Tintin and Alph-Art (The Adventures of Tintin: Original Classic)

Herge died while working on this book. It is not a comic book as such but a collection of his sketches and notes made while creating the final book. It should be of interest to all Tintin fans.

If you enjoy reading & re-reading Tintin books like other people enjoy looking at fine art or listening to their favorite composer, this book, with it's beautiful layout is for you. In its incomplete state it feels as genuine and enjoyable as any of the existing classics. A must have!

Last in the Tintin series. Interesting book for historical reasons.

A fascinating and adult Tintin book, well worth reading for Tintin fans. Tintin takes on art forgers, and Herge takes on fake art lovers. As other commenters have said it's very interesting to see the process behind the making of a Tintin book. Herge spends the first 10 pages re-introducing all the main characters from past books and having them interact with each other. These introductory pages, despite being mostly plot-less, are great fun to read. I think this is because as you get older the things most interesting from childhood books like Tintin, Asterix, and The Lord of the Rings, are not the plots but how the characters act. How Rastopopulous will always return to being evil for example, or the shamelessness of Alcazar. If you're into Tintin because of its action, this book might not be fun. Castafiore again is central to what annoys Herge, and generally this book is about fakes. Here fakes are people who like the idea of themselves being into art rather than liking art itself. It's funny and interesting, and more like watching the TV show Absolutely Fabulous than reading other Tintin books. The book continues the cynicism of Picaros and Castafiore, and the way he mocks some of the characters is more obvious than in the other books. This is probably the sort of thing that would have been removed over rewrites and editing, which he unfortunately wasn't able to do. Everyone is taken in with the Alph-Art, including the Captain who buys one. When Tintin is in trouble, it's either Snowy or luck that saves him. It's not a very hopeful book, but a funny and interesting one.

This isn't so much a story, as a look into Herge's creation process. We don't even get a proper ending, let alone finished pages. Think of this as a sketchbook with someone else's notes penned in.

I am of purchasing the complete set of TinTin books for my son. I was pleased with the ease of ordering and the promptness of my receipt of this book. Further, I found the price to be quite fair - much less than the local bookstores. I will definitely complete the rest of the set in the same way.

I had this book in French about 30 years ago the context was completely different band it was a done book. This book is just a sketch form.

Really enjoyed this book

I love it......................!

Tintin is a must for young boys. A relatable hero. The book arrived quickly and the quality of the binding, paper and print is really top drawer.

From the past 10 years I wished to have this now I have the golden alphabet art . Absolutely masterpiece provided branded by Amazon . Thumbs up to Amazon Service

Great for collectors

It very much works well despite not being finished upsettingly. If only!!!! it still is a classic. Great original story !!! and incredibly funny, as only Herge uniquely can invent.Lovely incredible drawings of work in progress ideas . Herge with his friendly tongue in cheek dig at The Art world perhaps . So much to digest ,but very sad it wasnt finished to have its day of complete glory. Still brilliant.....less is more in this case !!!