The metamorphoses of Tintin, or, Tintin for adults
By: Jean-Marie Apostolidès ; translated by Jocelyn Hoy.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 295
ISBN-13: 9780804760300; 9780804760317
Subjects: Hergé, -- 1907-1983; Tintin (Fictitious character)
Other titles: Metamorphoses of Tintin; Tintin for adults
Work titles: Métamorphoses de Tintin.
Description: "The Belgian artist Georges Remi's (Herge) legendary creation, Tintin is a figure whose adventures have enchanted readers in Europe for the last eighty years. The series is one of the most popular European comics of the twentieth century, with translations published in over 50 languages and more than 200 million copies of the books sold to date. The Metamorphoses of Tintin is the English translation of the first critical study of the canonical Tintin cartoons. Published in French in 1984 and republished many times since, this pioneering work examines the long career of both the cartoonist and his creation." --Book Jacket.
Notes: "Originally published in French in 1984 under the title Les métamorphoses de Tintin, Seghers. This translation is based on the third edition of Les métamorphoses de Tintin, 2006, Flammarion."

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