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Returning from South America, Tintin takes on a new puzzle. This time, his path lies in Britain, where an unmarked plane has just crashed. The day before, Tintin had already seen this plane, and the meeting with the pilots almost cost him his life. In England, Tintin barely escapes the sinister Dr. Muller, who turns out to be the leader of a gang of counterfeiters. Tintin has to find an underground printing house where criminals print counterfeit banknotes. All traces lead to Scotland, to the Black Isle, which is notorious. There, in the ruins of Ben Mor Castle, a monster lives, supposedly devouring everyone who dares to disturb his peace. Tintin takes a boat and sails there... The Black Isle is the only book of The Adventures of Tintin that exists in three different album versions (plus another magazine version, the very first one, published in the "sequel" format in 1937-1938). First black and white version in 1938; the second is a 1943 color version and the third is a completely redrawn 1965 color version. Moreover, it was not Hergé who redrawn it, but his assistants, primarily Bob de Moor and Roger Lelu. Hergé only led the process, and even then in passing, because he was busy with the current album and did not really want to return to the plot of 30 years ago. The redraw was prompted by the English publisher of the series, who found the 1943 version to be outdated and full of small details that did not correspond to reality (the action takes place in Britain!). The British presented Hergé with a list of more than 130 amendments, after which Hergé decided that it was easier to redraw everything anew. It is believed that the redrawing, although greatly increasing the accuracy, destroyed the charm of the first color version. And this despite the fact that Bob de Moor and Lelu are brilliant artists. But Hergé was more than just a "brilliant artist". However, it was the third version that was chosen by the publisher as the base one, and it was she who became part of the classic series. Both previous ones, however, are also quite accessible in facsimile form (luxury editions on expensive high-quality paper).

Barcode: 9785000414576 SKU: 70424527 Category:
Publication language: Russian

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