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From: China Tibet Online 2011-10-28 13:14:00
by: Lily Dong
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Belgian cartoonist and Tibet

Tintin in TIbet

Tintin in Tibet, a comic storybook written and illustrated by famous Belgian cartoonist Herge, is still popular among readers.

Now the Chinese edition of the book is so hot that it is out of stock in the dangdang.com, a website for many Chinese neitizens to buy books.

Along with Mickey Mouse and Asterix, Tintin is one of the world's most recognizable cartoon characters. The clean, crisp art style that defines modern European comics is almost entirely the influence of Herge (1907-1983). Considered to be one of Herge's favorite masterpieces, Tintin in Tibet is a great book for both old and new fans of Tintin.

Tintin in Tibet (in the original French, Tintin au Tibet) is the twentieth book in the comic book series The Adventures of Tintin. Originally serialized from September 1958 in the French language magazine named after his creation, Le Journal de Tintin, it was then first published in book form in 1960.

The plot of the book revolves around the boy reporter Tintin who, aided by his faithful dog Snowy, friend Captain Haddock and the sherpa Tharkey, treks across the Himalayan mountains in the China's Tibet in order to look for Tintin's friend Chang Chong-Chen whom the authorities claim had been killed in a plane crash flying over the mountains. Convinced that Chang has somehow survived, Tintin continues to search for him despite the odds, along the way encountering the giant Himalayan ape, the Yeti.

Adaptations of Tintin in Tibet have been made in various media, including an animated television series, a radio series and a video game, and then for the theatre.

In addition to having fun, readers can know about mystic Tibetan culture by reading the story.

A Chinese Tintin fan, Liu Yang, set up a website by himself to introduce Tintin's story to other fans: http://www.tintins.cn. And he named his daughter Tintin as well.

 
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