List of Tintin media

This is a list of books, films, and media associated with The Adventures of Tintin, the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé.

Books

The books can either be listed in the order in which the stories first appeared in newspapers or magazines (the "production order"), or in the order they were first published in album form ("publication order"). As many early stories were altered in the redrawings, and therefore chronologically fit in more with the later albums, both orders can be considered valid. Sometimes the redrawings introduced problems with the chronological order, one example is when Sheik Patrash Pasha presents a copy of Destination Moon in Cigars of the PharaohDestination Moon was published almost 20 years after Cigars of the Pharaoh.

Production order

  1. Tintin in the Land of the Soviets (Tintin au pays des Soviets) (1929–1930)
  2. Tintin in the Congo (Tintin au Congo) (1930–1931)
  3. Tintin in America (Tintin en Amérique) (1931–1932)
  4. Cigars of the Pharaoh (Les Cigares du Pharaon) (1932–1934)
  5. The Blue Lotus (Le Lotus bleu) (1934–1935)
  6. The Broken Ear (L'Oreille cassée) (1935–1937)
  7. The Black Island (L'Île noire) (1937–1938)
  8. King Ottokar's Sceptre (Le Sceptre d'Ottokar) (1938–1939)
  9. The Crab with the Golden Claws (Le Crabe aux pinces d'or) (1940–1941)
  10. The Shooting Star (L'Étoile mystérieuse) (1941–1942)
  11. The Secret of the Unicorn (Le Secret de La Licorne) (1942–1943)
  12. Red Rackham's Treasure (Le Trésor de Rackham le Rouge) (1943)
  13. The Seven Crystal Balls (Les 7 Boules de cristal) (1943–1946)
  14. Prisoners of the Sun (Le Temple du Soleil) (1946–1948)
  15. Land of Black Gold (Tintin au pays de l'or noir) (1948–1950) 1
  16. Destination Moon (Objectif Lune) (1950–1953)
  17. Explorers on the Moon (On a marché sur la Lune) (1950–1953)
  18. The Calculus Affair (L'Affaire Tournesol) (1954–1956)
  19. The Red Sea Sharks (Coke en stock) (1956–1958)
  20. Tintin in Tibet (Tintin au Tibet) (1958–1959)
  21. The Castafiore Emerald (Les Bijoux de la Castafiore) (1961–1962)
  22. Flight 714 to Sydney (Vol 714 pour Sydney) (1966–1967)
  23. Tintin and the Picaros (Tintin et les Picaros) (1975–1976)
  24. Tintin and Alph-Art (Tintin et l'Alph-Art): Unfinished work, published posthumously in 1986, and republished with more material in 2004.

1: Actually begun in 1939 but left uncompleted in 1940, redrawn starting 1948.

Publication order

Title French language editions English language editions
Serialised versions Album collections
Le Petit Vingtième Le Soir Tintin magazine B&W Colour Colour B&W
Tintin in the Land of the Soviets 1929–30 1930 2017 1989
Tintin in the Congo 1930–31 1931 1946 (redrawn)[a] 2005 1991
Tintin in America 1931–32 1932 1945 (redrawn) 1962 2004
Cigars of the Pharaoh 1932–34 1934 1955 (redrawn) 1971 2006
The Blue Lotus 1934–35 1936 1946 (partially redrawn) 1983 2006
The Broken Ear 1935–37 1937 1943 1975
The Black Island 1937–38 1965 1938 1943
1965 (redrawn)
1966
King Ottokar's Sceptre 1938–39 1939 1947 (partially redrawn) 1958
The Crab with the Golden Claws 1940–41 1941 1943 (redrawn) 1972
The Shooting Star 1941–42 1942 1961
The Secret of the Unicorn 1942–43 1943 1974
Red Rackham's Treasure 1943 1944 1974
The Seven Crystal Balls 1943–44 1946–48 1948 1962
Prisoners of the Sun 1946–48 1949 1990
Land of Black Gold 1939–40 1948–50 (redrawn) 1950
1971 (redrawn)
1972
Destination Moon 1950–52 1953 1959
Explorers on the Moon 1952–53 1954 1989
The Calculus Affair 1955–56 1956 1960
The Red Sea Sharks 1956–58 1958 1990
Tintin in Tibet 1958–59 1960 1962
The Castafiore Emerald 1961–62 1963 1963
Flight 714 1966–67 1968 1968
Tintin and the Picaros 1975–76 1976 1977
Tintin and Alph-Art 1986 1990[b]
Notes
  1. ^ Further changes were made for Scandinavian readers in 1975, to remove a scene of Tintin killing a rhinoceros. This was retained in subsequent reprints and translations.
  2. ^ Expanded version released by Egmont in 2004.

Radio

The BBC produced two series of Tintin radio dramatisations by Simon Eastwood. They were first broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in 1992 and 1993. The cast featured Richard Pearce as Tintin, Andrew Sachs as Snowy, Leo McKern as Captain Haddock (Lionel Jeffries in series 2), Stephen Moore as Professor Calculus and Charles Kay as Thomson and Thompson. The music, which concludes quoting the final piano flourish from The Adventures of Tintin (TV series) theme, was composed by Roger Limb. Both series were released on BBC Audio Cassette (ISBN 0-8072-8103-4).

Series 1

  1. The Black Island
  2. The Secret of the Unicorn
  3. Red Rackham's Treasure
  4. Destination Moon
  5. Explorers on the Moon
  6. Tintin in Tibet

Series 2

  1. The Seven Crystal Balls
  2. Prisoners of the Sun
  3. The Calculus Affair (Part One)
  4. The Calculus Affair (Part Two)
  5. The Red Sea Sharks (Part One)
  6. The Red Sea Sharks (Part Two)

Special

  1. The Castafiore Emerald (50-minute Christmas Special). It guest-starred Miriam Margolyes as Bianca Castafiore. It has not yet received a commercial release nor a repeat broadcast.

Television

There have been two animated television series, based on the comic books.

Cinema

There have been a number of feature films featuring the characters, but not always based on original works by Hergé. There have been two live action films with actors cast for their resemblance to the characters.

In 1948, Hergé wrote to Walt Disney hoping to pitch his series into a potential animated feature in an effort to introduce Tintin to American audiences. The proposal fell through as Disney was busy working on Cinderella around that time, though Hergé did receive a Mickey Mouse trophy and a picture showing Tintin and Mickey shaking hands decades later.[1]

Live action films:

Animated films:

Documentaries

  • I, Tintin (Moi, Tintin) (1976, produced by Belevision Studios and Pierre films)
  • Tintin and I (Tintin et Moi) (2003, documentary about Hergé's struggle while creating Tintin in Tibet)
  • Sur le traces de Tintin (2010, documentary series)
  • Discovering Hergé (2012, produced by 3DD Productions)

Theatre

Video games

  1. Tintin on the Moon (1989)
  2. Tintin in Tibet (1996)
  3. Prisoners of the Sun (1997)
  4. Destination Adventure (2001)
  5. The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (2011)
  6. Tintin Match (2020)
  7. Tintin Reporter – Cigars of the Pharaoh (2023)

Reprints and republications

  • In 1951 British weekly comic The Eagle ran "King Ottokar's Sceptre"
  • In the 1960s and 1970s, various Tintin comics were reprinted in the American children's magazine Children's Digest.
  • In 2000–2001, the short-lived magazine "Explore!" ran "The Black Island" and "King Ottokar's Sceptre"
  • In 1982-90, the Indian fortnightly magazine "Anandamela" also ran 'The Adventures of Tintin' as 'Dyushahasi Tintin (দুঃসাহসী টিনটিন)'. They ran the 'Tintin in the Land of the Soviets' to 'Tintin and the Picaros'.

See also

Notes

Sources

Books

  • Lofficier, Jean-Marc; Lofficier, Randy (2002). The Pocket Essential Tintin. Harpenden, Hertfordshire: Pocket Essentials. ISBN 978-1-84243-226-6.
  • Sadoul, Numa (1975). Tintin et moi: entretiens avec Hergé [Tintin and I: Interviews with Hergé] (in French). Casterman. ISBN 978-2-08-080052-7.
  • Thompson, Harry (1991). Tintin: Hergé and His Creation. London: John Murray Publishers Ltd. ISBN 978-1-84854-672-1.

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