Perhaps Herge's most personal Tintin, which followed a nervous breakdown by the author and dreams of white. I do admit though while it's good, I prefer things like the Red Sea Sharks. Tintin goes to Tibet to search for his old Blue Lotus friend, Chang, whom he is convinced has survived a crash. There are no baddies apart from the elements, which are bad enough - avalanches, freezing to death, etc - plus the yeti who turns out to be not too horrible, just lonely! So this is one of the sappier Tintins - Tintin's love for Chang, Haddock willing to cut himself free from a rope to save Tintin, the ultimately non-scary yeti, the Nepalese porter and monks who are impressed by Tintin risking his life to save a friend. The art work is again very strong, particularly the stuff involving the Monks.
Thursday, May 10, 2007
Comic review - Tintin #20 - "Tintin in Tibet" (1960) by Herge
Perhaps Herge's most personal Tintin, which followed a nervous breakdown by the author and dreams of white. I do admit though while it's good, I prefer things like the Red Sea Sharks. Tintin goes to Tibet to search for his old Blue Lotus friend, Chang, whom he is convinced has survived a crash. There are no baddies apart from the elements, which are bad enough - avalanches, freezing to death, etc - plus the yeti who turns out to be not too horrible, just lonely! So this is one of the sappier Tintins - Tintin's love for Chang, Haddock willing to cut himself free from a rope to save Tintin, the ultimately non-scary yeti, the Nepalese porter and monks who are impressed by Tintin risking his life to save a friend. The art work is again very strong, particularly the stuff involving the Monks.
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