Tintin in the Congo 1975 edition. In the late 20th century, "Tintin in the Congo" became increasingly controversial for both its perceived racist colonial attitude toward the Congolese and for its glorification of big-game hunting. Accordingly, attempts were made in Belgium, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States to either ban the work or restrict its availability to children. Critical reception of the work has been largely negative, with commentators on "The Adventures of Tintin" describing it as one of Hergé's lesser works. Belgian reporter Tintin and his dog Snowy travel to the Belgian Congo, where a cheering crowd of native Congolese greet
The Adventures of Tintin in a special Tintin livery. Tintin has become a symbol of Belgium and so was used in a variety of visual responses to the 2016 Brussels bombings. Following are the twenty-four canonical "Tintin" comic albums, with their English titles. Publication dates are for the original French-language versions. The following are double albums with a continuing story arc: Hergé attempted and then abandoned "Le Thermozéro" (1958). Outside the "Tintin" series, a 48-page comic album supervised by (but not written by) Hergé, "Tintin and the Lake of Sharks", was released in 1972; it was based on the film . Books News articles