Tintin and Alph-Art (The Adventures of Tintin: Original Classic)

Little, Brown is celebrating 100 years of Hergé 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. He unfinished final adventure of Tintin featuring Herge's black-and-white sketches. Opera singer Bianca Castafiore has a guru: Endaddine Akass is handing his advice out to everyone, but Tintin doesn't buy it-especially when he realizes that Akass might be connected to the death of the owner of an art gallery, who had been on his way to see Tintin when he died Herge's final creation began in 1978 and remains unfinished. He worked on 'Tintin and Alph-Art' not knowing where the story would lead, leaving more of an outline, a little less than an adventure, but so many possibilities. The last pages shed entirely fresh light on the incomplete conclusion of the story Reproductions of the original sketches and text of an unfinished story by Hergé, with English translation and commentary