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Tintin #7
De zwarte rotsen
Investigating a mysterious plane crash, Tintin discovers he's onto something big! The case leads Tintin to Scotland, where he learns of a monster that stalks a lonely island.
62 pages, Stripboek
First published April 15, 1943
About the author
Hergé
1,117 books1,854 followersGeorges Prosper Remi (22 May 1907 – 3 March 1983), better known by the pen name Hergé, was a Belgian comics writer and artist.
His best known and most substantial work is The Adventures of Tintin comic book series, which he wrote and illustrated from 1929 until his death in 1983, leaving the twenty-fourth Tintin adventure Tintin and Alph-Art unfinished. His work remains a strong influence on comics, particularly in Europe.
"Hergé" is the pseudonym of George Remí, making a game with the initials of his name inverted. Throughout the evolution of his star character, Tintin, we can see the progress of this author: from the first titles marked by the ultraconservative doctrine of the director of the newspaper Le Petit Vingtième, to the breaking of conventions embodied from The Blue Lotus , as well as the evolution of the society of his time. The research carried out by Hergé to historically contextualize his Adventures, as well as his implicit social criticism, have made Tintin a masterpiece of the 20th century.
Series on Goodreads:
* The Adventures of Tintin
* Quick & Flupke
* The adventures of Jo, Zette and Jocko
His best known and most substantial work is The Adventures of Tintin comic book series, which he wrote and illustrated from 1929 until his death in 1983, leaving the twenty-fourth Tintin adventure Tintin and Alph-Art unfinished. His work remains a strong influence on comics, particularly in Europe.
"Hergé" is the pseudonym of George Remí, making a game with the initials of his name inverted. Throughout the evolution of his star character, Tintin, we can see the progress of this author: from the first titles marked by the ultraconservative doctrine of the director of the newspaper Le Petit Vingtième, to the breaking of conventions embodied from The Blue Lotus , as well as the evolution of the society of his time. The research carried out by Hergé to historically contextualize his Adventures, as well as his implicit social criticism, have made Tintin a masterpiece of the 20th century.
Series on Goodreads:
* The Adventures of Tintin
* Quick & Flupke
* The adventures of Jo, Zette and Jocko
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August 24, 2022
There's a fantastic cover with Tintin in Scottish costume in the foreground, the sea and the Black Isle under an orange sky populated by only two birds of the same colour as the island.
Then, the album's content in which, although Tournesol and Haddock are not yet present, there is no lack of suspense and action.
Is the pseudo-yeti that haunts the Black Isle a foreshadowing of the Abominable Snowman? Or rather, a devious allusion to the Loch Ness monster?
A Tintin that smells of peat even if the whiskey does not flow freely.
Then, the album's content in which, although Tournesol and Haddock are not yet present, there is no lack of suspense and action.
Is the pseudo-yeti that haunts the Black Isle a foreshadowing of the Abominable Snowman? Or rather, a devious allusion to the Loch Ness monster?
A Tintin that smells of peat even if the whiskey does not flow freely.
October 22, 2017
L'ile Noire = The Black Island (Tintin, #7), Hergé
The Black Island (French: L'Île noire) is the seventh volume of The Adventures of Tintin, the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Commissioned by the conservative Belgian newspaper Le Vingtième Siècle for its children's supplement Le Petit Vingtième, it was serialised weekly from April to November 1937. The story tells of young Belgian reporter Tintin and his dog Snowy, who travel to England in pursuit of a gang of counterfeiters. Framed for theft and hunted by detectives Thomson and Thompson, Tintin follows the criminals to Scotland, discovering their lair on the Black Island.
تاریخ نخستین خوانش: سال 1972 میلادی
عنوان: جزیره سیاه داستانی از ماجراهای تن تن و میلو؛ نویسنده: هرژه؛ مترجم: خسرو سمیعی؛ تهران، یونیورسال، در 62 ص؛ موضوع: داستان مصور و فکاهی از نویسندگان و هنرمندان بلژیکی قرن 20 م
تن‌تن توسط دو خلبان ناشناس هدف گلوله قرار می‌گیرد که پس از بهبودی در تعقیب آن دو به یک باند بزرگ جعل اسکناس در اسکاتلند می‌رسد. ا. شربیانی
The Black Island (French: L'Île noire) is the seventh volume of The Adventures of Tintin, the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Commissioned by the conservative Belgian newspaper Le Vingtième Siècle for its children's supplement Le Petit Vingtième, it was serialised weekly from April to November 1937. The story tells of young Belgian reporter Tintin and his dog Snowy, who travel to England in pursuit of a gang of counterfeiters. Framed for theft and hunted by detectives Thomson and Thompson, Tintin follows the criminals to Scotland, discovering their lair on the Black Island.
تاریخ نخستین خوانش: سال 1972 میلادی
عنوان: جزیره سیاه داستانی از ماجراهای تن تن و میلو؛ نویسنده: هرژه؛ مترجم: خسرو سمیعی؛ تهران، یونیورسال، در 62 ص؛ موضوع: داستان مصور و فکاهی از نویسندگان و هنرمندان بلژیکی قرن 20 م
تن‌تن توسط دو خلبان ناشناس هدف گلوله قرار می‌گیرد که پس از بهبودی در تعقیب آن دو به یک باند بزرگ جعل اسکناس در اسکاتلند می‌رسد. ا. شربیانی
September 25, 2022
Just this morning, I started to appreciate the beautiful portrait that Tintin leaves for European (and world) history buffs, capturing 50 years from 1930 to 1980. This one is still relatively early on in the overall adventures. 1937, tensions rising in Europe, the smell of war is in the air - it starts to affect most art, inevitably.
There was a Dr. Georg Bell, “a Scot living in Germany who took German nationality. He was linked to the nascent Nazi party and was involved in counterfeiting Russian roubles in an attempt to destabilise Soviet Russia”. He was likely one of the inspirations for the villain of this story, Dr. J. W. Müller. As Farr mentions, “with the advance of printing technology, forging bank notes had become by the mid-1930s a very contemporary crime. The Nazis, moreover, knew its value as a means of economic warfare and by the end of the Second World War had probably printed more pound notes than the Bank of England in a never realised plan to ruin the British economy”. Müller is the agent that attempts to carry out this con job, living in Sussex, conducting his forgery operation.
The book also takes inspiration from Hitchcock’s adaptation of Buchan’s The Thirty-Nine Steps, as well as the by then relatively recent 1933 film King Kong. Also notable: at the time, sightings of the Loch Ness monster were all the rage, so we get a taste of that. What we do not get a taste of, however, is the original placements of the Johnnie Walker and Guinness brands that were removed for the colour edition. We did get Loch Lomond whisky out of the deal - a brand that will not stop featuring throughout the books.
And look at the kilt and stockings on this man.
Our favourite detectives are absolute idiots and I love it. “Hello?” one of them answers, “Yes… Interpol?... Yes sir, Thompson, with a p, as in psychology.” That and the fact that they never learn one thing: Tintin is innocent. Always. He could lift Thor’s hammer, as far as I’m concerned. So many other charming moments in this book – Snowy constantly chasing after the fat dog bone that Tintin throws away, Snowy catching a whole chicken in the air as a random bonus for his good deeds, Snowy getting drunk as all hell on Loch Lomond – I love Snowy, if you can’t tell. He isn’t a beagle, but he has all the personality of one. Then there is the mechanic inadvertently entering an air show alongside the Thom(p)sons, the old Scottish man (“Och, the puir wee laddie!”), and Snowy finally getting his bone. Good boy.
Prague is next.
There was a Dr. Georg Bell, “a Scot living in Germany who took German nationality. He was linked to the nascent Nazi party and was involved in counterfeiting Russian roubles in an attempt to destabilise Soviet Russia”. He was likely one of the inspirations for the villain of this story, Dr. J. W. Müller. As Farr mentions, “with the advance of printing technology, forging bank notes had become by the mid-1930s a very contemporary crime. The Nazis, moreover, knew its value as a means of economic warfare and by the end of the Second World War had probably printed more pound notes than the Bank of England in a never realised plan to ruin the British economy”. Müller is the agent that attempts to carry out this con job, living in Sussex, conducting his forgery operation.
The book also takes inspiration from Hitchcock’s adaptation of Buchan’s The Thirty-Nine Steps, as well as the by then relatively recent 1933 film King Kong. Also notable: at the time, sightings of the Loch Ness monster were all the rage, so we get a taste of that. What we do not get a taste of, however, is the original placements of the Johnnie Walker and Guinness brands that were removed for the colour edition. We did get Loch Lomond whisky out of the deal - a brand that will not stop featuring throughout the books.
And look at the kilt and stockings on this man.
Our favourite detectives are absolute idiots and I love it. “Hello?” one of them answers, “Yes… Interpol?... Yes sir, Thompson, with a p, as in psychology.” That and the fact that they never learn one thing: Tintin is innocent. Always. He could lift Thor’s hammer, as far as I’m concerned. So many other charming moments in this book – Snowy constantly chasing after the fat dog bone that Tintin throws away, Snowy catching a whole chicken in the air as a random bonus for his good deeds, Snowy getting drunk as all hell on Loch Lomond – I love Snowy, if you can’t tell. He isn’t a beagle, but he has all the personality of one. Then there is the mechanic inadvertently entering an air show alongside the Thom(p)sons, the old Scottish man (“Och, the puir wee laddie!”), and Snowy finally getting his bone. Good boy.
Prague is next.
December 21, 2020
This one was fun too. It's a chase from start to finish that doesn't quite make sense but is nonstop action. My kid thought it was thrilling, and the humor really worked.
December 2, 2015
Tintin is a magnet for shenanigans.
Out for a walk, comes across a landed plane in a field, shot at.
It's a wonder that he doesn't turn into an agoraphobic. Tintin and Snowy cannot go anywhere without stumbling over diamond thieves, counterfeiters, smugglers and general goons. I guess it's natural that he is a reporter - no other reporter would believe his stories.
This time Tintin get's caught up with some money counterfeiters. He also get's mistaken for a criminal himself and goes on the run. Unfortunately Snowy proves to be a very irresponsible dog and drinks whiskey every chance he gets and is thoroughly drunk for at least half the story. There is a wonderful sequence with Thompson and Thomson where they are in a plane with no pilot. There's also a very unusual security guard. And it all culminates in Scotland. So Tintin is in a kilt and one of these pompom hats.
Lot's of fun. Lots of laughs although they might be corny and predictable.
Out for a walk, comes across a landed plane in a field, shot at.
It's a wonder that he doesn't turn into an agoraphobic. Tintin and Snowy cannot go anywhere without stumbling over diamond thieves, counterfeiters, smugglers and general goons. I guess it's natural that he is a reporter - no other reporter would believe his stories.
This time Tintin get's caught up with some money counterfeiters. He also get's mistaken for a criminal himself and goes on the run. Unfortunately Snowy proves to be a very irresponsible dog and drinks whiskey every chance he gets and is thoroughly drunk for at least half the story. There is a wonderful sequence with Thompson and Thomson where they are in a plane with no pilot. There's also a very unusual security guard. And it all culminates in Scotland. So Tintin is in a kilt and one of these pompom hats.
Lot's of fun. Lots of laughs although they might be corny and predictable.
August 24, 2022
I reread The Black Island today after more than two decades. I used to own all the Tintin comics when I was a kid. I lost all of them to school mates who borrowed but never returned them. I have spent many a childhood night in bed cursing and plotting revenge against those careless school mates.
It's still very entertaining. Upto its neck in action with goats and magpies and gorillas and planes. Snowy gets drunk on whiskey. Boisterous and superstitious Scottish characters. Great illustrations of idyllic Scottish villages and countrysides with pubs and the great outdoors. But something was missing. Tintin's relentless quest for justice was boring. He is a bit of a prick. He hardly has any friends. Only Snowy. Herge is no Graham Greene. And he is crap at drawing beer mugs. The smaller illustrations were better than the ones with larger canvases.
Anyway, I guess I'm searching too deep for meaning in a comic book that is supposed to entertain. And it was pretty entertaining and hilarious and imaginative.
It's still very entertaining. Upto its neck in action with goats and magpies and gorillas and planes. Snowy gets drunk on whiskey. Boisterous and superstitious Scottish characters. Great illustrations of idyllic Scottish villages and countrysides with pubs and the great outdoors. But something was missing. Tintin's relentless quest for justice was boring. He is a bit of a prick. He hardly has any friends. Only Snowy. Herge is no Graham Greene. And he is crap at drawing beer mugs. The smaller illustrations were better than the ones with larger canvases.
Anyway, I guess I'm searching too deep for meaning in a comic book that is supposed to entertain. And it was pretty entertaining and hilarious and imaginative.
July 21, 2018
The only Tintin book I ever owned and my precious :')
April 2, 2020
Interestingly, I didn't remember a thing about this installment of Tintin. I wonder whether I've missed it. Anyway, it felt novel.
Nevertheless, it is yet another interesting adventure of Tintin. This time Tintin's battle is against a gang who forge and counterfeit money. There was quite enough pace and suspense for a one hour read. And there was some comicality too which helped few chuckles. Also now that the stories have a proper plot with a beginning and end, the adventures are more enjoyable.
Overall, though not a favorite Tintin adventure, I enjoyed the read.
Nevertheless, it is yet another interesting adventure of Tintin. This time Tintin's battle is against a gang who forge and counterfeit money. There was quite enough pace and suspense for a one hour read. And there was some comicality too which helped few chuckles. Also now that the stories have a proper plot with a beginning and end, the adventures are more enjoyable.
Overall, though not a favorite Tintin adventure, I enjoyed the read.
February 11, 2024
عالی😂
تن تن داره از حالت خوش شانسی زیاد درمیاد 😦
داره کم کم بهمون میگه که تن تن هم آسیب پذیر و فانیه😭🤣
تن تن داره از حالت خوش شانسی زیاد درمیاد 😦
داره کم کم بهمون میگه که تن تن هم آسیب پذیر و فانیه😭🤣
September 26, 2020
Young reporter Tintin doesn't find trouble, trouble finds him. Like Miss Marple or Hercule Poirot he just happens to be on hand when dastardly deeds are being committed; yet despite setback after setback he remains intrepidity personified.
This is no more evident than when his efforts to help those in a stricken aircraft during a casual stroll in the Belgian countryside are viciously rebuffed, leading in time to an impromptu cross-channel trip to Sussex followed by a flight to Scotland.
And all the while we are left to wonder how a teenage newspaper reporter somehow always seems to be the subject of press reports but never the writer of them, and how the long arm of the law seems to always be grasping the wrong end of the stick.
This version of the graphic novel, the last of several revisions, first appeared in 1956 and the English translation (by Leslie Lonsdale-Cooper and Michael Turner) ten years later. Our hero and his wire fox terrier Snowy feature from the start, of course, soon joined by the two identikit English detectives Thomson and Thompson. Ranged against them are an assortment of villains, Dr J W Müller, his chauffeur Ivan, the counterfeiter Puschov and other ne'er-do-wells. As all readers of Tintin's adventures will surmise the story proceeds through Tintin and his friends somehow surviving a series of hazardous though usually comic situations, picking up clues along the way and ending with the reporter's triumphant defeat and capture of the criminals.
Hergé exhibits all his well-worn but satisfying tricks here. Tintin is frequently concussed but avoids lasting brain damage; Snowy expresses himself in canine language though, luckily, translations are always provided; the villains are completely unscrupulous, but their bad deeds are always found out; the English detectives are comically incompetent but always close on the tail of any action. Oh, and look out for Ranko!
A principal delight of the comics is of course the artwork, visually very clear and precise, with a deliberate absence of shadows or indeed shading. Storytelling is of the essence, and that's what is delivered. The author apparently drew all the characters himself, but in this particular strip cartoon the Anglophile writer had a team of artists who researched scenes and features of British life and drew the technical aspects of motor vehicles, planes and so on. In fact, Tintin's journey from continental Europe to the top of the British Isles is a succession of journeys by train, plane, boat and foot, and so it must have been important to Hergé that all the details were as authentic as possible.
My last comments must rest with the translation, which seems to me quite seamless even if the language is quite stilted for 21st-century tastes. Why names in the Tintin series are changed from the French I don't know (Snowy was originally Milou, for instance, Puschov was Wronzoff) but presumably what now appears arbitrary may be perfectly well justified somewhere, somehow. However, Muller's characteristic imprecation -- Kruzitürcken! -- is curiously misspelled (there should be no intrusive 'c') and I understand that in the original he swears ... in French.
This is no more evident than when his efforts to help those in a stricken aircraft during a casual stroll in the Belgian countryside are viciously rebuffed, leading in time to an impromptu cross-channel trip to Sussex followed by a flight to Scotland.
And all the while we are left to wonder how a teenage newspaper reporter somehow always seems to be the subject of press reports but never the writer of them, and how the long arm of the law seems to always be grasping the wrong end of the stick.
This version of the graphic novel, the last of several revisions, first appeared in 1956 and the English translation (by Leslie Lonsdale-Cooper and Michael Turner) ten years later. Our hero and his wire fox terrier Snowy feature from the start, of course, soon joined by the two identikit English detectives Thomson and Thompson. Ranged against them are an assortment of villains, Dr J W Müller, his chauffeur Ivan, the counterfeiter Puschov and other ne'er-do-wells. As all readers of Tintin's adventures will surmise the story proceeds through Tintin and his friends somehow surviving a series of hazardous though usually comic situations, picking up clues along the way and ending with the reporter's triumphant defeat and capture of the criminals.
Hergé exhibits all his well-worn but satisfying tricks here. Tintin is frequently concussed but avoids lasting brain damage; Snowy expresses himself in canine language though, luckily, translations are always provided; the villains are completely unscrupulous, but their bad deeds are always found out; the English detectives are comically incompetent but always close on the tail of any action. Oh, and look out for Ranko!
A principal delight of the comics is of course the artwork, visually very clear and precise, with a deliberate absence of shadows or indeed shading. Storytelling is of the essence, and that's what is delivered. The author apparently drew all the characters himself, but in this particular strip cartoon the Anglophile writer had a team of artists who researched scenes and features of British life and drew the technical aspects of motor vehicles, planes and so on. In fact, Tintin's journey from continental Europe to the top of the British Isles is a succession of journeys by train, plane, boat and foot, and so it must have been important to Hergé that all the details were as authentic as possible.
My last comments must rest with the translation, which seems to me quite seamless even if the language is quite stilted for 21st-century tastes. Why names in the Tintin series are changed from the French I don't know (Snowy was originally Milou, for instance, Puschov was Wronzoff) but presumably what now appears arbitrary may be perfectly well justified somewhere, somehow. However, Muller's characteristic imprecation -- Kruzitürcken! -- is curiously misspelled (there should be no intrusive 'c') and I understand that in the original he swears ... in French.
May 6, 2018
Tintin goes to Scotland
4 February 2012
Tintin is wondering through the Belgian countryside, out for a nice leisurely stroll, when he sees a plane making an emergency landing. Being the helpful young man that he is he goes to see if he can help but is immediately shot and left for dead. However, as we have discovered, it is very hard to kill Tintin, and it turns out that the bullet only grazed him, and he decides that he must go and investigate, so he jumps on a train and travels to England after discovering that the same plane crashed near Cornwell.
This is the first Tintin album (they seem to refer to the books as albums) in which I discovered that Tintin was not English. Up until that time I was always under the impression that Tintin lived in London (I guess the English versions suggested that, particularly implying that Thompson and Thomson worked at Scotland Yard). However, in this album it is clear that Tintin has to cross the English channel, and as a kid this left me confused, trying to work out where Tintin lived (turns out that it is Brussels).
This is probably nowhere near the best of Herge's work, but it is still very amusing and quite quirky. In this album Tintin is on the trail of some counterfeiters and travels to Scotland to confront them. Once again the Thompson twins are on a false trail as they pursue Tintin for an alleged robbery on the train. We have seen this aspect of the twins before, where they would rescue Tintin because they wanted to be the ones that arrested him. In this album we are also introduced to Loch Lommond whiskey, and we discover that Snowy as a taste for it.
This album has been revised a few times, and I suspect that the version that I read was one of the later versions. The reason I say this is because when he travels from Brussels to the English coast, the train travels on an electrified track. Also, at the end, when he leaves Scotland, he leaves by a large passenger jet, something that I do not believe was available in 1937 (though Hitler had begun using the plane as a means of campaigning, and large planes had been built to drop bombs on Germany during the war). I'm not sure if you could consider it anachronistic though since many of the later editions of Tintin had been moved into a 60s time period, though we do notice that he does travel by ship often (particularly in the Blue Lotus and Tintin in America where he travels by ship to China and America respectively). In the later albums we begin to see him travelling more by plane, to Flight 714 where we discover them in a modern airport travelling by Lear Jet.
This album is still a good album, and scenes where the huge gorilla is running away from little Snowy is quite impressive. I note that Snowy seems to speak a lot less here, though the attitude of Tintin towards his dog has changed since the original album (where Tintin would constantly chastise him for not being obedient) however we see Tintin punish Snowy for his alcoholism in this particular story.
4 February 2012
Tintin is wondering through the Belgian countryside, out for a nice leisurely stroll, when he sees a plane making an emergency landing. Being the helpful young man that he is he goes to see if he can help but is immediately shot and left for dead. However, as we have discovered, it is very hard to kill Tintin, and it turns out that the bullet only grazed him, and he decides that he must go and investigate, so he jumps on a train and travels to England after discovering that the same plane crashed near Cornwell.
This is the first Tintin album (they seem to refer to the books as albums) in which I discovered that Tintin was not English. Up until that time I was always under the impression that Tintin lived in London (I guess the English versions suggested that, particularly implying that Thompson and Thomson worked at Scotland Yard). However, in this album it is clear that Tintin has to cross the English channel, and as a kid this left me confused, trying to work out where Tintin lived (turns out that it is Brussels).
This is probably nowhere near the best of Herge's work, but it is still very amusing and quite quirky. In this album Tintin is on the trail of some counterfeiters and travels to Scotland to confront them. Once again the Thompson twins are on a false trail as they pursue Tintin for an alleged robbery on the train. We have seen this aspect of the twins before, where they would rescue Tintin because they wanted to be the ones that arrested him. In this album we are also introduced to Loch Lommond whiskey, and we discover that Snowy as a taste for it.
This album has been revised a few times, and I suspect that the version that I read was one of the later versions. The reason I say this is because when he travels from Brussels to the English coast, the train travels on an electrified track. Also, at the end, when he leaves Scotland, he leaves by a large passenger jet, something that I do not believe was available in 1937 (though Hitler had begun using the plane as a means of campaigning, and large planes had been built to drop bombs on Germany during the war). I'm not sure if you could consider it anachronistic though since many of the later editions of Tintin had been moved into a 60s time period, though we do notice that he does travel by ship often (particularly in the Blue Lotus and Tintin in America where he travels by ship to China and America respectively). In the later albums we begin to see him travelling more by plane, to Flight 714 where we discover them in a modern airport travelling by Lear Jet.
This album is still a good album, and scenes where the huge gorilla is running away from little Snowy is quite impressive. I note that Snowy seems to speak a lot less here, though the attitude of Tintin towards his dog has changed since the original album (where Tintin would constantly chastise him for not being obedient) however we see Tintin punish Snowy for his alcoholism in this particular story.
June 28, 2020
Having read the English translation as a child and then again recently, I then discovered a version translated into Scots by Susan Rennie, and another version which explained some of the background to the story and Herge's workings. All very interesting, but mainly this remains a classic Tintin adventure,and as he ends up visiting my home country of Scotland, what could be better?
June 3, 2022
Tintin was one of the comic book heroes of my childhood. I'm going to read my way through the series again as I listen to a radio program about him, and his creator, Hergé. This is the second book in a row that stands alone with no connection to the previous book. It starts with Tintin and Snowy walking in the country, seeing a plane that has to make an emergency landing. Tintin runs to help the men in the plane, but gets shots as thanks for being such a Boy Scout. This leads him, when he gets on his feet again, on the trail of crooks that takes him to Scotland.
This is book seven in the series, and is my favorite so far. Okay, the story is perhaps a bit silly, but it works. The plot, which in the first few books used to be a run from cliffhanger to the next cliffhanger, is actually a well thought out plot in this one. A plot that moves fairly logically from scene to scene.
It’s quite funny. Hergé continues to rely on slapstick humor quite a bit, characters falling and such. It’s not just Thomson, and Thompson (though they do have some great Keystone Kops like moments), but also Tintin, and Snowy. Snowy actually gets a taste for whisky in this adventure, and gets drunk more than once, which leads to a few slapstick situations. I honestly didn’t remember how much drinking was in Tintin. I remembered Captain Haddock being very fond of his drink, but Snowy, and Tintin, no, that I didn’t remember.
Maybe, what has helped this volume is that it was actually redrawn more extensively than some of the other early books. Hergé hadn’t known much about Scotland when he originally wrote it, so he had to do more redrawing than in some other books, like for example in the previous volume. Whatever the reason is, I just like this book. It’s clearly among my favorite Tintin adventure. I think The Black Island does what Tintin books do when they are at their best, mixing adventure, and humor into a nicely entertaining cocktail. That’s what this is. A good, entertaining adventure for children, and clearly some adults as well.
This is book seven in the series, and is my favorite so far. Okay, the story is perhaps a bit silly, but it works. The plot, which in the first few books used to be a run from cliffhanger to the next cliffhanger, is actually a well thought out plot in this one. A plot that moves fairly logically from scene to scene.
It’s quite funny. Hergé continues to rely on slapstick humor quite a bit, characters falling and such. It’s not just Thomson, and Thompson (though they do have some great Keystone Kops like moments), but also Tintin, and Snowy. Snowy actually gets a taste for whisky in this adventure, and gets drunk more than once, which leads to a few slapstick situations. I honestly didn’t remember how much drinking was in Tintin. I remembered Captain Haddock being very fond of his drink, but Snowy, and Tintin, no, that I didn’t remember.
Maybe, what has helped this volume is that it was actually redrawn more extensively than some of the other early books. Hergé hadn’t known much about Scotland when he originally wrote it, so he had to do more redrawing than in some other books, like for example in the previous volume. Whatever the reason is, I just like this book. It’s clearly among my favorite Tintin adventure. I think The Black Island does what Tintin books do when they are at their best, mixing adventure, and humor into a nicely entertaining cocktail. That’s what this is. A good, entertaining adventure for children, and clearly some adults as well.
December 14, 2020
یکی از نقاط قوت مجموعه تن تن ویلیان ها یا شخصیت های منفی با نقش دنباله دار اند که در پلات و ها و داستان های مختلف بار ها در مجموعه ظاهر میشن,از جمله دکتر مولر و پایان خاصش..
July 2, 2023
Kuifje ziet een vliegtuigje een noodlanding maken en wil gaan helpen, maar wordt door de bemanning onder vuur genomen. In het ziekenhuis komt hij te weten dat het vliegtuig in Sussex is neergestort.
Hij gaat op onderzoek uit, maar op zijn treinreis wordt hij al belaagd door leden van de bende.
Later komen we te weten dat het valsemunters zijn.
De reis en de achtervolging leiden tenslotte naar Schotland, naar de Zwarte Rotsen, waar de boeven het geld drukken.
Uiteindelijk lukt het Kuifje natuurlijk om te ontsnappen en de bandieten te laten arresteren.
Dit is een verhaal met heel veel actie, en met een flinke dosis humor. Leuk!
Hij gaat op onderzoek uit, maar op zijn treinreis wordt hij al belaagd door leden van de bende.
Later komen we te weten dat het valsemunters zijn.
De reis en de achtervolging leiden tenslotte naar Schotland, naar de Zwarte Rotsen, waar de boeven het geld drukken.
Uiteindelijk lukt het Kuifje natuurlijk om te ontsnappen en de bandieten te laten arresteren.
Dit is een verhaal met heel veel actie, en met een flinke dosis humor. Leuk!
April 10, 2023
This time Tintin makes a trip to England to bust a counterfeiting gang. The story begins with a plane crash and Tintin being shot at. Once he discovers a mystery is afoot, he leaves the hospital and goes to England. So do Thompson and Thomson, lol! With a lot of drama, Tintin finally manages to capture all the villains. The book also introduces Dr Müller, a villain that Tintin encounters more than once in the series.
There is a lot of action in this one, and Snowy shines for a change. I enjoyed the presence of the chimp, and how Tintin finally befriends him. A massive, massive change from the earlier books where Tintin couldn't be bothered with any animal other than his dog. Another favourite of mine was the Thompson & Thomson duo winning the aerobatics competition! This book was funnier than usual.
The action doesn't always make logical sense, but I don't really care. The humour was fantastic, and the characters were well-built. The fake mental asylum, the 'ferocious' beast, etc. all added to the charm. Not the best in the series, but well worth a read!
There is a lot of action in this one, and Snowy shines for a change. I enjoyed the presence of the chimp, and how Tintin finally befriends him. A massive, massive change from the earlier books where Tintin couldn't be bothered with any animal other than his dog. Another favourite of mine was the Thompson & Thomson duo winning the aerobatics competition! This book was funnier than usual.
The action doesn't always make logical sense, but I don't really care. The humour was fantastic, and the characters were well-built. The fake mental asylum, the 'ferocious' beast, etc. all added to the charm. Not the best in the series, but well worth a read!
February 9, 2016
I have loved the Tintin books since childhood. The other day I came across a list on Pinterest naming the 50 best Graphic Novels and this was on it! I checked it out from my Library and re-read it...only to be a bit disappointed.
There are some constants about Herge's work that have always drawn me in: Tintin's bravery, the handsome artwork, the colorful characters. But the best part was always Tintin's deductive and/or inductive reasoning to find a way out of trouble. In this book that was lacking. So was the Captain, with his 'blistering barnacles!'.
All in all, it's still Herge, but not at his best.
There are some constants about Herge's work that have always drawn me in: Tintin's bravery, the handsome artwork, the colorful characters. But the best part was always Tintin's deductive and/or inductive reasoning to find a way out of trouble. In this book that was lacking. So was the Captain, with his 'blistering barnacles!'.
All in all, it's still Herge, but not at his best.
June 15, 2019
Not my type of humour
June 8, 2020
The adventures continue, with Tin-tin meeting many of his same enemies and also some of his dutiful "friends" (like the Dupond and Dupont brothers). This time, travels include small, dangerous planes (in one case, piloted by a simple mechanic and carrying frightened Dupond and Dupont!) and also the Black Island, where a terrible "beast" awaits to frighten everybody... No, even though it is in Scotland, it is not Loch Ness! LOL Why not simply read these wonderful books???
Maria Carmo,
Lisbon 6 January 2015.
Maria Carmo,
Lisbon 6 January 2015.
June 22, 2017
This is one of the best Tintins yet!
September 7, 2022
Σίγουρα μέσα στις τρεις πιο αγαπημένες μου περιπέτειες του Τεντέν, μαζί με το Μυστηριώδες Άστρο και τον Θησαυρό του Κόκκινου Ράκαμ (◕▿◕)
October 31, 2020
اون دوتا احمق پاتولوژیک احمقن واقعن و من بسیار راضیم!:)))
September 6, 2020
The panel illustrations seemed more detailed, and the colors richer, than the other books before this one. But the plot and the characters were both weak and forgettable.
3 stars then in exchange for helping forget a broken ankle for 30 minutes on a pleasant Sunday morning.
3 stars then in exchange for helping forget a broken ankle for 30 minutes on a pleasant Sunday morning.
November 3, 2020
Tintin comes across a plane making an emergency landing. When he go's to investigate , he is shot at by the pilot. In hospital he is visited by the Thompson twins who inform him that they will be travelling to England to investigate a similar plane crash in Sussex.
Travelling on a train in Belgium Tintin is framed for mugging and robbing a passenger and is arrested by the Thompson twins. He escapes from them and makes his way to England. There he is kidnapped by thugs who try to kill him , leading him onto the trail of a gang of smugglers and counterfeiters , including Dr Muller . Meanwhile Tintin is hindred by Snowy , who is engaged in finding bones and drinking whisky. Finally Tintin makes his way to Scotland , where he discovers a mysterious island ,which the locals tell him nobody returns from , all who venture there being killed by an evil beast.
Tintin ignores there warnings and makes his way to the Black Island , where he will uncover the mystery and bring the bad guys to justice.
Magnificent artwork and lots of humour , although some of the later characters are missing.
Travelling on a train in Belgium Tintin is framed for mugging and robbing a passenger and is arrested by the Thompson twins. He escapes from them and makes his way to England. There he is kidnapped by thugs who try to kill him , leading him onto the trail of a gang of smugglers and counterfeiters , including Dr Muller . Meanwhile Tintin is hindred by Snowy , who is engaged in finding bones and drinking whisky. Finally Tintin makes his way to Scotland , where he discovers a mysterious island ,which the locals tell him nobody returns from , all who venture there being killed by an evil beast.
Tintin ignores there warnings and makes his way to the Black Island , where he will uncover the mystery and bring the bad guys to justice.
Magnificent artwork and lots of humour , although some of the later characters are missing.
August 2, 2012
Okay now, there are a few things that Snowy gets up to in this particular adventure that I would advice against allowing your dog to do at home or abroad! Tintin is once again investigating a suspicious incident, dealing with danger and avoiding a mess with Thomson and Thompson. I forgot how enjoyable these are to read on a summer's evening. If you want to read these with your kids, then just bring up the fact that this is the way people used to see things and be sure to let them know that not all people saw things this way, we can't deny history, it is part of who we are today and we can't keep changing all of our past literary works to suit our politically correct world today because we are then not sharing the real writer's creation. It's important that we are true to the time in which these were written and let us not deny our past. It also shows that we have made progress. Enjoy these stories for the true adventures that they are meant to be!
May 31, 2021
نکته‌ی جالب این بود که بر خلاف کتاب های قبلی چیزی از کشور و زمین داستان نمی‌گفت.
یه تحقیق کوچولو نشون داد که هرژه رو گویا مجبور کردن زیر بار سانسور بره چرا که داستان اصلی تصویر خوبی از انگلستان ارائه نمی‌کرده!
باقیش خوبه دیگه ! میلو هم تو این داستان مست می‌کنه
:))))
یه تحقیق کوچولو نشون داد که هرژه رو گویا مجبور کردن زیر بار سانسور بره چرا که داستان اصلی تصویر خوبی از انگلستان ارائه نمی‌کرده!
باقیش خوبه دیگه ! میلو هم تو این داستان مست می‌کنه
:))))
September 4, 2018
টিনটিনের ইয়ং রিডার্স এডিশন পড়ার কৌতুহল ছিল, সে কৌতুহল থেকেই বইটা কেনা। বইটা হাতে নিয়ে প্রথমেই যে বিষয়টা লক্ষ্যনীয়, বইয়ের আকার টিনটিন সিরিজের গ্রাফিক অ্যালবামগুলোর মতো বড় না, একটা পেপারব্যাক বই যতোটুকু বড় হয়, ঠিক ততোটুকু।
স্বাভাবিকভাবেই কমিকসের ছবিগুলোর আকার ছোট হয়েছে, আর্জের সুক্ষ্মতিসুক্ষ্ম ডিটেইলিং, কারুকার্য অতি ক্ষুদ্র আকারের হয়ে গিয়েছে, এবং স্পিচ বাবলে মেথুয়েন আর ম্যামথ পাবলিশার্সের ব্যবহৃত চমৎকার ক্যালিগ্রাফির মতো ফন্টের বদলে আরেক রকম ফন্ট ব্যবহার করা হয়েছে, যাতে টেক্সট পড়তে আরাম হলেও কেমন জানি কৃত্রিম ছাপা অক্ষরের অনুভূতি দেয় (ব্যক্তিগত মতামত)। আর্জে হাতের লেখা আর সুন্দর ক্যালিগ্রাফিতুল্য লেটারিংয়ের উপর অসম্ভব গুরুত্ব আরোপ করতেন, আমি নিঃসন্দেহে বলতে পারি তিনি তাঁর অসামান্য শৈল্পিক বইগুলোতে এমন ছাপা অক্ষরের মতো ফন্ট ব্যবহার হচ্ছে দেখলে চরম হতাশ হতেন।
দ্বিতীয়তঃ বইটার পৃষ্ঠার সংখ্যা বেশি। বাজারে প্রচলিত টিনটিনের বইগুলো সবকয়টাই যেখানে ৬২ পৃষ্ঠায় সীমাবদ্ধ, সেখানে এ বইগুলোর মূল কমিকসের ৬২ পৃষ্ঠা শেষ হলে আরো বাড়তি ২০ পাতা জুড়িয়ে দেওয়া হয়েছে, যাতে ব্ল্যাক আইল্যান্ডের কাহিনী সৃষ্টি, আঁকার পিছনের গল্প বর্ননা করা হয়েছে। কিছু দুষ্প্রাপ্য আলোকচিত্র দেখানো হয়েছে, যা বিহাইন্ড দ্য সিনস অনুভূতি জোগায়, কিন্তু তথ্য খুবই অপর্যাপ্ত, প্রায় ছেলেমানুষী ধরণের বর্ননা। সাধারণ পাঠক চমৎকৃত হলেও, টিনটিনোলজিস্টরা হতাশ হবেন, কারণ এর চেয়ে অনেক বেশি ডিটেইলে ব্ল্যাক আইল্যান্ডের পিছনের কাহিনী জানা যাবে Michael Farr এর লেখা Tintin the Complete Companion বইতে। আমার মতো শৌখিন টিনটিনোলজিস্টদের প্রতি পরামর্শ, যদি মাইকেলে ফ্যারের কমপ্লিট কম্পানিওন বইটা কিনেন, ইয়ং রিডার্স সিরিজের বই কিনবেন না, সরাসরি মূল গ্রাফিক অ্যালবামগুলো কিনবেন, যেগুলো আকারে বড় এবং স্ট্যান্ডার্ড সাইজের। ইয়ং রিডার্সে পিছনের তথ্য এবং আরো বেশি মাল মশলা ফ্যারের বইটাতেই পেয়ে যাবেন।
বইয়ের কাহিনী, গ্রাফিক সম্পর্কে বেশি কিছু বলার নাই। এই বই তিনবার আঁকা হয়েছে, প্রথমবার সাদা কালো প্রিন্টে, দ্বিতীয়বার কালার প্রিন্ট করার সময়, তৃতীয়বার আঁকার সময় আর্জে তাঁর সহকারী বব ডি মুরকে ইংল্যান্ড আর স্কটল্যান্ডে পাঠান, পটভূমি (ল্যান্ডস্কেপ) সম্পর্কে জানার জন্য। ডি মুর টিনটিন যে যে পথে কৃষ্ণ দ্বীপে পৌছেছে, ঠিক সে পথ অনুসরণ করে ভ্রমণ করেন, সে পথে ল্যান্ডস্কেপের অসংখ্য ছবি তুলেন, একই সাথে টিনটিনের ব্যবহৃত যানবাহন, ফায়ার বিগ্রেড, পুলিশ, (ইংল্যান্ড, স্কটল্যান্ড দুই জায়গার) রেলের কন্ডাক্টর এদের সবার ইউনিফর্মের ছবি সংগ্রহ করেন। এসব নমুনা এ কমিকসে নিখুঁতভাবে ব্যবহার করা হয়।
এরপর ডি মুর আর্জের মূল গল্প অবিকল একই রেখে সম্পুর্ন কমিকস নতুনভাবে আঁকেন, সে বইটাই এখন প্রচলিত টিনটিনের The Black Island বই। প্রথম সাদা কালো এডিশন থেকে তৃতীয় রঙ্গিন এডিশনের পার্থক্য আকাশ পাতাল। প্রথম এডিশনে টিনটিন বাষ্প চালিত ট্রেনে ভ্রমণ করতেছিল, তৃতীয় এডিশনে এসে ট্রেনটা আধুনিক ইলেকট্রিক ট্রেনে পরিনত হয়, প্রথম এডিশনের শেষে টিনটিন যে বিমানে করে স্কটল্যান্ড ছাড়ে, তা দ্বিতীয় বিশ্বযুদ্ধপূর্ব যাত্রীবাহী বিমান ছিল, তৃতীয় এডিশনে তা আধুনিক বোয়িং জেট বিমানে পরিণত হয়।
ল্যান্ডস্কেপের পিছনে প্রচন্ড রকম কষ্ট করা হয়েছে, গল্পের শুরুতে টিনটিন যখন তার নিজ দেশ বেলজিয়ামে ছিল, তখন বেলজিয়ান ল্যান্ডস্কেপ ব্যবহার করা হয়েছে, টিনটিন ইংলিশ চ্যানেল পার হওয়ার সাথে সাথে তা ইংলিশ ল্যান্ডস্কেপে পরিণত হয়। টিনটিন যতো উত্তরে গিয়েছে, ল্যান্ডস্কেপ ততো বদলেছে, ডি মুর আর আর্জে মিলে স্কটল্যান্ডের পাথুরে পটভূমির দৃশ্য যেভাবে এঁকেছেন, তা এক কথায় নিঃশ্বাস আটকে দেওয়ার মতো। কৃষ্ণ দ্বীপ, ক্রেগ ধুই দূর্গ এগুলোতেও ডিটেইলিং অবিশ্বাস্য, আর্জে আর তার টিম ��লো ছায়ার ব্যবহার করে রহস্যময়, আধো অন্ধকার একটা আবেশ সৃষ্টি করেছিলেন, যা গল্পের সাথে দূর্দান্ত রকম খাপ খাইয়ে গিয়েছে।
এ বইয়ের আরেক উল্লেখযোগ্য দিক যানবাহন। জর্জ রেমি যানবাহনের ব্যাপারে অসম্ভব উৎসাহী ছিলেন, গোটা টিনটিন সিরিজে রকেট (চন্দ্র অভিযানের বইয়ে) থেকে শুরু করে মানুষটানা রিক্সা (নীলকমল বইয়ে) পর্যন্ত তিনি অত্যন্ত নিখুঁতভাবে এঁকে গিয়েছেন। ব্ল্যাক আইল্যান্ডের অভিযানে টিনটিন একের পর এক যানবাহঙ ব্যবহার করে গিয়েছে, শুরুতেই ছোট বিমানের মুখোমুখি, তারপর রেলগাড়ি (ট্রেনের ভিতরের দৃশ্য অবিশ্বাস্য নিখুঁত, সিট, ট্রেন থামানোর চেইন, দরজা, জানালা সবকিছুতে ডিটেইল কাজ), গাড়ি, হালকা প্লেন, ছোট নৌকা, ফেরি জাহাজ, জেট বিমান, প্রত্যেকটাই বাস্তব যানের সাথে মিল রেখে অসামান্য সুন্দর করে আঁকা হয়েছে।
এ বইয়ের মূল অ্যালবাম আমার কাছে ১০ এ ১০ পাবে, কিন্তু ইয়ং রিডার্স এডিশনের আঁকা, আর অতিরিক্ত পাতায় তেমন কিছু না থাকায় হতাশ হয়ে ১০ এ ৮ রেটিং দিলাম।
স্বাভাবিকভাবেই কমিকসের ছবিগুলোর আকার ছোট হয়েছে, আর্জের সুক্ষ্মতিসুক্ষ্ম ডিটেইলিং, কারুকার্য অতি ক্ষুদ্র আকারের হয়ে গিয়েছে, এবং স্পিচ বাবলে মেথুয়েন আর ম্যামথ পাবলিশার্সের ব্যবহৃত চমৎকার ক্যালিগ্রাফির মতো ফন্টের বদলে আরেক রকম ফন্ট ব্যবহার করা হয়েছে, যাতে টেক্সট পড়তে আরাম হলেও কেমন জানি কৃত্রিম ছাপা অক্ষরের অনুভূতি দেয় (ব্যক্তিগত মতামত)। আর্জে হাতের লেখা আর সুন্দর ক্যালিগ্রাফিতুল্য লেটারিংয়ের উপর অসম্ভব গুরুত্ব আরোপ করতেন, আমি নিঃসন্দেহে বলতে পারি তিনি তাঁর অসামান্য শৈল্পিক বইগুলোতে এমন ছাপা অক্ষরের মতো ফন্ট ব্যবহার হচ্ছে দেখলে চরম হতাশ হতেন।
দ্বিতীয়তঃ বইটার পৃষ্ঠার সংখ্যা বেশি। বাজারে প্রচলিত টিনটিনের বইগুলো সবকয়টাই যেখানে ৬২ পৃষ্ঠায় সীমাবদ্ধ, সেখানে এ বইগুলোর মূল কমিকসের ৬২ পৃষ্ঠা শেষ হলে আরো বাড়তি ২০ পাতা জুড়িয়ে দেওয়া হয়েছে, যাতে ব্ল্যাক আইল্যান্ডের কাহিনী সৃষ্টি, আঁকার পিছনের গল্প বর্ননা করা হয়েছে। কিছু দুষ্প্রাপ্য আলোকচিত্র দেখানো হয়েছে, যা বিহাইন্ড দ্য সিনস অনুভূতি জোগায়, কিন্তু তথ্য খুবই অপর্যাপ্ত, প্রায় ছেলেমানুষী ধরণের বর্ননা। সাধারণ পাঠক চমৎকৃত হলেও, টিনটিনোলজিস্টরা হতাশ হবেন, কারণ এর চেয়ে অনেক বেশি ডিটেইলে ব্ল্যাক আইল্যান্ডের পিছনের কাহিনী জানা যাবে Michael Farr এর লেখা Tintin the Complete Companion বইতে। আমার মতো শৌখিন টিনটিনোলজিস্টদের প্রতি পরামর্শ, যদি মাইকেলে ফ্যারের কমপ্লিট কম্পানিওন বইটা কিনেন, ইয়ং রিডার্স সিরিজের বই কিনবেন না, সরাসরি মূল গ্রাফিক অ্যালবামগুলো কিনবেন, যেগুলো আকারে বড় এবং স্ট্যান্ডার্ড সাইজের। ইয়ং রিডার্সে পিছনের তথ্য এবং আরো বেশি মাল মশলা ফ্যারের বইটাতেই পেয়ে যাবেন।
বইয়ের কাহিনী, গ্রাফিক সম্পর্কে বেশি কিছু বলার নাই। এই বই তিনবার আঁকা হয়েছে, প্রথমবার সাদা কালো প্রিন্টে, দ্বিতীয়বার কালার প্রিন্ট করার সময়, তৃতীয়বার আঁকার সময় আর্জে তাঁর সহকারী বব ডি মুরকে ইংল্যান্ড আর স্কটল্যান্ডে পাঠান, পটভূমি (ল্যান্ডস্কেপ) সম্পর্কে জানার জন্য। ডি মুর টিনটিন যে যে পথে কৃষ্ণ দ্বীপে পৌছেছে, ঠিক সে পথ অনুসরণ করে ভ্রমণ করেন, সে পথে ল্যান্ডস্কেপের অসংখ্য ছবি তুলেন, একই সাথে টিনটিনের ব্যবহৃত যানবাহন, ফায়ার বিগ্রেড, পুলিশ, (ইংল্যান্ড, স্কটল্যান্ড দুই জায়গার) রেলের কন্ডাক্টর এদের সবার ইউনিফর্মের ছবি সংগ্রহ করেন। এসব নমুনা এ কমিকসে নিখুঁতভাবে ব্যবহার করা হয়।
এরপর ডি মুর আর্জের মূল গল্প অবিকল একই রেখে সম্পুর্ন কমিকস নতুনভাবে আঁকেন, সে বইটাই এখন প্রচলিত টিনটিনের The Black Island বই। প্রথম সাদা কালো এডিশন থেকে তৃতীয় রঙ্গিন এডিশনের পার্থক্য আকাশ পাতাল। প্রথম এডিশনে টিনটিন বাষ্প চালিত ট্রেনে ভ্রমণ করতেছিল, তৃতীয় এডিশনে এসে ট্রেনটা আধুনিক ইলেকট্রিক ট্রেনে পরিনত হয়, প্রথম এডিশনের শেষে টিনটিন যে বিমানে করে স্কটল্যান্ড ছাড়ে, তা দ্বিতীয় বিশ্বযুদ্ধপূর্ব যাত্রীবাহী বিমান ছিল, তৃতীয় এডিশনে তা আধুনিক বোয়িং জেট বিমানে পরিণত হয়।
ল্যান্ডস্কেপের পিছনে প্রচন্ড রকম কষ্ট করা হয়েছে, গল্পের শুরুতে টিনটিন যখন তার নিজ দেশ বেলজিয়ামে ছিল, তখন বেলজিয়ান ল্যান্ডস্কেপ ব্যবহার করা হয়েছে, টিনটিন ইংলিশ চ্যানেল পার হওয়ার সাথে সাথে তা ইংলিশ ল্যান্ডস্কেপে পরিণত হয়। টিনটিন যতো উত্তরে গিয়েছে, ল্যান্ডস্কেপ ততো বদলেছে, ডি মুর আর আর্জে মিলে স্কটল্যান্ডের পাথুরে পটভূমির দৃশ্য যেভাবে এঁকেছেন, তা এক কথায় নিঃশ্বাস আটকে দেওয়ার মতো। কৃষ্ণ দ্বীপ, ক্রেগ ধুই দূর্গ এগুলোতেও ডিটেইলিং অবিশ্বাস্য, আর্জে আর তার টিম ��লো ছায়ার ব্যবহার করে রহস্যময়, আধো অন্ধকার একটা আবেশ সৃষ্টি করেছিলেন, যা গল্পের সাথে দূর্দান্ত রকম খাপ খাইয়ে গিয়েছে।
এ বইয়ের আরেক উল্লেখযোগ্য দিক যানবাহন। জর্জ রেমি যানবাহনের ব্যাপারে অসম্ভব উৎসাহী ছিলেন, গোটা টিনটিন সিরিজে রকেট (চন্দ্র অভিযানের বইয়ে) থেকে শুরু করে মানুষটানা রিক্সা (নীলকমল বইয়ে) পর্যন্ত তিনি অত্যন্ত নিখুঁতভাবে এঁকে গিয়েছেন। ব্ল্যাক আইল্যান্ডের অভিযানে টিনটিন একের পর এক যানবাহঙ ব্যবহার করে গিয়েছে, শুরুতেই ছোট বিমানের মুখোমুখি, তারপর রেলগাড়ি (ট্রেনের ভিতরের দৃশ্য অবিশ্বাস্য নিখুঁত, সিট, ট্রেন থামানোর চেইন, দরজা, জানালা সবকিছুতে ডিটেইল কাজ), গাড়ি, হালকা প্লেন, ছোট নৌকা, ফেরি জাহাজ, জেট বিমান, প্রত্যেকটাই বাস্তব যানের সাথে মিল রেখে অসামান্য সুন্দর করে আঁকা হয়েছে।
এ বইয়ের মূল অ্যালবাম আমার কাছে ১০ এ ১০ পাবে, কিন্তু ইয়ং রিডার্স এডিশনের আঁকা, আর অতিরিক্ত পাতায় তেমন কিছু না থাকায় হতাশ হয়ে ১০ এ ৮ রেটিং দিলাম।
November 30, 2015
História de desenvolvimento rápido em que não podemos deixar de pensar que é verdadeiramente uma das de hit the ground running. A ação está presente desde as primeiras páginas e só pára mesmo na última. No entanto, dava a sensação que era necessário ter já algum conhecimento prévio da trama para poder apanhá-la. A resolução também foi incrivelmente rápida e cheia de voltas e contravoltas que terminaram no desfecho prevísivel.
É sempre agradável ler Tintin, mas obviamente há histórias que marcam sempre que mais do que outras.
É sempre agradável ler Tintin, mas obviamente há histórias que marcam sempre que mais do que outras.
April 2, 2016
می توان گفت آغاز جزیره سیاه یکی از نفس گیرترین آغازهای سری تن تن است. نقاشی هایش به علت بازنویسی های چندباره جدیدتر است و چندجایی هم خوب می خنداند. اما خبری از پیچیدگی های معماگونه ی همیشگی به آن صورت دیده نمی شود. داستان سرراستی است که خیلی بی آزار و آرام هم تمام می شود.
May 22, 2022
Nachdem die ersten Bände in - aus europäischer Sicht - weiter Ferne spielten und darunter die eigentliche Geschichte meist sehr litt und zudem sehr häufig Verharmlosung imperialistischer, kolonialistischer und auch rassistischer Vorgänge betrieben, ist dieser Band nun wohltuend anders: Hier kommt Tim zufällig einer Geldfälscherbande auf die Spur und verfolgt diese durch Europa bis nach Schottland.
Weite Teile des Albums werden allerdings von der puren Verfolgung eingenommen, die zwar nett, aber - zumindest aus heutiger Perspektive - nicht wirklich besonders ist.
Zur Einordnung: Ursprünglich erschien “Die Schwarze Insel” von 1937 bis 1938 wie seinerzeit üblich in einer Zeitschrift. Eine bereits modifizierte Neuauflage erfolgte 1943 und eine letzte große Überarbeitung endete 1965 mit einer modernisierten und “aufgehübschten” Fassung. Diese bis heute meistverbreitete Version habe ich gelesen.
1965 liegt aber heute bereits 57 Jahre zurück - und das merkt man. Dennoch gelingt es diesem Band, mich wieder ein wenig mehr an die Serie anzunähern, nachdem ich während der ersten fünf Bände bereits befürchtete, mir eine schöne Erinnerung zu zerstören.
Der liebenswerte Humor (Schulze und Schultze in Handschellen) und die einfach nur netten “running gags” (Struppi und der Knochen) haben mich schmunzeln lassen.
Drei von fünf Sternen.
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Weite Teile des Albums werden allerdings von der puren Verfolgung eingenommen, die zwar nett, aber - zumindest aus heutiger Perspektive - nicht wirklich besonders ist.
Zur Einordnung: Ursprünglich erschien “Die Schwarze Insel” von 1937 bis 1938 wie seinerzeit üblich in einer Zeitschrift. Eine bereits modifizierte Neuauflage erfolgte 1943 und eine letzte große Überarbeitung endete 1965 mit einer modernisierten und “aufgehübschten” Fassung. Diese bis heute meistverbreitete Version habe ich gelesen.
1965 liegt aber heute bereits 57 Jahre zurück - und das merkt man. Dennoch gelingt es diesem Band, mich wieder ein wenig mehr an die Serie anzunähern, nachdem ich während der ersten fünf Bände bereits befürchtete, mir eine schöne Erinnerung zu zerstören.
Der liebenswerte Humor (Schulze und Schultze in Handschellen) und die einfach nur netten “running gags” (Struppi und der Knochen) haben mich schmunzeln lassen.
Drei von fünf Sternen.
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Ceterum censeo Putin esse delendam
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