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Tintin in Tibet (The Adventures of Tintin)
by Hergé
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Desiree said:
"It's true, much of Tintin is politically incorrect these days. But reading these as a kid, few other literature took me to countries less explored -- Nancy Drew never went to Nepal and Tibet and almost came face-to-face with the Abominable Snowman.
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It's true, much of Tintin is politically incorrect these days. But reading these as a kid, few other literature took me to countries less explored -- Nancy Drew never went to Nepal and Tibet and almost came face-to-face with the Abominable Snowman.
One of the purer Tintin adventures with no political implications, I particularly enjoyed this one because it preached friendship and loyalty. You better hope you have a friend like Tintin, who would hike through snow-capped Himalayas to save you after a plane wreck, even though you're believed to be dead. There are no superpowers here, just comic book ingenuity, luck and destiny, without Batman brooding, Spider-Man sorrow and Wolverine world-weariness....less
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King Ottokar's Sceptre (The Adventures of Tintin)
by Hergé
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recommended for: everyone
read in September, 2008
Desiree said:
"When I was a little kid, I owned every Tintin comic book adventure and I read all of them, then re-read them all over again, laughing at the same jokes and used "Billions of bilious blue blistering barnacles" as my curse-phrase.
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When I was a little kid, I owned every Tintin comic book adventure and I read all of them, then re-read them all over again, laughing at the same jokes and used "Billions of bilious blue blistering barnacles" as my curse-phrase.
I am exploring the world of Tintin again after my Belgian jaunt, in the homeland of the artist Herge and where comics are highly regarded as literature. Beneath each vividly drawn and colored panel is a moral about the way the world lived in 1950.
In this chapter, Herge creates two fictional Eastern European countries and weaves an intricate plot about rebellious revolution and an attemped at forced abdication. Today, it sounds like a historical fantasy and the stuff of role-playing computer games. Back in the 1930s when these comics were published, there was nervous laughter and an abject fear of lands on the wrong side of the Berlin wall. To gain a common man's perspective of the way they lived then, try re-visiting it through block lettering, bright colors and a boy reporter with a little tuft of hair....less
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August 28
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Desiree
marked as to-read:
Everybody Loves Ice Cream: The Whole Scoop on America's Favorite Treat (Paperback)
by Shannon Jackson Arnold
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Great American Hot Dog Book (Paperback)
by Becky Mercuri
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More than Night: Film Noir in Its Contexts (Paperback)
by James Naremore
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The Gospel According to Bruce Springsteen (Paperback)
by Jeffrey B. Symynkywicz
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Jews and American Comics: An Illustrated History of an American Art Form (Hardcover)
by Paul Buhle
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Gumbo Tales: Finding My Place at the New Orleans Table (Hardcover)
by Sara Roahen
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New Orleans Noir (Akashic Noir)
by Julie Smith
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Chicago Noir (Paperback)
by Neal Pollack
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