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

Last in the Tintin series. Interesting book for historical reasons.

Herge died while working on this book. It is not a comic book as such but a collection of his sketches and notes made while creating the final book. It should be of interest to all Tintin fans.

This isn't so much a story, as a look into Herge's creation process. We don't even get a proper ending, let alone finished pages. Think of this as a sketchbook with someone else's notes penned in.

A fascinating and adult Tintin book, well worth reading for Tintin fans. Tintin takes on art forgers, and Herge takes on fake art lovers. As other commenters have said it's very interesting to see the process behind the making of a Tintin book.Herge spends the first 10 pages re-introducing all the main characters from past books and having them interact with each other. These introductory pages, despite being mostly plot-less, are great fun to read. I think this is because as you get older the things most interesting from childhood books like Tintin, Asterix, and The Lord of the Rings, are not the plots but how the characters act. How Rastopopulous will always return to being evil for example, or the shamelessness of Alcazar.If you're into Tintin because of its action, this book might not be fun. Castafiore again is central to what annoys Herge, and generally this book is about fakes. Here fakes are people who like the idea of themselves being into art rather than liking art itself. It's funny and interesting, and more like watching the TV show Absolutely Fabulous than reading other Tintin books.The book continues the cynicism of Picaros and Castafiore, and the way he mocks some of the characters is more obvious than in the other books. This is probably the sort of thing that would have been removed over rewrites and editing, which he unfortunately wasn't able to do.Everyone is taken in with the Alph-Art, including the Captain who buys one. When Tintin is in trouble, it's either Snowy or luck that saves him. It's not a very hopeful book, but a funny and interesting one.

I am of purchasing the complete set of TinTin books for my son. I was pleased with the ease of ordering and the promptness of my receipt of this book. Further, I found the price to be quite fair - much less than the local bookstores. I will definitely complete the rest of the set in the same way.

Really enjoyed this book

If you enjoy reading & re-reading Tintin books like other people enjoy looking at fine art or listening to their favorite composer, this book, with it's beautiful layout is for you. In its incomplete state it feels as genuine and enjoyable as any of the existing classics. A must have!

As a Tintin buff since childhood this is a nice addition to my collection. Love Tintin series (I did not buy the latest controversial African adventure book so cannot judge it as yet).