Hergé and the Treasures of Tintin

by Dominique Maricq, Stuart Tett (Editor, Translator)

Hergé and the Treasures of Tintin looks at the influences on Hergé and the backgrounds to the stories of Tintin and how they were produced.

Integrated with over 180 illustrations and around 20 beautifully reproduced facsimile documents, the book explains how Georges Rémi became Hergé, how his private life and interests influenced his work, how the young journalist Tintin was developed and what sparked the delightful characters of Captain Haddock, Snowy, Professor Calculus, the Thom(p)sons, Chang and Bianca Castafiore. Plus there are special information boxes on many of the numerous other individuals who appeared in the Tintin stories.

Dominique Maricq is the Chief Archivist at Moulinsart, which holds the collections of Hergé’s work. He has written extensively on Hergé and the creation of Tintin.

Genres: Bande Dessinée

96 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 2013

Reviews

[Christine Sinclair · Rating 5 out of 5]

LOVED it! A must for any fan of Tintin!

[Peter Mueller · Rating 5 out of 5]

The most 'luxurious' Tintin compendium you will find, stunningly presented, 'soft' hardcover, extra documents and pictures contained in sleeves and enveloped throughout the book -- just stunning as I said, one for the true Tintin/Herge fan.

[G-E · Rating 4 out of 5]

Les plus gros points forts de ce livre sont les fac-similés et les illustrations qui sont très bien reproduites. Chaque album est abordé, en parlant de son contexte historique et la vie de Hergé est aussi abordée en parallèle, mais les informations se limitent à trois petits paragraphes par album. Si vous avez lu d’autres ouvrages sur Hergé ou Tintin vous connaitrez déjà la plupart des faits et anecdotes.

[Jordi J · Rating 5 out of 5]

Preciós llibre, gran, a tot color i amb "estampetes", que em va regalar la Marga pel darrer aniversari. Fa una anàlisi de cada llibre d'Hergé al voltant de la història, actualitat social, economia, conflictes internacionals, etc. Tot i ser en francès l'he entès molt bé. No sóc objectiu perquè adoro Tintin! M'ha encantat!

[Gary Fowles · Rating 2 out of 5]

A bit of a wasted opportunity this. The artwork and images are all superb, the text is very light though. There's enough here to keep you reading, but there's a wealth of missing detail. Glossing over facts such as how Hergé died is unforgivable.