{"product_id":"tintin-the-complete-companion-9780719555220","title":"Tintin : The Complete Companion","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis text explains the sources in reality of all the Tintin stories  which still sell four million copies a year worldwide. Politics  people  events and objects are all covered ;Tintin  the extraordinary reporter with his immediately recognizable coif and his dog Snowy  has been a publishing phenomenon since he first appeared in 1928. Herge  Tintins creator  based the stories on actual events in his world  reflecting the political tensions of the 1930s and postwar events. The Anschluss and the Japanese invasion of Manchuria  the race to the moon  our Western fascination with the Abominable Snowman  the spying activities of Buster Crabbe  the revolutionary activities of Regis Bebray in South America  are just a few of the people  events and phenomena to crop up  inimitably satirized  in Herges stories. He also drew on real objects: the aircraft  ships  guns  cars  clothes  buildings and so forth  that appear in his stories are scrupulously correct  and were often updated in subsequent editions.;This book explains the sources  of whatever kind  of all the stories.It also shows how Herge subtly adjusted the stories in new editions  adapting them to changing times and ideas  and downplaying their originally local  Belgian origins.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45792309641269,"sku":"ByrdShop_0719555221","price":242.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780719555220.jpg?v=1784746933","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/tintin-the-complete-companion-9780719555220","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}