Tintin and Alph-Art (The Adventures of Tintin)
by Herge
List Price:
Our Price: $6.19
You Save: $4.80 (44%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions
Book Summary Information
Author: HergeEdition: Paperback
Published: 2007-12-01
ISBN: 0316003751
Number of pages: 64
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers
Book Reviews of Tintin and Alph-Art (The Adventures of Tintin)
Book Review: Elmyr de Hory's Treasure
Summary: 3 Stars
I got into this book when I discovered, thanks to the Glasgow based art critic Francis McKee, that it encompassed Herge's own reflections on the Clifford Irving scandals of the early 1970s: Irving's book on the notorious forger Elmyr de Hory (FAKE!) and his own attempted "Autobiography" of the eccentric and reclusive millionaire Howard Hughes. Then came Orson Welles' film "F for FAKE," which ties in these hoaxes with earlier attempts at fooling a mass public, including his own radio broadcast of THE WAR OF THE WORLDS. It is plain that Herge followed this case avidly, and the character of Ramo Nash, the great forger of the book. Instead of Ibiza, the island where de Hory moved in the early 1960s, Herge places Ramo Nash in Ischia. `Oh! A Modigliani (he accidentally touches the canvas; a little paint comes off on his fingers) It's still wet!...And here's a L?ger...... a Renoir .... a Picasso ...a Gauguin--a Monet... All fakes! A veritable factory for forging pictures, and perfect imitations, too!'
As a satire of a phony art world where everything is topsy turvy in the name of money, and where the latest thing is but the insane reflection of the earliest thing (Castafiore enthuses about the invention of the wheel, of fire, of the first hard boiled egg), it is a good satire, but for a Tintin book we look on it askance, for the drawings are nothing but place holders and the characters of our heroes seem hardly to have moved on from the "Picaros."
I wonder if one of these kind of scrapbooks could be worked up for every other of the Tintin books and we would then have a perfect knowledge of the way Herge took popular culture and the social scandals of his day and turned them into authentic novels. I hate to think of this as our last glimpse as Tintin, turned into a living statue like a Charles Ray sculpture, and shown in a museum as "Reporter." And no one suspecting he stands dead and agonized within like a sepulcher.
Summary of Tintin and Alph-Art (The Adventures of Tintin)
Little, Brown is celebrating 100 years of Herg? with 3 titles never before published in the U.S. Join traveling reporter Tintin and his faithful dog Snowy, along with well-known friends such as Captain Haddock, as they embark on extraordinary adventures spanning historical and political events, fantasy and science-fiction adventures and thrilling mysteries. These full-color graphic novels broke new ground when they were first released and became the inspiration for countless modern-day comic artists.Ages 9-12 Books
- Children's Books
- Literature > Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery & Horror > Comics & Graphic Novels
- Series > Humorous > TinTin
- Authors & Illustrators, A-Z > ( H ) > Herge
- Comics & Graphic Novels > Graphic Novels
- Entertainment > Humor
- Comics & Graphic Novels: General
- Comics & Graphic Novels: Graphic Novels: General
- Entertainment: Humor: General
- Children's Books: Ages 9-12: General
Book Subjects
- Arts & Photography
- Audiobooks on Cassette
- Audiobooks on CD
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Business & Investing
- Children's Books
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Internet
- Cooking, Food & Wine
- e-Books
- Engineering
- Entertainment
- Gay & Lesbian
- Health, Mind & Body
- History
- Home & Garden
- Horror
- Law
- Literature & Fiction
- Medicine
- Mystery & Thrillers
- Nonfiction
- Outdoors & Nature
- Parenting & Families
- Professional & Technical
- Reference
- Religion & Spirituality
- Romance
- Science
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Sports
- Teens
- Travel
Most talked about in All the Tintin books
Tintin and Alph-Art (The Adventures of Tintin)by Herge
Little, Brown Young Readers; Published: 2007-12-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.01
Price in other shops:
Tintin: The Complete Companionby Michael Farr, Herge
Last Gasp; Published: 2002-03; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $39.95
Tintin and the Picaros (The Adventures of Tintin)by Herge
Little, Brown Young Readers; Published: 1978-05-30; Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.40
Price in other shops:
Tintin - Tintin and the Lake of Sharksby Herge
Mammoth; Published: 2002-11-04; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.53
Price in other shops:
Flight 714 (The Adventures of Tintin)by Herge
Little, Brown Young Readers; Published: 1975-04-30; Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.40
Price in other shops:
The Castafiore Emerald (The Adventures of Tintin)by Herge
Little, Brown Young Readers; Published: 1975-09-30; Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.21
Price in other shops:
Tintin in Tibet (The Adventures of Tintin)by Herge
Little, Brown Young Readers; Published: 1975-04-30; Paperback; Book
Best price: $5.54
Price in other shops:
The Red Sea Sharks (The Adventures of Tintin)by Herge
Little, Brown Young Readers; Published: 1976-09-30; Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.40
Price in other shops:
The Calculus Affair (The Adventures of Tintin)by Herge
Little, Brown Young Readers; Published: 1976-09-30; Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.40
Price in other shops:
Explorers on the Moon (The Adventures of Tintin)by Herge
Little, Brown Young Readers; Published: 1976-09-30; Paperback; Book
Best price: $5.54
Price in other shops:
Similar Books and other products
The Adventures of Tintin: The Broken Ear / The Black Island / King Ottokar's Sceptre (3 Complete Adventures in 1 Volume, Vol. 2)by Herge
Little, Brown Young Readers; Published: 1994-05-02; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $18.96
Price in other shops:
Adventures of Tintin: Land of Black Gold / Destination Moon / Explorers on the Moon (3 Complete Adventures in 1 Volume, Vol. 5)by Herge
Little, Brown Young Readers; Published: 1995-04-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $10.67
Price in other shops:
The Adventures of Tintin: Tintin in America / Cigars of the Pharaoh / The Blue Lotus (3 Complete Adventures in One Volume, Vol. 1)by Herge
Little, Brown Young Readers; Published: 1994-05-02; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $7.60
Price in other shops:
The Adventures of Tintin: The Crab With the Golden Claws / The Shooting Star / The Secret of the Unicorn (3 Complete Adventures in 1 Volume, Vol. 3)by Herge
Little, Brown Young Readers; Published: 1994-05-02; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $7.60
Price in other shops:
The Adventures of Tintin - Red Rackham's Treasure / The Seven Crystal Balls / Prisoners of the Sun (3 Complete Adventures in 1 Volume, Vol. 4)by Herge
Little, Brown Young Readers; Published: 1995-04-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $9.00
Price in other shops:
The Adventures of Tintin: The Castafiore Emerald, Flight 714, Tintin and the Picaros (3 Complete Adventures in 1 Volume, Vol. 7)by Herge
Little, Brown Young Readers; Published: 1997-09-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $9.93
Price in other shops:
The Adventures of Tintin: The Calculus Affair / The Red Sea Sharks / Tintin in Tibet (3 Complete Adventures in 1 Volume, Vol. 6)by Herge
Little, Brown Young Readers; Published: 1997-04-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $11.58
Price in other shops:
Tintin: The Complete Companionby Michael Farr, Herge
Last Gasp; Published: 2002-03; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $39.95
Tintin in the Congoby Herge
EGMONT CHILDREN'S; Published: 2005-09-05; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $13.74
Tintin in the Land of the Soviets (The Adventures of Tintin)by Herge
Little, Brown Young Readers; Published: 2007-12-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.04
Price in other shops: