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Tintin #13
鬲丕賳 鬲丕賳 賵丕賱賰乇丕鬲 丕賱爻亘毓 丕賱亘賱賵乇賷丞
This is the Arabic edition of
The Seven Crystal Balls
(
Les Sept Boules de Cristal
), the thirteenth volume of The Adventures of Tintin, the comics series by Belgian cartoonist 贬别谤驳茅.
Young reporter Tintin, his dog Snowy, and his friend Captain Haddock spend an evening at the music hall. There, they witness the performance of a clairvoyant, Madame Yamilah, who predicts the illness of one of the Sanders-Hardiman expedition members, who recently returned from an archaeological expedition to the Andes mountains. They also view the act of a knife thrower whom Tintin recognises as General Alcazar, former President of San Theodoros. Meeting him backstage, Alcazar introduces them to his Indio assistant, Chiquito, and learn that he was deposed (once again) by his rival General Tapioca.
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Young reporter Tintin, his dog Snowy, and his friend Captain Haddock spend an evening at the music hall. There, they witness the performance of a clairvoyant, Madame Yamilah, who predicts the illness of one of the Sanders-Hardiman expedition members, who recently returned from an archaeological expedition to the Andes mountains. They also view the act of a knife thrower whom Tintin recognises as General Alcazar, former President of San Theodoros. Meeting him backstage, Alcazar introduces them to his Indio assistant, Chiquito, and learn that he was deposed (once again) by his rival General Tapioca.
( Wikipedia
62 pages
First published April 1, 1948
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贬别谤驳茅
1,185听books1,887听followersGeorges Prosper Remi (22 May 1907 鈥� 3 March 1983), better known by the pen name 贬别谤驳茅, was a Belgian comics writer and artist.
His best known and most substantial work is The Adventures of Tintin comic book series, which he wrote and illustrated from 1929 until his death in 1983, leaving the twenty-fourth Tintin adventure Tintin and Alph-Art unfinished. His work remains a strong influence on comics, particularly in Europe.
"贬别谤驳茅" is the pseudonym of George Rem铆, making a game with the initials of his name inverted. Throughout the evolution of his star character, Tintin, we can see the progress of this author: from the first titles marked by the ultraconservative doctrine of the director of the newspaper Le Petit Vingti猫me, to the breaking of conventions embodied from The Blue Lotus , as well as the evolution of the society of his time. The research carried out by 贬别谤驳茅 to historically contextualize his Adventures, as well as his implicit social criticism, have made Tintin a masterpiece of the 20th century.
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His best known and most substantial work is The Adventures of Tintin comic book series, which he wrote and illustrated from 1929 until his death in 1983, leaving the twenty-fourth Tintin adventure Tintin and Alph-Art unfinished. His work remains a strong influence on comics, particularly in Europe.
"贬别谤驳茅" is the pseudonym of George Rem铆, making a game with the initials of his name inverted. Throughout the evolution of his star character, Tintin, we can see the progress of this author: from the first titles marked by the ultraconservative doctrine of the director of the newspaper Le Petit Vingti猫me, to the breaking of conventions embodied from The Blue Lotus , as well as the evolution of the society of his time. The research carried out by 贬别谤驳茅 to historically contextualize his Adventures, as well as his implicit social criticism, have made Tintin a masterpiece of the 20th century.
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August 25, 2020
Les Sept Boules de Cristal = The Seven Crystal Balls (Tintin, #13), 贬别谤驳茅
The Seven Crystal Balls is the thirteenth volume of The Adventures of Tintin, the comics series by Belgian cartoonist 贬别谤驳茅.
The story was serialised daily in Le Soir, Belgium's leading francophone newspaper, from December 1943 amidst the German occupation of Belgium during World War II.
The story was cancelled abruptly following the Allied liberation in September 1944, when 贬别谤驳茅 was accused of collaborating with the occupying Germans and banned from working. After he was cleared two years later, the story was then serialized weekly in the new Tintin magazine from September 1946 to April 1948.
The story revolves around the investigations of a young reporter Tintin and his friend Captain Haddock into the abduction of their friend Professor Calculus and its connection to a mysterious illness which has afflicted the members of an archaeological expedition to Peru.
鬲丕乇蹖禺 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 禺賵丕賳卮: 爻丕賱 1977賲蹖賱丕丿蹖
毓賳賵丕賳: 賴賮鬲 诏賵蹖 亘賱賵乇蹖賳貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 賴乇跇賴貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 禺爻乇賵 爻賲蹖毓蹖貨 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 蹖賵賳蹖賵乇爻丕賱貙 1354貙 丿乇 62氐貨 賲賵囟賵毓: 丿丕爻鬲丕賳賴丕蹖 诏乇丕賮蹖讴蹖 賵 賮讴丕賴蹖 丕夭 賳賵蹖爻賳丿诏丕賳 亘賱跇蹖讴蹖 - 爻丿賴 20賲
丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 丿乇亘丕乇賴 蹖 蹖讴 鬲蹖賲 賴賮鬲 賳賮乇賴 毓賱賲蹖 爻鬲 讴賴 倬爻 丕夭 亘乇诏卮鬲賳 丕夭 爻賮乇 禺賵丿 亘賴 丌賲乇蹖讴丕蹖 噩賳賵亘蹖貙 亘賴 胤乇夭 賲乇賲賵夭蹖 鬲賵爻胤 诏賵蹖鈥屬囏й� 賲丨鬲賵蹖 賳賵毓蹖 诏丕夭貙 亘賴 禺賵丕亘蹖 毓噩蹖亘 賮乇賵賲蹖鈥屫辟堎嗀� 讴賴 亘賴 丕賳鬲賯丕賲 乇丕爻讴丕乇 讴丕倬丕讴 賲卮賴賵乇 賲蹖鈥屫促堌�. 丿乇 賴賲蹖賳 賲蹖丕賳 倬乇賵賮爻賵乇 鬲賵乇賳爻賱 賳蹖夭 亘賴 噩乇賲 丿乇 丿爻鬲 丕賳丿丕禺鬲賳 丿爻鬲亘賳丿 乇丕爻讴丕乇 讴丕倬丕讴 丿夭丿蹖丿賴 卮丿賴 賵 亘賴 丌賲乇蹖讴丕蹖 噩賳賵亘蹖 亘乇丿賴 賲蹖鈥屫促堌€ω�
鬲丕乇蹖禺 亘賴賳诏丕賲 乇爻丕賳蹖 03/06/1399賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 丕. 卮乇亘蹖丕賳蹖
The Seven Crystal Balls is the thirteenth volume of The Adventures of Tintin, the comics series by Belgian cartoonist 贬别谤驳茅.
The story was serialised daily in Le Soir, Belgium's leading francophone newspaper, from December 1943 amidst the German occupation of Belgium during World War II.
The story was cancelled abruptly following the Allied liberation in September 1944, when 贬别谤驳茅 was accused of collaborating with the occupying Germans and banned from working. After he was cleared two years later, the story was then serialized weekly in the new Tintin magazine from September 1946 to April 1948.
The story revolves around the investigations of a young reporter Tintin and his friend Captain Haddock into the abduction of their friend Professor Calculus and its connection to a mysterious illness which has afflicted the members of an archaeological expedition to Peru.
鬲丕乇蹖禺 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 禺賵丕賳卮: 爻丕賱 1977賲蹖賱丕丿蹖
毓賳賵丕賳: 賴賮鬲 诏賵蹖 亘賱賵乇蹖賳貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 賴乇跇賴貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 禺爻乇賵 爻賲蹖毓蹖貨 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 蹖賵賳蹖賵乇爻丕賱貙 1354貙 丿乇 62氐貨 賲賵囟賵毓: 丿丕爻鬲丕賳賴丕蹖 诏乇丕賮蹖讴蹖 賵 賮讴丕賴蹖 丕夭 賳賵蹖爻賳丿诏丕賳 亘賱跇蹖讴蹖 - 爻丿賴 20賲
丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 丿乇亘丕乇賴 蹖 蹖讴 鬲蹖賲 賴賮鬲 賳賮乇賴 毓賱賲蹖 爻鬲 讴賴 倬爻 丕夭 亘乇诏卮鬲賳 丕夭 爻賮乇 禺賵丿 亘賴 丌賲乇蹖讴丕蹖 噩賳賵亘蹖貙 亘賴 胤乇夭 賲乇賲賵夭蹖 鬲賵爻胤 诏賵蹖鈥屬囏й� 賲丨鬲賵蹖 賳賵毓蹖 诏丕夭貙 亘賴 禺賵丕亘蹖 毓噩蹖亘 賮乇賵賲蹖鈥屫辟堎嗀� 讴賴 亘賴 丕賳鬲賯丕賲 乇丕爻讴丕乇 讴丕倬丕讴 賲卮賴賵乇 賲蹖鈥屫促堌�. 丿乇 賴賲蹖賳 賲蹖丕賳 倬乇賵賮爻賵乇 鬲賵乇賳爻賱 賳蹖夭 亘賴 噩乇賲 丿乇 丿爻鬲 丕賳丿丕禺鬲賳 丿爻鬲亘賳丿 乇丕爻讴丕乇 讴丕倬丕讴 丿夭丿蹖丿賴 卮丿賴 賵 亘賴 丌賲乇蹖讴丕蹖 噩賳賵亘蹖 亘乇丿賴 賲蹖鈥屫促堌€ω�
鬲丕乇蹖禺 亘賴賳诏丕賲 乇爻丕賳蹖 03/06/1399賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 丕. 卮乇亘蹖丕賳蹖
June 19, 2017
I love how Captain Haddock is trying to be a gentleman in this book with his monocle.
April 3, 2020
A great combination of Myth, Mystery, Thriller and hilarity.. Even hint of Horror.
And it's the second story that will have a direct sequel.. But this time it ends with a cliffhanger..
And it's the second story that will have a direct sequel.. But this time it ends with a cliffhanger..
July 6, 2020
The Seven Crystal Balls is one of my favourites in the Tintin series. And I do believe it is one of the best in the series as well. The concept is very interesting. A curse is visited upon seven members of a Peruvian archeological expedition who have brought with them an Inca mummy; one by one every member falls into a Coma, puzzling the investigators. Have these seven victims incurred the wrath of Incan gods for disturbing the tomb of Rascar Capac? Or is there any other sinister hand in operation?
The mystery draws Tintin, Captain Haddock, and Professor Calculus into the investigation in which Calculus gets kidnapped. The investigation leads all the clues to Peru and Tintin and Captain Haddock must journey to Peru both to rescue Professor and to solve the mystery and possibly find a cure for the seven victims. Part one of the adventure ends here and it'll continue into the next one in the series - Prisoners of the Sun .
There is a good mystery and suspense blended with myth and supernatural. Herge has created an eerie atmosphere giving the story a darker colour. But a bit of drama here and there and the absurdities of the detective duo made lighten the overall tone.
It was a very interesting read, and although the story is not at an end and continues into another installment, this in itself is a well written complete story.
The mystery draws Tintin, Captain Haddock, and Professor Calculus into the investigation in which Calculus gets kidnapped. The investigation leads all the clues to Peru and Tintin and Captain Haddock must journey to Peru both to rescue Professor and to solve the mystery and possibly find a cure for the seven victims. Part one of the adventure ends here and it'll continue into the next one in the series - Prisoners of the Sun .
There is a good mystery and suspense blended with myth and supernatural. Herge has created an eerie atmosphere giving the story a darker colour. But a bit of drama here and there and the absurdities of the detective duo made lighten the overall tone.
It was a very interesting read, and although the story is not at an end and continues into another installment, this in itself is a well written complete story.
November 20, 2011
This is more interesting episode than many other of the series!! The plot begins very interestingly and gets tightened as it progresses!!
No need to mention that tin tin is always a page turner and this is no exception!! U will get ur eyes glued to the book til u complete!!
I always wish I have a dog like snowy!! And this episode strengthens it!!
A wonderful detective in tin tin can be seen in this episode!!
No need to mention that tin tin is always a page turner and this is no exception!! U will get ur eyes glued to the book til u complete!!
I always wish I have a dog like snowy!! And this episode strengthens it!!
A wonderful detective in tin tin can be seen in this episode!!
December 19, 2020
賴賮鬲 诏賵蹖 亘賱賵乇蹖 丕賵噩 賲賴丕乇鬲 賴乇跇賴 丿乇 鬲乇讴蹖亘 丕賮爻丕賳賴 賵 賵丕賯毓蹖鬲 丕爻鬲..丿丕爻鬲丕賳蹖 噩賳丕蹖蹖 賵 噩匕丕亘..
February 8, 2018
贬别谤驳茅 est sans doute l'ambassadeur culturelle du genie francais qui a eu le plus de success au cours du dernier si猫cle.
Heureuse le si猫cle actuelle commence tres bien avec un tres beaux releve dans le domaine de la bande-dessin茅e fran莽aise. Entre autres, il faut signaler Julie Maroh (Le bleu est une couleur chaude) et Marjane Satrapis (Persepolis)
Heureuse le si猫cle actuelle commence tres bien avec un tres beaux releve dans le domaine de la bande-dessin茅e fran莽aise. Entre autres, il faut signaler Julie Maroh (Le bleu est une couleur chaude) et Marjane Satrapis (Persepolis)
January 19, 2020
螒蠀蟿蠈 蔚委谓伪喂 蟿慰 蟺蟻蠋蟿慰 渭苇蟻慰蟼 渭喂伪蟼 伪蟺慰位伪蠀蟽蟿喂魏萎蟼 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪蟼, 蟺慰蠀 慰位慰魏位畏蟻蠋谓蔚蟿伪喂 蟽蟿慰谓 蔚蟺蠈渭蔚谓慰 蟿蠈渭慰 渭蔚 蟿慰谓 蟿委蟿位慰 "螣 螡伪蠈蟼 蟿慰蠀 螇位喂慰蠀". 螖蟻维蟽畏, 蟿蟻蔚位维 蟽魏畏谓喂魏维, 蠂喂慰蠉渭慰蟻, 蠅蟻伪委慰 蟽魏委蟿蟽慰... 蠈位伪 蟿伪 魏伪位慰蠉未喂伪 蟺慰蠀 蟺蟻慰蟽蠁苇蟻蔚喂 伪蟺位蠈蠂蔚蟻伪 慰 螘蟻味苇 渭蔚 蟿喂蟼 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委蔚蟼 蟿慰蠀 韦蔚谓蟿苇谓, 蔚委谓伪喂 魏伪喂 蔚未蠋. 螒谓 渭畏 蟿喂 维位位慰, 慰喂 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委蔚蟼 渭蔚 蟺蟻蠅蟿伪纬蠅谓喂蟽蟿萎 蟿慰谓 蠁慰尾蔚蟻蠈 韦蔚谓蟿苇谓 伪蟺慰蟿蔚位慰蠉谓 蔚纬纬蠉畏蟽畏 伪谓伪纬谓蠅蟽蟿喂魏萎蟼 伪蟺蠈位伪蠀蟽畏蟼 魏伪喂 蠄蠀蠂伪纬蠅纬委伪蟼.
August 9, 2023
The Seven Crystal Balls is the first part of yet another two-part adventure. The story starts off with the return of seven European explorers who are part of an archaeological expedition that discovered the tomb of an Inca priest. A clairvoyant predicts the illness of one of the members, but soon enough ALL of them fall ill and into a deep sleep. Fragments of a crystal ball are found near each inert body. But it is when Professor Calculus is kidnapped that Tintin gets involved.
This time the journey takes the whole gang to Peru, yayyy! It turns out that the explorers have to be punished for desecrating the Inca tomb and the last descendent of the tribe is on their trail. It's such an outdated European trope but it's great fun, so that's that. This plot was inspired by the rumours surrounding the then fresh unearthing of Tutankhamen's tomb in Egypt by Carter.
I felt that the characters are slowly developing but also there are minor changes such as Snowy no longer taking centre stage, a move that I think is for the better. Captain Haddock is no longer a lush but a dapper gentleman in a suit and a monocle to match. It was the most hilarious part of the book to see the Captain try to act the aristocrat. Tintin himself does not seem to have much of a character arc throughout the series and remains the same. My favourites, Thomson and Thompson, make an appearance but are not central to the story. General Alcazar (remember San Theodoros from The Broken Ear?) also shows up!
The action is all set in Belgium so far, but I look forward to the second part, set in Peru.
This time the journey takes the whole gang to Peru, yayyy! It turns out that the explorers have to be punished for desecrating the Inca tomb and the last descendent of the tribe is on their trail. It's such an outdated European trope but it's great fun, so that's that. This plot was inspired by the rumours surrounding the then fresh unearthing of Tutankhamen's tomb in Egypt by Carter.
I felt that the characters are slowly developing but also there are minor changes such as Snowy no longer taking centre stage, a move that I think is for the better. Captain Haddock is no longer a lush but a dapper gentleman in a suit and a monocle to match. It was the most hilarious part of the book to see the Captain try to act the aristocrat. Tintin himself does not seem to have much of a character arc throughout the series and remains the same. My favourites, Thomson and Thompson, make an appearance but are not central to the story. General Alcazar (remember San Theodoros from The Broken Ear?) also shows up!
The action is all set in Belgium so far, but I look forward to the second part, set in Peru.
July 15, 2022
Tintin was one of the comic book heroes of my childhood. I'm going to read my way through the series again as I listen to a radio program about him, and his creator, 贬别谤驳茅. Books thirteen, The Seven Crystal Balls, and book fourteen, Prisoners of the Sun, are a single story line just as the two books that precede them. Captain Haddock is now the owner of country estate, and Tintin, along with his ever faithful Snowy, goes to visit him. Soon enough the two have got themselves deep into a mystery that involves men that are newly arrived back home after a expedition to South America fall into coma, and next to each victim fragments of a shattered crystal ball can be found.
In some sense 贬别谤驳茅 seems to have realised just how good the previous pair had been so he uses the same basic form for The Seven Crystal Balls and its sequel as he had used before with the two books about Red Rackham's treasure. The Seven Crystal Balls, like Red Rackham's Treasure, is a mystery that takes place in Belgium, and then the story continues in Prisoners of the Sun which is more of an adventure, like The Secret of the Unicorn, where they go and explore the world. Perhaps the main difference is that The Seven Crystal Balls does have a little bit of a horror undertone which Red Rackham's Treasure doesn't have. Still the basic set up is the same.
The main problem with it is that this two book story never really reaches quite as high as the two book story that preceded it. For example, the jokes seem to be a little farther between, even though Captain Haddock as a this newly rich socialite with a monocle is actually a wonderfully far away from what he usually is, and that is seriously funny. It just doesn't seem quite as good as before. Still it is a well written, and illustrated story. At the centre of this you could see influences from the stories that were told of the curse of the pharaohs, even though in this story the curse come from a Inca mummy. Even though it may never really reach as high as Red Rackham's Treasure, The Seven Crystal Balls is still a good Tintin book. The main cast is in fine form, and it is a well written mystery.
In some sense 贬别谤驳茅 seems to have realised just how good the previous pair had been so he uses the same basic form for The Seven Crystal Balls and its sequel as he had used before with the two books about Red Rackham's treasure. The Seven Crystal Balls, like Red Rackham's Treasure, is a mystery that takes place in Belgium, and then the story continues in Prisoners of the Sun which is more of an adventure, like The Secret of the Unicorn, where they go and explore the world. Perhaps the main difference is that The Seven Crystal Balls does have a little bit of a horror undertone which Red Rackham's Treasure doesn't have. Still the basic set up is the same.
The main problem with it is that this two book story never really reaches quite as high as the two book story that preceded it. For example, the jokes seem to be a little farther between, even though Captain Haddock as a this newly rich socialite with a monocle is actually a wonderfully far away from what he usually is, and that is seriously funny. It just doesn't seem quite as good as before. Still it is a well written, and illustrated story. At the centre of this you could see influences from the stories that were told of the curse of the pharaohs, even though in this story the curse come from a Inca mummy. Even though it may never really reach as high as Red Rackham's Treasure, The Seven Crystal Balls is still a good Tintin book. The main cast is in fine form, and it is a well written mystery.
July 23, 2020
The text below is included in ALL of my reviews for the Tintin series. If you've already read it, please proceed to the last part of the review.
I am a lifelong fan of Tintin and 贬别谤驳茅. Tintin is the earliest memory I have of being exposed to books and stories, my dad started to read Tintin to me when I was less than three years old and continued to do so until I learned to read on my own. I have loved these stories my whole life, and I know all of them by heart, in Persian, in English, and in French.
But, as a devout fan, I think it's time to do the hard but right thing: confess that these books are far from perfect. They are full of stereotypes, they are racist, whitewashed, colonialist, orientalist, and many other problematic "ists" for the modern reader. Not to mention a complete lack of female characters in the entire franchise.
The only reoccurring woman, Bianca Castafiore, is not even a good character, she's a mocking parody of the poor dear Maria Callas that 贬别谤驳茅 hated. Other women present are her maid Irma (in approximately 20 frames), Alcazar's wife, a seer, some landladies, and some other very minor characters that play no important role. Anyway.
In the past few years, I've struggled to decide how I feel about these books. Will I dismiss them? Consider "the time they were written in" and excuse them? Love them in secret? Start disliking them? I don't know. So far I haven't reached a fixed decision, but I will say this:
I am aware that these books are problematic. I acknowledge that. I don't stand for the message of some of these books. At the same time, I won't dismiss or hide my love for them because they were an integral part of my growing up, and they have shaped some of my fondest memories, fantasies, and games. I still love the adventures of Tintin very much. And I have a soft spot for my dear old Captain Haddock, stupid and ridiculous as he is.
Le 7 boules de crystal is one of my absolute favorites. Colonialist, I admit, but it's so full of mystery and thrill and allure that I can't help but giving it a full rating.
I am a lifelong fan of Tintin and 贬别谤驳茅. Tintin is the earliest memory I have of being exposed to books and stories, my dad started to read Tintin to me when I was less than three years old and continued to do so until I learned to read on my own. I have loved these stories my whole life, and I know all of them by heart, in Persian, in English, and in French.
But, as a devout fan, I think it's time to do the hard but right thing: confess that these books are far from perfect. They are full of stereotypes, they are racist, whitewashed, colonialist, orientalist, and many other problematic "ists" for the modern reader. Not to mention a complete lack of female characters in the entire franchise.
The only reoccurring woman, Bianca Castafiore, is not even a good character, she's a mocking parody of the poor dear Maria Callas that 贬别谤驳茅 hated. Other women present are her maid Irma (in approximately 20 frames), Alcazar's wife, a seer, some landladies, and some other very minor characters that play no important role. Anyway.
In the past few years, I've struggled to decide how I feel about these books. Will I dismiss them? Consider "the time they were written in" and excuse them? Love them in secret? Start disliking them? I don't know. So far I haven't reached a fixed decision, but I will say this:
I am aware that these books are problematic. I acknowledge that. I don't stand for the message of some of these books. At the same time, I won't dismiss or hide my love for them because they were an integral part of my growing up, and they have shaped some of my fondest memories, fantasies, and games. I still love the adventures of Tintin very much. And I have a soft spot for my dear old Captain Haddock, stupid and ridiculous as he is.
Le 7 boules de crystal is one of my absolute favorites. Colonialist, I admit, but it's so full of mystery and thrill and allure that I can't help but giving it a full rating.
September 12, 2022
Son iki cilttir hikayeler 2-2 gidiyor. Olsun daha g眉zel. 7 Kristal K眉re bence di臒erlerine g枚re ayaklar谋 daha yere basan, i艧in komedi ya da abs眉rtl眉k k谋sm谋n谋n minimuma indi臒i ancak heyecan ve merak unsurlar谋n谋n daha 枚n planda oldu臒u bir ciltti. Ho艧uma gitti.
Yaln谋z say谋m谋za devam ediyoruz. 13 cilt ve tek bir kad谋n karakter yok.
Yaln谋z say谋m谋za devam ediyoruz. 13 cilt ve tek bir kad谋n karakter yok.
July 29, 2014
The philosoph Michel Serres is a great tintinophil. He noted that the 贬别谤驳茅's drawing was extremely precise (the famous "ligne claire"), except the head of Tintin. For him, it was a reason of success. With an outlined face, everyone is able to identify with him. Thus Tintin is you, Tintin is me.
Nevertheless, I am not a fan. History and drawing are perfect. But I do not identify myself in Tintin. I don't recognize me in this stylised head.
My hero of cartoon is a true romantic hero: Corto Maltese. Pratt was influenced by the American comics, and especially Milton Caniff. The drawing is done with brush, we are far from the "ligne claire". I saw the drawings of his first album 'Salted sea balad". It is an incredible work of scraping, joining and angry brushstroke.
But I advise you his most esoteric album "Fable of Venice". In the secr锚te courses of this enigmatic city, you will seek the clavicle of Solomon (Pratt was franc-ma莽on). Corto Maltese will give you the significance of each letter of Hebrew alphabet. You will read Borges differently and you will find the exit of the labyrinth.
Nevertheless, I am not a fan. History and drawing are perfect. But I do not identify myself in Tintin. I don't recognize me in this stylised head.
My hero of cartoon is a true romantic hero: Corto Maltese. Pratt was influenced by the American comics, and especially Milton Caniff. The drawing is done with brush, we are far from the "ligne claire". I saw the drawings of his first album 'Salted sea balad". It is an incredible work of scraping, joining and angry brushstroke.
But I advise you his most esoteric album "Fable of Venice". In the secr锚te courses of this enigmatic city, you will seek the clavicle of Solomon (Pratt was franc-ma莽on). Corto Maltese will give you the significance of each letter of Hebrew alphabet. You will read Borges differently and you will find the exit of the labyrinth.
August 2, 2011
The Tintin stories for anyone who has read them and understands their history can't be viewed as anything other than groundbreaking. The beginnings of these stories have been around as long as the Lord of the Rings, the illustration and environments in the Tintin books are accurate and extremely detailed. Anyone who has spent even a little time exploring Herge (Georges Remi) can see the painstaking research and adversity he worked through to compose the world around Tintin. His ideas were ahead of his time (Exploring the moon, Industrialization, South American political conflict, modern slave trade, extraterrestrial life) and he made certain every detail for every object would be realistic (after the third book at least). Herge's work can certainly be cited as an influence for any modern day graphic novel or comic book.
April 20, 2023
禺賵丿賲 賳爻賱賽 丿乇 禺蹖丕亘丕賳 亘丕夭蹖 讴乇丿賳 鬲丕 亘賵賯 爻诏 賵 倬乇爻賴 夭丿賳 丿乇 禺蹖丕亘丕賳賴丕蹖 賲丨賱賴 鬲丕 噩丕蹖蹖 讴賴 丿賵爻鬲蹖貙 賴賲爻丕蹖賴鈥屫й� 蹖丕 乇賴诏匕乇 丌卮賳丕蹖蹖 倬蹖睾丕賲 賲丕賲丕賳 乇丕 賲蹖乇爻丕賳丿 讴賴 亘賴 丕亘乇丕賴蹖賲 亘诏蹖丿 亘蹖丕丿 禺賵賳賴 亘乇丕蹖 卮丕賲. 蹖丕 氐丿丕蹖蹖 丕夭 丿賵乇 丕夭 夭蹖乇 鬲讴 趩乇丕睾 爻丕賱賲 賲丨賱賴鈥屬呚з� 亘賴 诏賵卮 賲蹖乇爻蹖丿 賵 诏賵卮 亘賴 诏賵卮 乇爻丕賳丿賴 賲蹖卮丿 讴賴:
芦丕亘乇丕賲! 丕亘蹖! 賲丕賲丕賳鬲 氐丿丕鬲 賲蹖夭賳賴禄
亘丕 鬲賳蹖 毓乇賯 讴乇丿賴 亘乇 賲蹖诏卮鬲賲 賵 毓囟賱丕鬲蹖 讴賴 丿乇 讴賵丿讴蹖 賴蹖趩 賵賯鬲 乇賳诏 丕爻蹖丿 賱丕讴鬲蹖讴 乇丕 亘賴 禺賵丿 賳丿蹖丿賳丿 乇丕 亘賴 乇禺鬲禺賵丕亘蹖 讴賴 乇賵亘乇賵蹖 鬲賱賵蹖夭蹖賵賳 倬賴賳 賲蹖卮丿 賲蹖爻倬乇丿賲.
賴蹖趩 賵賯鬲 賳賵丕乇 賯氐賴 賳丿丕卮鬲賲貙 賴蹖趩 賵賯鬲 讴鬲丕亘 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 蹖丕 賲噩賲賵毓賴 賴丕蹖 讴賲蹖讴 亘賴 丿爻鬲 賳诏乇賮鬲賲. 卮丕蹖丿 亘丕賵乇卮 爻禺鬲 亘丕卮丿 丕賲丕 賯氐賴 卮亘 亘趩賴鈥屬囏� 亘丕 賲賵爻蹖賯蹖 诏賳噩卮讴 賱丕賱丕蹖卮 乇丕 鬲賳賴丕 蹖讴亘丕乇 诏賵卮 丿丕丿賲貙 丌賳 賴賲 賮賯胤 賲賵爻蹖賯蹖鈥屫ж� 乇丕.
丨賯蹖賯鬲 賲賴丿 讴賵丿讴 賴賲 賳乇賮鬲賲.馃構
乇賵丨 讴賵趩讴賲 (蹖丕 亘夭乇诏賲) 丕夭 鬲賳鈥屫� 賵 丕爻倬丕蹖丿乇賲賳 賵 爻賵倬乇賲賳 賵 睾蹖乇賴 趩蹖夭蹖 賳賲蹖丿丕賳爻鬲. 亘賴 噩丕蹖卮 爻乇倬丕蹖蹖鈥屬囏й� 禺丕賳賴 乇丕 讴卮 賲蹖乇賮鬲蹖賲 賵 讴丕乇鬲鈥屬囏й� 亘丕夭蹖 乇丕 丿乇 賮丕氐賱賴鈥屫й� 丿賵乇 賲蹖鈥屭嗃屫屬� 賵 亘丕 丿賲倬丕蹖蹖 賳卮丕賳賴 賲蹖鈥屫辟佖屬�. 丕夭 丿蹖賵丕乇 亘丕睾 爻蹖亘 乇賵亘乇賵蹖 禺丕賳賴 亘丕賱丕 賲蹖鈥屫辟佖屬� 賵 賯亘賱 丕夭 乇爻蹖丿賳 爻诏賽 亘丕睾亘丕賳 亘丕 倬蹖乇丕賴賳蹖 倬乇 丕夭 爻蹖亘鈥屬囏й� 爻亘夭 賵 賳丕乇爻 亘賴 賲丨蹖胤 丕賲賳 丕蹖賳胤乇賮 丿蹖賵丕乇 亘乇賲蹖鈥屭簇屬�.
丨丕賱丕 倬爻 丕夭 趩賴賱 爻丕賱 丿丕乇賲 丕蹖賳 賯氐賴鈥屬囏� 賵 丿丕爻鬲丕賳鈥屬囏� 賵 讴賲蹖讴鈥屬囏� 乇丕 亘乇丕蹖 倬爻乇賲 賲蹖鈥屫堌з嗁�.
卮亘蹖 丿賴-丿賵丕夭丿賴 氐賮丨賴 乇丕 亘丕 鬲賯賱蹖丿 氐丿丕賴丕蹖 賲鬲賮丕賵鬲 卮禺氐蹖鬲鈥屬囏� 亘乇丕蹖卮 賲蹖鈥屫堌з嗁� 鬲丕 禺賵丕亘卮 亘亘乇丿.
賳賲蹖鈥屫з嗁� 倬爻乇賲 丨爻乇鬲 丌賳 卮賵乇 禺蹖丕亘丕賳蹖貙 丌賳 賴賮鬲鈥屫迟嗂� 亘丕夭蹖鈥屬囏ж� 鬲爻賲賴 亘丕夭蹖貙 丕爻鬲倬 賴賵丕蹖蹖 賵 禺乇 倬賱蹖爻 賵 賵 賵 乇丕 亘丕蹖丿 丿丕卮鬲賴 亘丕卮丿 蹖丕 賲賳 丨爻乇鬲 賳丿丕卮鬲賳 丌賳趩賴 卮乇丨卮 賯亘賱鬲乇 乇賮鬲 乇丕 亘丕蹖丿 亘賴 丿賱 亘賳卮丕賳賲.
禺賱丕氐賴 丨爻 毓噩蹖亘蹖鈥屫池�.
亘诏匕乇蹖賲鈥�
丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 賯爻賲鬲 鬲賳鈥屫� 乇丕 倬爻乇賲 禺蹖賱蹖 丿賵爻鬲 丿丕乇丿 亘毓賱丕賵賴鈥屰� 丕丿丕賲賴鈥屰� 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丿乇 讴鬲丕亘 芦賲毓亘丿 禺賵乇卮蹖丿禄 .
诏蹖乇 丿丕丿賳 亘賴 卮丕賳爻鈥屬囏й� 鬲賳鈥屫� 賵 乇賴蹖丿賳鈥屬囏й屫� 丕夭 賲乇诏 乇丕 賴賲 賲蹖诏匕丕乇賲 倬丕蹖 賵爻賵丕爻 亘夭乇诏爻丕賱蹖 禺賵丿賲.
亘丕賯蹖 亘賯丕蹖 丿賵爻鬲丕賳
芦丕亘乇丕賲! 丕亘蹖! 賲丕賲丕賳鬲 氐丿丕鬲 賲蹖夭賳賴禄
亘丕 鬲賳蹖 毓乇賯 讴乇丿賴 亘乇 賲蹖诏卮鬲賲 賵 毓囟賱丕鬲蹖 讴賴 丿乇 讴賵丿讴蹖 賴蹖趩 賵賯鬲 乇賳诏 丕爻蹖丿 賱丕讴鬲蹖讴 乇丕 亘賴 禺賵丿 賳丿蹖丿賳丿 乇丕 亘賴 乇禺鬲禺賵丕亘蹖 讴賴 乇賵亘乇賵蹖 鬲賱賵蹖夭蹖賵賳 倬賴賳 賲蹖卮丿 賲蹖爻倬乇丿賲.
賴蹖趩 賵賯鬲 賳賵丕乇 賯氐賴 賳丿丕卮鬲賲貙 賴蹖趩 賵賯鬲 讴鬲丕亘 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 蹖丕 賲噩賲賵毓賴 賴丕蹖 讴賲蹖讴 亘賴 丿爻鬲 賳诏乇賮鬲賲. 卮丕蹖丿 亘丕賵乇卮 爻禺鬲 亘丕卮丿 丕賲丕 賯氐賴 卮亘 亘趩賴鈥屬囏� 亘丕 賲賵爻蹖賯蹖 诏賳噩卮讴 賱丕賱丕蹖卮 乇丕 鬲賳賴丕 蹖讴亘丕乇 诏賵卮 丿丕丿賲貙 丌賳 賴賲 賮賯胤 賲賵爻蹖賯蹖鈥屫ж� 乇丕.
丨賯蹖賯鬲 賲賴丿 讴賵丿讴 賴賲 賳乇賮鬲賲.馃構
乇賵丨 讴賵趩讴賲 (蹖丕 亘夭乇诏賲) 丕夭 鬲賳鈥屫� 賵 丕爻倬丕蹖丿乇賲賳 賵 爻賵倬乇賲賳 賵 睾蹖乇賴 趩蹖夭蹖 賳賲蹖丿丕賳爻鬲. 亘賴 噩丕蹖卮 爻乇倬丕蹖蹖鈥屬囏й� 禺丕賳賴 乇丕 讴卮 賲蹖乇賮鬲蹖賲 賵 讴丕乇鬲鈥屬囏й� 亘丕夭蹖 乇丕 丿乇 賮丕氐賱賴鈥屫й� 丿賵乇 賲蹖鈥屭嗃屫屬� 賵 亘丕 丿賲倬丕蹖蹖 賳卮丕賳賴 賲蹖鈥屫辟佖屬�. 丕夭 丿蹖賵丕乇 亘丕睾 爻蹖亘 乇賵亘乇賵蹖 禺丕賳賴 亘丕賱丕 賲蹖鈥屫辟佖屬� 賵 賯亘賱 丕夭 乇爻蹖丿賳 爻诏賽 亘丕睾亘丕賳 亘丕 倬蹖乇丕賴賳蹖 倬乇 丕夭 爻蹖亘鈥屬囏й� 爻亘夭 賵 賳丕乇爻 亘賴 賲丨蹖胤 丕賲賳 丕蹖賳胤乇賮 丿蹖賵丕乇 亘乇賲蹖鈥屭簇屬�.
丨丕賱丕 倬爻 丕夭 趩賴賱 爻丕賱 丿丕乇賲 丕蹖賳 賯氐賴鈥屬囏� 賵 丿丕爻鬲丕賳鈥屬囏� 賵 讴賲蹖讴鈥屬囏� 乇丕 亘乇丕蹖 倬爻乇賲 賲蹖鈥屫堌з嗁�.
卮亘蹖 丿賴-丿賵丕夭丿賴 氐賮丨賴 乇丕 亘丕 鬲賯賱蹖丿 氐丿丕賴丕蹖 賲鬲賮丕賵鬲 卮禺氐蹖鬲鈥屬囏� 亘乇丕蹖卮 賲蹖鈥屫堌з嗁� 鬲丕 禺賵丕亘卮 亘亘乇丿.
賳賲蹖鈥屫з嗁� 倬爻乇賲 丨爻乇鬲 丌賳 卮賵乇 禺蹖丕亘丕賳蹖貙 丌賳 賴賮鬲鈥屫迟嗂� 亘丕夭蹖鈥屬囏ж� 鬲爻賲賴 亘丕夭蹖貙 丕爻鬲倬 賴賵丕蹖蹖 賵 禺乇 倬賱蹖爻 賵 賵 賵 乇丕 亘丕蹖丿 丿丕卮鬲賴 亘丕卮丿 蹖丕 賲賳 丨爻乇鬲 賳丿丕卮鬲賳 丌賳趩賴 卮乇丨卮 賯亘賱鬲乇 乇賮鬲 乇丕 亘丕蹖丿 亘賴 丿賱 亘賳卮丕賳賲.
禺賱丕氐賴 丨爻 毓噩蹖亘蹖鈥屫池�.
亘诏匕乇蹖賲鈥�
丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 賯爻賲鬲 鬲賳鈥屫� 乇丕 倬爻乇賲 禺蹖賱蹖 丿賵爻鬲 丿丕乇丿 亘毓賱丕賵賴鈥屰� 丕丿丕賲賴鈥屰� 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丿乇 讴鬲丕亘 芦賲毓亘丿 禺賵乇卮蹖丿禄 .
诏蹖乇 丿丕丿賳 亘賴 卮丕賳爻鈥屬囏й� 鬲賳鈥屫� 賵 乇賴蹖丿賳鈥屬囏й屫� 丕夭 賲乇诏 乇丕 賴賲 賲蹖诏匕丕乇賲 倬丕蹖 賵爻賵丕爻 亘夭乇诏爻丕賱蹖 禺賵丿賲.
亘丕賯蹖 亘賯丕蹖 丿賵爻鬲丕賳
November 2, 2010
My review, as published in :
"The Seven Crystal Balls" is a wonderfully atmospheric album, in which fears of the supernatural meld perfectly with the scientific discoveries of the time. Anyone who grew up with the animated TV series will probably recall this one in great detail, as there is so much good material here: particularly notable is the agonising wait in Tarragon's manor, and the marvelous frame of the seven victims waking up on cue in their hospital beds, and screaming.
Although Herge was remaining stoically apolitical, his series had acquired a wealth of recurring characters to enrich the story, and many of them - Thompson & Thomson, Bianca Castafiore, Nestor, General Alcazar, as well as the newcomer Cuthbert Calculus - appear here. There's some very good character work for a wide variety of the cast - including a welcome return for General Alcazar - and it's pleasant how quickly we care for Calculus. His disappearance, and Haddock's subsequent concern, are affecting even though we only met him in the last album! Among other evolutions in the series, Tintin appears to have left his Brussels flat in favour of living with Haddock at Marlinspike Hall. Their relationship with Calculus has also quickly deepened, as evidenced by Haddock's severe depression when the professor goes missing. Like Haddock before him, Calculus' popularity was a surprise for the artist - but a surprise he took in his stride.
At the same time, it is worth mentioning that a lot of time is spent on set-up. Very little actually happens for most of this album. This is partly a result of Herge's required output in the era, and partly because he himself was so fascinated by creating realism in his settings, characters and costumes, that he devoted himself to every scene and every supporting character. It's very clearly only the start of the story (which is why most adaptations take us to South America and the plot of [book:Prisoners of the Sun|96428 quite quickly).
However, what we have here is both creepy and amusing, and clearly demonstrate the mastery of his form which would soon lead Herge to start playing around with the established formula. I'd probably give it a high three-and-a-half stars, but I'm upgrading it to four for the sake of this review.
"The Seven Crystal Balls" is a wonderfully atmospheric album, in which fears of the supernatural meld perfectly with the scientific discoveries of the time. Anyone who grew up with the animated TV series will probably recall this one in great detail, as there is so much good material here: particularly notable is the agonising wait in Tarragon's manor, and the marvelous frame of the seven victims waking up on cue in their hospital beds, and screaming.
Although Herge was remaining stoically apolitical, his series had acquired a wealth of recurring characters to enrich the story, and many of them - Thompson & Thomson, Bianca Castafiore, Nestor, General Alcazar, as well as the newcomer Cuthbert Calculus - appear here. There's some very good character work for a wide variety of the cast - including a welcome return for General Alcazar - and it's pleasant how quickly we care for Calculus. His disappearance, and Haddock's subsequent concern, are affecting even though we only met him in the last album! Among other evolutions in the series, Tintin appears to have left his Brussels flat in favour of living with Haddock at Marlinspike Hall. Their relationship with Calculus has also quickly deepened, as evidenced by Haddock's severe depression when the professor goes missing. Like Haddock before him, Calculus' popularity was a surprise for the artist - but a surprise he took in his stride.
At the same time, it is worth mentioning that a lot of time is spent on set-up. Very little actually happens for most of this album. This is partly a result of Herge's required output in the era, and partly because he himself was so fascinated by creating realism in his settings, characters and costumes, that he devoted himself to every scene and every supporting character. It's very clearly only the start of the story (which is why most adaptations take us to South America and the plot of [book:Prisoners of the Sun|96428 quite quickly).
However, what we have here is both creepy and amusing, and clearly demonstrate the mastery of his form which would soon lead Herge to start playing around with the established formula. I'd probably give it a high three-and-a-half stars, but I'm upgrading it to four for the sake of this review.
October 10, 2022
This was the first Tintin book I ever read, and I was instantly hooked. They have a very Indiana Jones feel to them (though I guess I should say the Indiana Jones movies have a very Tintin feel to them because Tintin was first). There鈥檚 action, adventure, mystery, and of course, plenty of humor. I love all the characters, and Snowy is just the cutest.
This is one of my favorites in the series. The storyline is great, and it has many funny moments. Thompson and Thomson are the perfect straight men, and I love Captain Haddock鈥檚 creative name calling. It鈥檚 also really interesting to see Tintin piece the crime together. He鈥檚 almost Sherlockian in his methods. He notices everything.
I also like seeing cameos from other characters in this one, especially Bianca Castafiore. That off-key opera singer turns up in the weirdest places!
This is one of my favorites in the series. The storyline is great, and it has many funny moments. Thompson and Thomson are the perfect straight men, and I love Captain Haddock鈥檚 creative name calling. It鈥檚 also really interesting to see Tintin piece the crime together. He鈥檚 almost Sherlockian in his methods. He notices everything.
I also like seeing cameos from other characters in this one, especially Bianca Castafiore. That off-key opera singer turns up in the weirdest places!
June 5, 2020
Very funny and exciting, this new adventure which ends as the start of the next one, which will take place in Peru... But first, in this book the curses and maledictions of Indian Kings turned to mummies, and the fact the "the bad guys" kidnapped Mr. Tournesol, spices up this whole book and lays the ground for the next one.
Maria Carmo,
Lisbon 15 January 2015.
Maria Carmo,
Lisbon 15 January 2015.
November 22, 2019
Seven archeologists from the same expedition to Peru are in peril and it's up to Tintin and friends to solve the mysterious case! Part one.
Part two can be found in .
Part two can be found in .
July 8, 2016
鬲賳 鬲賳 賲丕噩乇丕噩賵 亘丕夭賲蹖诏乇丿丿! 丕蹖賳亘丕乇 亘丕 丿丕爻鬲丕賳蹖 亘賴 賴賲丕賳 噩匕丕亘蹖鬲 "乇丕夭 讴卮鬲蹖 丕爻亘 卮丕禺 丿丕乇" 賵 "诏賳噩 乇丕讴賴丕賲 爻乇禺倬賵卮" 賵 亘賴 賴賲蹖賳 爻亘讴 賵 爻蹖丕賯 丿乇 丿賵 賯爻賲鬲 噩丿丕. 蹖讴蹖 "賴賮鬲 诏賵蹖 亘賱賵乇蹖" 讴賴 丿乇 賲丕噩乇丕賴丕蹖 丌賳 倬乇賵賮爻賵乇 讴賱讴賵賱爻 賳丕夭賳蹖賳 乇亘賵丿賴 賲蹖卮賵丿 賵 丕丿丕賲賴 卮 丿乇 "夭賳丿丕賳蹖 賴丕蹖 賲毓亘丿 禺賵乇卮蹖丿"
January 11, 2018
Ah, the story line is one of the best so far, well balanced, neat & nearly perfect O:)
贬别谤驳茅 got better in creating a sense of surprise & suspense in between two different frames :D Cannot help looking forward to the next story!
贬别谤驳茅 got better in creating a sense of surprise & suspense in between two different frames :D Cannot help looking forward to the next story!
January 18, 2020
Ten tenin maceralar谋 devam ediyor. G眉ne艧 Mabedi ile devam edecek olan bu macerada klasik Ten Ten, Milu ve kaptan谋 okumak e臒lenceli. Ke艧ke Alfa yay谋nlar谋 t眉m maceralar谋 tek bir ciltte toplasa ve g眉zel bir 艧ekilde bas谋m谋n谋 yapsa bizler i莽in.
July 31, 2016
禺賭賭賭賭賭賭亘! 丕蹖賳 蹖讴蹖 賵丕賯毓丕 禺賵亘 亘賵丿 ^___^
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February 3, 2019賱丕 亘兀爻 亘賯賱賷賱 賲賳 丕賱賳賵爻鬲丕賱噩賷丕 賱賱賯乇丕亍丕鬲 丕賱兀賵賱賶 噩丿丕 鉂も潳
September 1, 2021
3,5/5
En Las 7 bolas de cristal, 贬别谤驳茅 cuenta una historia que no termina de cerrarse, dando pie a una continuaci贸n, El templo del sol. Este formato d铆ptico ya lo us贸 en ocasiones anteriores. Funciona, pero te hace comparar entre los c贸mics que lo conforman, o te impide entender la historia por separado, pese a que cada 谩lbum suele cerrarse bastante bien dentro de las posibilidades.
En este libro el detallismo de los fondos ha aumentado considerablemente. Cada vi帽eta est谩 compuesta de muchos elementos, que en anteriores n煤meros sol铆an no dibujarse o definirse tanto. No es algo en absoluto malo. Sin embargo, en este caso la trama me ha parecido un poco extra帽a y la sucesi贸n de los acontecimientos no muy clara. Reaparecen personajes de c贸mics muy anteriores con un papel secundario e innecesario, al menos por el momento. A煤n as铆, es un c贸mic bueno, cuya lectura no desmerece.
En Las 7 bolas de cristal, 贬别谤驳茅 cuenta una historia que no termina de cerrarse, dando pie a una continuaci贸n, El templo del sol. Este formato d铆ptico ya lo us贸 en ocasiones anteriores. Funciona, pero te hace comparar entre los c贸mics que lo conforman, o te impide entender la historia por separado, pese a que cada 谩lbum suele cerrarse bastante bien dentro de las posibilidades.
En este libro el detallismo de los fondos ha aumentado considerablemente. Cada vi帽eta est谩 compuesta de muchos elementos, que en anteriores n煤meros sol铆an no dibujarse o definirse tanto. No es algo en absoluto malo. Sin embargo, en este caso la trama me ha parecido un poco extra帽a y la sucesi贸n de los acontecimientos no muy clara. Reaparecen personajes de c贸mics muy anteriores con un papel secundario e innecesario, al menos por el momento. A煤n as铆, es un c贸mic bueno, cuya lectura no desmerece.
October 28, 2021
Divertida aventura donde Tintin y Haddock deber谩n resolver el misterio de unas extra帽as bolas dd cristal flotantes que han atacado y dejado en estado comatoso a siete cient铆ficos aue descubrieron una tumba inca. Poco a poco la cosa se embarullara y Tornasol acabara secuestrado con lo que nuestros heroes deberan ir a buscarlo en el siguiente tomo que continua la historia: el templo del sol.
June 13, 2020
Very classic. Also one of the first Tintin I read, so very special.
September 6, 2021
Hat mir von den bisherigen Tim und Struppi H枚rspielen am wenigsten gut gefallen. Tim ist aber schon ein schlauer Fuchs.
October 31, 2019
This might sound ridiculous to quite a few people reading this review, but I came around to reading this Tintin story as a consequence of my interest in UFO phenomena. Until the 1930s, ball lighting were mysterious "lights in the sky" which meteorologists disputed the existence of. General scientific consensus back then viewed ball lightning with the same skepticism that most scientists today aim at hypothetical plasma vortices theorised by UFOlogists such as Jenny Randles as responsible for those crop circles that are particularly difficult to explain as man-made. I then remembered that ball lightning not only plays an important role in this Tintin story, but also makes an appearance on the very cover art.
Then I noticed that the two-parter of "The Seven Crystal Balls" and "Prisoners of the Sun" were among the few Tintin stories I had not read until now, for some reason. Reading them soon after "The Broken Ear" was an interesting experience. Both revolve around archaeological artifacts being taken from South America to Western Europe with grave consequences for the Westerners as the indigenous peoples of the America do not take lightly to having their sacred objects placed in museums on the other side of the planet. Yet the later two-parter feels like an immense improvement over "The Broken Ear". This is in no small part a consequence of 贬别谤驳茅's decision to space out the story over two volumes. As a result, he doesn't have to move from one action scene or plot twist from the other with reckless abandon but can instead develop each subplot in more depth and give the individual characters more interesting things to do.
Speaking of the supporting cast, I just realised that another reason "Crystal Balls" is much more interesting than "The Broken Ear" is that in the meantime Tintin has acquired all the familiar supporting characters like Captain Haddock, Professor Tournesol, Dupond & Dupont, Madame Castafiore etc. Let's face it, on his own Tintin is a fairly boring character, but as soon as the aforementioned cast of eccentrics become regular fixtures of the series 贬别谤驳茅 now gets a lot of humour out of Tintin often being the "only sane man" in the cast.
Another edge over "Broken Ear" is that being a two-parter, 贬别谤驳茅 can now in each of the two halves of "Crystal Balls"/"Prisoners" focus more on getting a particular genre right. I have as an adult become quite the fan of 1920s/1930s detective novels such as Georges Sim茅non's Inspector Maigret and Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe novels, and "Seven Crystal Balls" for the most part plays like a quite satisfying example of that form. The maybe-magic, maybe-mundane element of supernatural horror that 贬别谤驳茅 uses here, in the form of the curse surrounding a mummified Inca king brought to Europe, is also used effectively in the context of an otherwise realistic detective story by 贬别谤驳茅. This is where the ball lightning comes into play, as it figures into the Inca prophecy at the heart of the story and culminates in a scene modelled on a real life incident here in Denmark in 1939 that cast aside all doubt surrounding the existence of ball lightning where a ball lightning enters the private laboratory of a prominent scientist during a thunderstorm and wreaks much havoc. That scene is disturbing to this day especially for a story aimed at children, and must have been even more so when ball lightning had been the stuff of legend until recently.
Then I noticed that the two-parter of "The Seven Crystal Balls" and "Prisoners of the Sun" were among the few Tintin stories I had not read until now, for some reason. Reading them soon after "The Broken Ear" was an interesting experience. Both revolve around archaeological artifacts being taken from South America to Western Europe with grave consequences for the Westerners as the indigenous peoples of the America do not take lightly to having their sacred objects placed in museums on the other side of the planet. Yet the later two-parter feels like an immense improvement over "The Broken Ear". This is in no small part a consequence of 贬别谤驳茅's decision to space out the story over two volumes. As a result, he doesn't have to move from one action scene or plot twist from the other with reckless abandon but can instead develop each subplot in more depth and give the individual characters more interesting things to do.
Speaking of the supporting cast, I just realised that another reason "Crystal Balls" is much more interesting than "The Broken Ear" is that in the meantime Tintin has acquired all the familiar supporting characters like Captain Haddock, Professor Tournesol, Dupond & Dupont, Madame Castafiore etc. Let's face it, on his own Tintin is a fairly boring character, but as soon as the aforementioned cast of eccentrics become regular fixtures of the series 贬别谤驳茅 now gets a lot of humour out of Tintin often being the "only sane man" in the cast.
Another edge over "Broken Ear" is that being a two-parter, 贬别谤驳茅 can now in each of the two halves of "Crystal Balls"/"Prisoners" focus more on getting a particular genre right. I have as an adult become quite the fan of 1920s/1930s detective novels such as Georges Sim茅non's Inspector Maigret and Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe novels, and "Seven Crystal Balls" for the most part plays like a quite satisfying example of that form. The maybe-magic, maybe-mundane element of supernatural horror that 贬别谤驳茅 uses here, in the form of the curse surrounding a mummified Inca king brought to Europe, is also used effectively in the context of an otherwise realistic detective story by 贬别谤驳茅. This is where the ball lightning comes into play, as it figures into the Inca prophecy at the heart of the story and culminates in a scene modelled on a real life incident here in Denmark in 1939 that cast aside all doubt surrounding the existence of ball lightning where a ball lightning enters the private laboratory of a prominent scientist during a thunderstorm and wreaks much havoc. That scene is disturbing to this day especially for a story aimed at children, and must have been even more so when ball lightning had been the stuff of legend until recently.
April 10, 2020
Another first part of a two part comic in which scientists seem to be struck by some sort of curse which hangs together with an excavation of Inca burials, all who were involved get struck by some disease and goes into mental overload, plainly bonkers.
Tintin, Haddock and professor Calculus get involved and the professor gets kidnapped and Tintin & Haddock go in pursuit to save his life.
This comic had more than a little aid of a certain Edgar Jacobs, whose ligne claire series Mortimer & Blake itself became a classic series. It clearly shows in the better script that he and Herge created for this two episodes. It feels more grounded and tight like a mystery than the previous co-writers Herge employed.
Tintin, Haddock and professor Calculus get involved and the professor gets kidnapped and Tintin & Haddock go in pursuit to save his life.
This comic had more than a little aid of a certain Edgar Jacobs, whose ligne claire series Mortimer & Blake itself became a classic series. It clearly shows in the better script that he and Herge created for this two episodes. It feels more grounded and tight like a mystery than the previous co-writers Herge employed.
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