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Blue Lotus
By Herge
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher French & European Pubns
Publication date June 1, 1976
Binding Hardcover
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780828854801
ISBN-10 0828854807
Availability§ Apply Direct
Original list price $19.95
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Tintin travels to Shanghai where he and his dog, Snowy, encounter Japanese spies, sabotage, and opium smugglers.

The Adventures of Tintin (Les Aventures de Tintin) is a series of comic strips created by Belgian artist Herge the pen name of Georges Remi (1907 1983). The series first appeared in French in Le Petit Vingtieme, a children's supplement to the Belgian newspaper Le Vingtieme Siecle on 10 January 1929. Set in a painstakingly researched world closely mirroring our own, Herge's Tintin series continues to be a favorite of readers and critics alike 80 years later.
The hero of the series is Tintin, a young Belgian reporter. He is aided in his adventures from the beginning by his faithful fox terrier dog Snowy (Milou in French). Later, popular additions to the cast included the brash, cynical and grumpy Captain Haddock, the bright but hearing-impaired Professor Calculus (Professeur Tournesol) and other colorful supporting characters such as the incompetent detectives Thomson and Thompson (Dupond et Dupont). Herge himself features in several of the comics as a background character; as do his assistants in some instances.
The success of the series saw the serialized strips collected into a series of albums (24 in all), spun into a successful magazine and adapted for film and theatre. The series is one of the most popular European comics of the 20th century, with translations published in over 50 languages and more than 200 million copies of the books sold to date.
The comic strip series has long been admired for its clean, expressive drawings in Herge's signature ligne claire style. Engaging, well-researched plots straddle a variety of genres: swashbuckling adventures with elements of fantasy, mysteries, political thrillers, and science fiction. The stories within the Tintin series always feature slapstick humor, accompanied in later albums by sophisticated satire, and political and cultural commentary.

Editions
Hardcover
Book cover for 9780316358910 Book cover for 9780828854801
 
from Joy st Books (April 1, 1992)
9780316358910 | details & prices | 9.25 × 12.25 × 0.50 in. | Rec. grade levels 4-6 | 0.90 lbs | List price $12.95
About: Tintin travels to Shanghai where he and his dog, Smowy, encounter Japanese spies, sabotage, and opium smugglers.
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from French & European Pubns (June 1, 1976)
9780828854801 | details & prices | List price $19.95
About: Tintin travels to Shanghai where he and his dog, Snowy, encounter Japanese spies, sabotage, and opium smugglers.
Paperback
Book cover for 9780316133821
 
from Little Brown & Co (July 19, 2011); titled "The Blue Lotus"
9780316133821 | details & prices | 62 pages | 6.25 × 8.75 × 0.25 in. | Rec. grade levels 4-6 | 0.45 lbs | List price $9.99
About: This new format, crafted specifically for younger readers, features the original Tintin graphic novel plus brand-new content.
Prebinding
from Turtleback Books (July 30, 1984)
9780613718158 | details & prices | 8.75 × 11.75 × 0.50 in. | 1.14 lbs | List price $22.15
About: Tintin travels to Shanghai where he and his dog, Snowy, encounter Japanese spies, sabotage, and opium smugglers

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