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The Adventurs o Tintin
(
French
:
Les Aventures de Tintin
;
French pronunciation:
[lez?av??ty? d? t??t??]
) is a series o 24 comic albums pit thegither bi Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi, thit wrat unner the pen name
Herge
. The series wis ane o the maist popular European comics far the 20t yearhunner. Bi 2007, a hunner year efter Herge's birth in 1907,
Tintin
haed been pit ower tae mair nor 70 leid wi sales o mair nor 200 mul?eon copy,
an haed been adaptit fur radio, telly, theatre, an fillum.
The series wis first seen in French on 10 January 1929 in
Le Petit Vingtieme
(The Little Twentieth), a wee weans magazine thit came wi the Belgian newspaper
Le Vingtieme Siecle
(The Twentieth Century). The success o the series meant thit serialised strips war pit oot wi Belgium's maist faur ben newspaper
Le Soir
(The Evening) an aw, and spun intae a successful
Tintin
magazine. In 1950, Herge foondit Studios Herge, thit pit thegither an pit oot canon versions o ten
Tintin
albums.
The series haes a maistly realistic
20t yearhunner settin. Its hero is Tintin, a courageous young Belgian reporter an adventurer. His faithfu dug Tarrie (
Milou
in the original French edition) comes alang wi Tintin in his adventurs. Ither main chairacters include the brash an cynical Captain Haddie an the barrie but pairt-deif Professor Kenspeckle (
French
:
Professeur Tournesol
), as weel as incompetent detectives Nisbet an Nesbit (
French
:
Dupont et Dupond
) an the opera diva Bianca Castafiore.
The series haes bin admirt fur its clean, expressive drawins in Herge's signatur
ligne claire
("clear line") style.
Its well-howkit
plots straiadle a nummer o genres: swashbucklig adventues wi pairts o fantasy, mysteries, political thrillers, an science fiction. The stories featur slapstick humour, set aff bi bits o sophisticated satir and political or cultur commentary.
Albums pit ower intae Scots
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The follaein albums hae been pit ower intae Scots bi Susan Rennie direct frae the French originals.
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