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The Tintin Collection (Complete List) and How to Draw Tintin

Tintin: The Crab with the Golden Claws


One of Europe’s most famous cartoon character Tintin may make it to the Oscars this year! Now a Golden Globe nominee, Tintin has been part of the Art of the Home libraries for decades and is a traditional gift passed on from grandfathers to young boys so we were quite excited to hear that the latest Spielberg’s movie “The Adventures of Tintin” came out yesterday in the US. The Adventures of Tintin comic books were written by the talented Belgian artist Hergé (his real name is Georges Remi but he used his initials reversed “R.G” as his artist name which in French phonetically sound like “her(R)-gé(G)”). With the movie coming out, we thought you may be interested in finding out more about the famous Tintin comic books – they are well known in Europe but not as much in the US and make a great wholesome read for boys (men enjoy them too!). The movie is actually based on 3 of the comic books (The Crab with the Golden Claws, The Secret of the Unicorn, and Red Rackham’s Treasure) but “The Adventures of Tintin” collection is made of 24 books in total (see below for the books in the order they were published in France). The Crab with the Golden Claws (Le Crabe aux Pinces d’Or) has a special meaning for us – this was the first book read by one of Art of the Home’s favorite papy (grandpa) — over half a century ago!

The Tintin Collection – Complete List in Chronological Order

The Adventures of Tintin: The Complete Collection

So if you are interested in starting a Tintin collection for a young gentleman in your family, we have listed below all the Tintin books (albums de Tintin) as they came out in France. But these can be offered to gentlemen of all ages — in fact, a famous saying in France is that Tintin is “pour les jeunes de 7 à 77 ans” (for the youth 7 to 77 years old) so Tintin books are not just for young ones. As far as the chronology of the books, you don’t necessarily need to go in order but some go in pairs (16&17 for example) so it’s best to get the pair together or read them one after the other. You may notice his comic books “Destination Moon” and “Explorers on the Moon” were published over a decade before a man actually landed on the moon. He was quite the visionary and that is one of the reason his comic books are so appealing to the inquisitive mind of young boys.




The Adventures of Tintin Complete Collection

 The Adventures of Tintin – Les Aventures de Tintin

US Title French Title Date of Publication
1 Tintin in the Land of the Soviets Tintin au pays des Soviets 1930
2 Tintin au Congo Tintin au Congo 1931
3 Tintin in America Tintin en Amérique 1932
4 Cigars of the Pharaoh Les Cigares du Pharaon 1934
5 The Blue Lotus Le Lotus bleu 1936
6 The Broken Ear L’Oreille cassée 1937
7 The Black Island L’Île Noire 1938
8 King Ottokar’s Sceptre Le Sceptre d’Ottokar 1939
9 The Crab with the Golden Le Crabe aux pinces d’or 1941
10 The Shooting Star L’Étoile mystérieuse 1942
11 The Secret of the Unicorn Le Secret de la Licorne 1943
12 Red Rackham’s Treasure Le Trésor de Rackham le Rouge 1944
13 The Seven Crystal Balls Les Sept Boules de cristal 1948
14 Prisoners of the Sun Le Temple du Soleil 1949
15 Land of Black Gold Tintin au pays de l’or noir 1950
16 Destination Moon Objectif Lune 1953
17 Explorers on the Moon On a marché sur la Lune 1954
18 The Calculus Affair L’Affaire Tournesol 1956
19 The Red Sea Sharks Coke en stock 1958
20 Tintin in Tibet Tintin au Tibet 1960
21 The Castafiore Emerald Les Bijoux de la Castafiore 1963
22 Flight 714 Vol 714 pour Sydney 1968
23 Tintin and the Picaros Tintin et les Picaros 1976
24 Tintin and Alph-Art
(Unfinished work, published posthumously)
Tintin et l’Alph-Art 1986

Tintin and SnowyTintin and Snowy (Tintin et Milou)

How to Draw Tintin, Snowy, and Captain Haddock

And to inspire future generation of cartoonists, feel free to share this video of Hergé in the 60’s drawing his famous characters: Tintin and Snowy (Tintin et Milou) and Captain Haddock (Capitaine Haddock) – what a gift to see him in action!

Hergé Drawing Tintin and Snowy (Tintin et Milou)

Hergé (1907-1983)

Hergé Drawing Captain Haddock (Capitaine Haddock)

Hergé (1907-1983)

Getting Started with Your Tintin Collection

So one idea for a gift that is sure to bring joy for many years to come to boys is to get them started on reading the adventures of Tintin. You can start with one Tintin book with a couple movie tickets this year to go see the movie over the Holidays. And every year after that or for birthdays they can get the next one. We do offer them at the boutique (we actually had our Tintin section in the Boutique well before the movie came out) but it may be too late to get it for Christmas so we’d recommend checking your local Barnes&Nobles or other bookstore in town – with all the movie buzz they most likely will carry them. Our French collection is hardcover but the hardcover price is excessive in the US (about $40 each) so we recommend paperback copies which are below $10 and are of great quality. We find that the paperback alternative is just fine and in fact we offer those as gifts regularly – great wholesome gift for your sons, grandsons, and even the dad (le papa) and the grandpa (le papy)!



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