and reveals some remarkable trivia you would normally miss while reading Hergé's masterpieces.It is refreshing to see how thoroughly Hergé documented himself before letting Tintin loose on yet
I read this excellent 200 page hc companion alongside my complete re-read of the 24 Tintin-books by Hérge. The book is structured chronologically and each time before I read the actual book, I enjoyed the eight pages (on average) where Farr offers a nice mix of pictures (either material from Hérge's files, pencil sketches or final panels alongside the photo for comparison) and infos about publication history, Hérge's personal history and the story's relationship to actual historical events. I am
Fantastic book for Tintin-enthusiasts. Beautiful illustrations and a nice analysis of all Tintin-books, with interesting trivia about the development of each story and a fantastic biography of Hergé and his struggles with his famous character. It also paints a clear portrait of what it was like to be an author during World War II and the impact those world events had on Hergé and everyone around him. To enjoy it you'll have to be familiar with the Tintin-books and stories, but if you are you
Tintin: The Complete Companion has, pleasingly, the same cover dimensions as a Tintin book, though it's a little thicker than the standard 62 pages. Although I could have done with less subjectivity from the author (irrelevant anecdotes; personal opinions on adventures that I happen to like thank you very much), he knows his stuff and it was fascinating to find out about all the Brussels-dialect jokes in the original, and the changes that took place in the pictures and text from one edition to
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