Are you looking for The Adventures of Tintin comics? These comic books are also known as the Les Adventures de Tintin in French, but they are all published widely in English and incredibly popular with men, women and children of all ages. If you want to buy cheap Tintin comics, there are several places where you can get them and improve your collection. The prices are usually low even for rare copies, but if you look hard enough, even the latter might be available for bargain prices. Tintin is a creation of Belgian comic artist Hergé, who was also known as Georges Remi. Tintin first appeared in the Belgian newspaper Le Vingtième Siècle and the first published date was recorded to be January 10, 1929. Since then, it has gone on to have its own series of published releases in various formats but most will know and remember it lovingly as the A3 sized comic books where Tintin and his faithful dog sidekick Snowy, the white Fox terrier, set forth on great adventures across the world in search of treasures, solving mysteries and many more.
Tintin is the main character of these incredible comics that you can buy for cheap here. He is a reporter in Belgium set in the world and as mentioned previously, has a little fox terrier sidekick in Snowy. The other famous characters featured in the comic books other than Tintin include the grumpy but soft at heart Captain Haddock, the smart Professor Calculus and detectives Dupond et Dupont, otherwise known as Thomson and Thompson, note the differing 'p' in their names.
While there has always been criticism of the comic strips and its creator Hergé as having negative connotations in them, they are a result of over-zealous individuals who read too much into the Tintin series. I have been reading them since I was young and never turned out the way these critics portray the comics to be. In fact, I have always loved the incredible adventures that Tintin and Snowy embark on all across the world, from the then Soviet Union and Congo, to the moon and Tibet. I remember collecting them fervantly and always enjoyed every copy I had of the series. The comics were best presented in 24 volumes of a series or album of the Adventures of Tintin and the various titles can be found below and bought for cheap here. The proof that Tintin comics are popular and widely accepted is in its publication in over 50 different languages worldwide and millions of copies sold since it was first created.
Why is the Tintin comics so popular and well liked? First of all, the adventurous settings they are contained, drawn and written in are varied and has all the best elements of adventure, fantasy, thrills, mysteries, science fiction and even politics all rolled into one. Children will love the humor contained in Tintin's adventures and the interaction between characters are fascinating and likelike, another reason why getting buying Tintin comics as a gift would be ideal, especially when you can get them low priced.
The 24 volumes of the Adventures of Tintin comics:
- Tintin in the Land of the Soviets
- Tintin in the Congo
- Tintin in America
- Cigars of the Pharoah
- The Blue Lotus
- The Broken Ear
- The Black Island
- King Ottokar's Sceptre
- The Crab with the Golden Claws
- The Shooting Star
- The Secret of the Unicorn
- Red Rackham's Treasure
- The Seven Crystal Balls
- Prisoners of the Sun
- Land of Black Gold
- Destination Moon
- Explorers on the Moon
- The Calculus Affair
- The Red Sea Sharks
- Tintin in Tibet
- The Castafiore Emerald
- Flight 714
- Tintin and the Picaros
- Tintin and Alph-Art
- Tintin and the Land of Sharks
