The young reporter Tintin and his faithful dog Snowy set off on assignment to Africa. But a sinister stowaway follows their every move and seems set on ensuring they come to a sticky end. Tintin and Snowy encounter witch doctors, hostile tribesmen, crocodiles, boa constrictors and numerous other wild animals before solving the mystery and getting their story. First published in book form in 1931 (in black & white only), Tintin in the Congo reflects the colonial attitudes of that period in its depiction of African people. Herge himself admitted that he was influenced by the bourgeois, paternalistic stereotypes of the period. This is also true of the treatment of big-game hunting and the attitude towards animals. All copies of the book will be displayed with a belly-band advertising its content.
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"Tintin in the Congo" is interesting to read, not so much for the story, which is largely perfunctory but has it's moments of interest, but for the attitudes displayed within it. This is one of Herge's earlier stories and the patronising, stereotypical colonial attitudes he displays make for interesting reading in this supposedly more enlightened time. There are flashes of the later Tintin books in places, bits of humour that point to later entries, but on the whole it's a little disappointing and not as visually confident as later entries.
Tinting in congo is the second tintin book, meaning that it isn't the greatest a the illustrations are pretty bad buts it's still a tinting book an they are classics. If youv read tintin you'll know what I mean hen I say that they are my favorite graphic novels and if you haven't it's not long before you find out.
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