| Tintin in America (Tintin en Amérique) |
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 Cover of the English edition |
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| Publisher | Le Petit Vingtième |
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| Date | 1932 |
| Series | The Adventures of Tintin (Les aventures de Tintin) |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | Hergé |
| Artist(s) | Hergé |
| Original publication | |
| Published in | Le Petit Vingtième |
| Date(s) of publication | September 3, 1931 - October 20, 1932 |
| Language | French |
| ISBN | ISBN 2-203-00102-X |
| Translation | |
| Publisher | Methuen |
| Date | 1978 |
| ISBN | ISBN 1-4052-0614-4 |
| Translator(s) | Leslie Lonsdale-Cooper and Michael Turner |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Tintin in the Congo, 1931 |
| Followed by | Cigars of the Pharaoh, 1934 |
Tintin in America (French: Tintin en Amérique) is the third in The Adventures of Tintin, a series of classic comic-strip albums written and illustrated by Belgian writer and illustrator Hergé, featuring young reporter Tintin as the hero. Le Petit Vingtième ("The Little Twentieth" was the weekly youth supplement to the Belgian newspaper Le Vingtième Siècle ("The Twentieth Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. The Adventures of Tintin (Les Aventures de Tintin is a series of Comic strips created by Belgian artist Hergé, the pen name of Georges Remi Georges Prosper Remi ( May 22, 1907 - March 3, 1983) better known by the Pen name Hergé, was a Belgian Georges Prosper Remi ( May 22, 1907 - March 3, 1983) better known by the Pen name Hergé, was a Belgian Le Petit Vingtième ("The Little Twentieth" was the weekly youth supplement to the Belgian newspaper Le Vingtième Siècle ("The Twentieth Events 36 BC - In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompeius Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1740 - Maria Theresa takes the throne of Austria. France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Methuen Publishing Ltd is a British Publishing house and publishes in the areas of Theatre and Drama. Tintin in the Congo ( Tintin au Congo) is the second of The Adventures of Tintin, a series of classic comic-strip albums written and illustrated Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Cigars of the Pharaoh ( Les Cigares du pharaon) is one of The Adventures of Tintin, a series of classic comic-strip albums written and illustrated Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people The Adventures of Tintin (Les Aventures de Tintin is a series of Comic strips created by Belgian artist Hergé, the pen name of Georges Remi Georges Prosper Remi ( May 22, 1907 - March 3, 1983) better known by the Pen name Hergé, was a Belgian Tintin and Snowy (original French language names Tintin et Milou) a journalist and his canine companion are a pair of adventurers who travel around the
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Publication and alternate versions
Tintin in America first appeared as a black and white comic strip in "Le Petit Vingtième" on September 3, 1931. Le Petit Vingtième ("The Little Twentieth" was the weekly youth supplement to the Belgian newspaper Le Vingtième Siècle ("The Twentieth Events 36 BC - In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompeius Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. It was then published in a black and white album in 1932. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. In 1945, the album was reworked and shortened to a standard 62-page format, and published in colour. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar
Its first English translation was the 1962 UK edition. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The first American edition was issued in 1973, for which some panels were redrawn in order to remove some stereotyped portrayals of African Americans. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. A stereotype (from Greek: stereo + týpos = "solid impression" is a generalized perception of first impressions behaviors presumed by a group African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa These include the doorman at the bank being built on Indian land and the woman holding the screaming baby. [1].
Tintin in America is the earliest Tintin album that is readily available in English translation; the two previous ones have been published in English, but in limited editions.
Synopsis
It is 1931-having encountered Al Capone's gangsters in his last adventure, Tintin in the Congo, Tintin is sent to Chicago, Illinois to clean up the city's criminals. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Alphonse Gabriel "Al" Capone (January 17 1899 &ndash January 25 1947 commonly nicknamed Scarface, was an Italian American Gangster who For other uses see Gangsta. A gangster is a criminal who is or at some point almost invariably becomes a member of a persistent violent Tintin in the Congo ( Tintin au Congo) is the second of The Adventures of Tintin, a series of classic comic-strip albums written and illustrated Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. He is captured by gangsters several times, soon meeting Capone himself. Although Tintin temporarily captures Capone and some of his henchmen, the policeman he calls to help arrest the gangsters does not believe his story and tries to capture him instead (Tintin's failure to capture Capone reflects the fact that Capone was still active when the comic strip was written).
After several attempts on his life, Tintin meets Capone's rival, the devious Bobby Smiles, who heads the Gangsters Syndicate of Chicago. Tintin spends much of the book trying to capture Smiles, pursuing him to the Midwestern town of Redskin City. There he is captured by a Blackfoot Indian tribe (fooled by Smiles into thinking Tintin is their enemy), and discovers oil. The Blackfoot Confederacy or Niitsítapi (meaning "original people" c Petroleum ( L petroleum, from Greek πετρέλαιον, lit This unintentionally causes the expulsion of the tribe, as unscrupulous oil corporations take over their land, depriving them of any share in the oil profits (see Ideology of Tintin-Big Business). See http//enwikipediaorg/wiki/WikipediaFootnotes for an explanation of how to generate footnotes using the tags and the template below Finally, Tintin captures Smiles, and ships him back to Chicago in a crate.
After Smiles is captured, an unnamed bald gangster kidnaps Tintin's dog, Snowy. Tintin manages to save him and arrests most of the bald gangster's henchmen, although the gangster himself manages to escape. The next day the bald gangster orders a subordinate named Maurice Oyle to invite Tintin to a cannery, where Tintin is tricked into falling into the meat grinding machine. Canning is a method of preserving food in which the food is processed and sealed in an airtight container However, because the workers at the cannery are on strike, the meat grinder is deactivated and Tintin escapes. Tintin later tricks and captures both Maurice and the bald gangster.
After this escapade, Tintin is invited to a banquet held in his honor, where he is kidnapped by Chicago gangsters who have decided to wreak revenge upon him for his crackdown upon the city's criminals. The gangsters tie Tintin and Snowy to a weight and throw them into Lake Michigan. Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America, and the only one located entirely within the United States. However, the gangsters mistakenly used a block of wood as a weight, and thus Tintin and Snowy are saved by what is ostensibly a police patrol boat. It soon transpires that the crew of the boat are not policemen, but more gangsters, and they attempt to kill Tintin. However Tintin overpowers them, and later leads the police to the gangsters' headquarters. A grateful Chicago holds a ticker-tape parade for Tintin, after which he returns to Europe. A ticker-tape parade is a Parade event held in a downtown urban setting allowing the jettison of large amounts of shredded paper products from nearby Office
Relationship to real life
Tintin in America depicts the real-life problems of gangsterism in 1930s America during the Great Depression, and the brief depiction of Al Capone is the only notable appearance of a real person in a Tintin album. For other uses see Gangsta. A gangster is a criminal who is or at some point almost invariably becomes a member of a persistent violent The 1930s were described as an abrupt shift to more radical and conservative lifestyles as countries were struggling to find a solution to the Great Depression. Alphonse Gabriel "Al" Capone (January 17 1899 &ndash January 25 1947 commonly nicknamed Scarface, was an Italian American Gangster who Menachem Begin appears briefly in Tintin in the Land of Black Gold, but his name is not given and he appears only very briefly. (מְנַחֵם בְּגִין Mieczysław Biegun Менахем Вольфович Бегин 16 August 1913 – 9 March 1992 was the sixth prime minister of the State of Israel Land of Black Gold ( French: Tintin au pays de l'or noir) is the fifteenth of The Adventures of Tintin, a series of Besides, he only appeared in the early editions of the graphic novel and vanished in later ones. [1]
References to social problems in the United States at the time are made, most notably in the sympathetic portrayal of Native Americans, whose mistreatment shows the prejudice and manipulative behavior of American oil companies that disenfranchise the tribe by seizing their land. Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States Other issues in American society (such as lynching) are briefly alluded to. Lynching is an Extrajudicial punishment meted out by a mob Lynching an enumerated Felony in some states in the United States, is defined by some The failure of Prohibition in the U. Prohibition of alcohol, often referred to simply as prohibition, also known as Noble Experiment, refers to a Sumptuary law which prohibits Alcohol S. is also highlighted, memorably portrayed in a scene where a small town sheriff becomes intoxicated in front of a sign proclaiming the Volstead Act. The Volstead Act, which reinforced the Prohibition of alcohol in the United States of America, was popularly named after Andrew Volstead, Chairman of the
The scene in which Tintin visits the factory run by Maurice Oyle (and nearly ends up as canned meat himself) is reminiscent of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle, and its fierce indictment of the American meat packing industry. Upton Beall Sinclair Jr ( September 20, 1878 &ndash November 25, 1968) was a Pulitzer The Jungle is a 1906 novel written by Author and socialist Journalist Upton Sinclair. The meat packing industry is an Industry that handles the slaughtering, Processing and distribution of animals such as Cattle
However, much of the sequence in the American West is less realistic, as it depicts the West as it was in the days of the Wild West, complete with cowboys and Indians. The Western United States &mdashcommonly referred to as the American West or simply the West &mdashtraditionally refers to the region comprising the westernmost A cowboy is an animal Herder who tends Cattle on Ranches in North America, traditionally on horseback and often performs a multitude of Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States Another inaccuracy is that American cars are sometimes depicted with right-hand steering columns.
Politics
Although he depicts the Indians as naive and bloodthirsty, Hergé also demonstrates sympathy for their plight. In the first black-and-white strip Tintin is shown photographing an Indian who is holding a begging bowl (the begging bowl has disappeared in the colour version). Hergé later depicts the Indians being driven off their land by armed soldiers so that the US Government may access the oil found there. Petroleum ( L petroleum, from Greek πετρέλαιον, lit
Connections with other Tintin books
It is a matter of debate among Tintin fans whether Tintin's arch-enemy Rastapopoulos makes his first appearance in this book (albeit simply in a one-off cameo). Roberto Rastapopoulos (Greek Ροβέρτος Ρασταπόπουλος) is a fictional character in The Adventures of Tintin series of Comic books A man who looks like him can be seen sitting next to Tintin at the banquet from which the hero is then kidnapped. Next to him is a young blonde-haired woman: in the 1932 black-and-white edition of the book this woman is referred to as "Mary Pikefort", a thin disguise for the actress Mary Pickford; this is significant because Rastapopoulos is a movie mogul when he appears in Cigars of the Pharaoh. Mary Pickford ( April 8, 1892 – May 29, 1979) was an Academy Award -winning Canadian motion picture Cigars of the Pharaoh ( Les Cigares du pharaon) is one of The Adventures of Tintin, a series of classic comic-strip albums written and illustrated The reference was dropped from the redrawn coloured edition, presumably because Pickford's name would not have been recognized by the new generation of Tintin readers [2].
References
- ^ Harry Thompson (1991), Tintin - ISBN 034052393X
- ^ Tintin: The Complete Companion by Michael Farr, John Murray publishers, 2001
External links
- Tintin in America at Tintinologist. Michael Farr is a leading British Tintinologist that is an expert on the comic series Tintin and its creator Hergé. org
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