Cigars of the Pharoah [Paperback]

Herge (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 27, 1975

The classic graphic novel. Tintin tries to take a vacation, but while on his cruise ship a mystery unfolds! He meets Dr. Sarcophagus who leads him to the undiscovered tomb of the Pharaoh Kih-Oskh.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Amazon.com Review

Cigars of the Pharaoh is one of Tintin's earliest adventures. He and Snowy are on a cruise to Egypt when they happen to meet Professor Sophocles Sarcophagus (the first of Tintin's absent-minded professors) and join his expedition. But they become embroiled in a complicated scheme involving a fakir, cigars marked with an unusual brand, and Rajijah, the poison of madness. Most significantly, Tintin meets the detectives Thompson and Thomson as well as the movie mogul Rastapopolous. While Cigars of the Pharaoh is a self-contained story, some of the mysteries are resolved in The Blue Lotus. Herge wrote Cigars in 1932 then revised it in 1955, which is why the art has the more polished look of later stories as well as the anachronistic glimpse of a copy of Destination: Moon. --David Horiuchi --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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The Adventures of Tintin (also known as The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn[4] in the United Kingdom) is a 2011 American performance capture 3D film based on The Adventures of Tintin, a series of comic books created by Belgian artist Hergé (Georges Remi). Directed by Steven Spielberg, produced by Peter Jackson, and written by Steven Moffat, Edgar Wright and Joe Cornish, the film is based on three of the original comic books: The Crab with the Golden Claws (1941), The Secret of the Unicorn (1943), and Red Rackham's Treasure (1944).[5]
Spielberg first acquired rights to produce a film based upon the Adventures of Tintin series following Hergé's death in 1983, and re-optioned them in 2002. Filming was due to begin in October 2008 for a 2010 release, but release was delayed to 2011 after Universal opted out of producing the film with Paramount, who provided $30 million on pre-production. Sony chose to co-produce the films. The delay resulted in Thomas Sangster, who had been cast as Tintin, departing from the project. Producer Peter Jackson, whose company Weta Digital is providing the computer animation, intends to direct a sequel. Spielberg and Jackson also hope to co-direct a third film.[6] --Wikipedia --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 62 pages
• Publisher: Methuen Publishing Ltd (March 27, 1975)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0416836100
• ISBN-13: 978-0416836103
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 8 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,809,503 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Hergé, one of the most famous Belgians in the world, was a comics writer and artist. The internationally successful Adventures of Tintin are his most well-known and beloved works. They have been translated into 38 different languages and have inspired such legends as Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. He wrote and illustrated for "The Adventures of Tintin" until his death in 1983.

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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is the best book I have read so far!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, March 20, 2002

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Cigars of the Pharoah (The Adventures of Tintin) (Paperback)

I am 9 years old and I am in the 3rd grade. This is the best book I have read in my life. I want to buy more Tin Tin books. The books are very funny and very mistirious. I read it with my dad. These are the only books I like. My favorite part is when Tin Tin jumps on this heavy guy and use his belly as a trampolin!

I love them, Get them! The real rating is *****************************************

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Flor Fina Forever !, January 25, 1999

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Walter O. Koenig "Amoxtli" (San Diego, California, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cigars of the Pharoah (The Adventures of Tintin) (Paperback)

The first time I read this book was ca. 1972, and it is just as important to me now than it was then. This is one of the most remakable aspects of Tin Tin: The fact that the stories and the art are agelss. As for this particular book, it is Lodge Material. Check out the secret society costumes and the repeated references to "Flor Fina". Snowy says it best: "Whoa !".

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The first discrete improvement., February 27, 2007

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Robert P. Beveridge "xterminal" (Lakewood, OH) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tintin: Cigars of the Pharaoh (Paperback)

Herge, The Cigars of the Pharaoh (Methuen, 1934)

The Cigars of the Pharaoh was the beginning of Tintin's adventures leaving, at least for the big picture, the realm of the episodic and getting into big story arcs with returning characters (this is the book that introduces Thomson and Thompson, who would become two of the series' most beloved characters). The adventure itself still has much of the episodic feel one tends to find with things that are serialized, with lots of mini-cliffhangers and miraculous escapes, but this is where Herge really started to find his feet; it's still early work, and reads like early work, but it's good early work. ***