On a clear day, a mysterious little plane landed on a grassy field due to a sudden malfunction, and a young reporter was walking with his beloved puppy. He wanted to go up to help after seeing the plane landing, but was shot and injured by the gangsters on the plane, and the plane mysteriously disappeared afterwards. After recovering from his injuries, in order to uncover the truth of the incident, he resolutely decided to take his puppy with him on an adventure to a mysterious island called "Black Island".
This set of comics is now very familiar to everyone. It is the famous work of the Belgian cartoonist Hergé in the "Adventures of Tintin" series. Nowadays, we can easily buy a full set of original color comics, and in the early 1980s, children could only read black and white versions of villain books, not only that, the pictures were not original pictures, but were re-depicted by domestic people.
In February 1982, two sets of comic books entitled "Black Island" were quietly distributed in the China Children's Publishing House and entered the libraries and reading rooms of Xinhua Bookstore and primary schools. This adventure story attracted wide attention with its vivid plot and the rare form of split comics at the time, and immediately caused a warm response among children, everyone lined up to watch, and some even watched it several times in a row. The subtitle of the cover, "The Adventures of Tintin", also seems to indicate that there are plans for another release.
Children are looking forward to the release of a new sequel, which is two years, and in March 1984, the China Children's Publishing House launched "Red Sea Shark", which once again triggered a reading boom. At that time, the most enjoyable villain book was Tintin. Although there are only 2 stories, it has become the top work of the early 80s, no longer the world of "Journey to the West", "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Walter Defending Sarajevo", and even the comic masterpieces of the period "Astro Boy" and "The Forest Emperor" have to stand on the sidelines.
In fact, the earliest version of this set of comic strips was not the version of the China Children's Publishing House, but was issued by the Guangdong Publishing House (later changed to the New Century Publishing House), the time is 1981, only 1 year earlier, the folio is very large, and it is also depicted again in China. The protagonist's name is not Tintin, but Tingting, and the names of other characters are not the same. The printing quality of this set of books is still OK, and it has been distributed for many years, and many episodes have been published, but it seems that it has not been completed, and its fame is far less than that of the small and medium editions.
The boom caused by Tintin among the children's group continued, but after the release of "Red Sea Shark", Zhongshao suspended the distribution work, and the specific reason is unknown.
At this time, a publishing house that did not do much in the publishing field at that time took over the banner of distribution, which was later produced a complete version of the China Literary and Art Federation Publishing House, which was also called the China Literature and Art United Publishing Company at that time, and was founded in 1983. Their water testing work is another story in Tintin's Adventures, The Mysterious Snowman, released in 1984, and if you have this version, you will find that this version is somewhat different from the later Tintins. In the figure below, we see the difference between the two editions of the spine and the literary version. "The Mysterious Snowman" uses black characters from the China Literary and Art United Publishing Company, and the 21 stories that were later released were in red characters, and the name of the publishing house was China Literary association publishing Company.
The back cover of The Mysterious Snowman does not contain the amount of print, nor does it mention the problem of reproduction, and in fact the book is the most meticulously drawn of all the literary editions, and the cover is decorated with snowflakes on the title.
This book was rare at the time, and one of my classmates had this book, which was pressed under all the villain books, and it was easy not to take it out, only people with particularly good relations to read, and never borrowed. This story about China also contains the mysterious theme of the snowman, so it is very attractive.
After that, The Literary Association changed its name to China Literary Association Publishing Company, the distribution work entered the right track, "Mysterious Stars", "Blue Lotus" and so on were launched one after another, although not completely in accordance with the timeline, but successively put "The Adventures of Tintin" out of the whole, a total of 22 stories, a total of 44 books, in addition to a set of because of ideological problems are not suitable for publication, have been so rudely "Qiankun big copy" over. "Mysterious Snowman" was also republished, still using black characters, but the company name was changed to a new one. People who have a hobby of collecting villain books should pay attention to this and try to collect the same version of the upper and lower sets.
The name He Li, the replicant mentioned in the book, is also familiar to everyone because it is mentioned every time it turns to the title page. Many people say that the color version introduced later is a quality spike literary version, but in fact, the original version of Tintin's Adventures has also gone through the old black and white version, and the three stages of colored version and remake version have become exquisite. In addition, although this black and white reproduction is a bit rough, for the majority of children who have not eaten and seen it at that time, the story is attractive, which is enough. Even if so many villain books were printed in full color in the 1980s, it is estimated that few families could afford the price of the book.
With the release of the full set of books, the little friends are full of addiction, witty and brave, full of justice reporter Tintin, the loyal and cute puppy Snow Snow (Milu), the grumpy Captain Adok who sees the wine and dies, a serious funny dupont and Dupont brothers, the absent-minded Professor Carculus (Sunflower) ... These comic characters gradually occupy the inner world of children.
These 44 books were released for several years to complete (it seems to last until 1987), and being able to collect a complete set of "The Adventures of Tintin" was very luxurious at the time, and it was very difficult for children, because if you saw "Black Island" in the first 2nd grade of primary school, the last story may have graduated from primary school, and parents basically will not buy villain books at this time. Even if you buy a set of books at one time, it is not a small expense for the average family at that time.
Pictured below: A very rare version of the fresh language published by the Literary Association.
Although the China Federation of Literature and Literature seized the opportunity, but did not quickly seize the market, after the book was published, it was republished in the form of a large set (large set) and a small set (3 story sets), which may have been printed too much and became a backlog of books. Note here that some versions have white back covers and do not have any publishing information, but they are not pirated, but are placed in a small set and printed with a cardboard uniformly printed publication information. The picture below is a small set of book titles jammed paper, and the strange thing is that it is not arranged in the order of the story.
In addition to these 44 books, there is also a story of "Tintin in Shark Lake", although it is also a Series of Tintin's Adventures, but everyone does not recognize this kind of short story, so it is not included in the final full collection.
In addition to the Zhongxiao edition, the Guangdong edition, the Wenlian edition, there are also some publishing houses that are also committed to this, such as the Qinghai edition of the 90s, the Jiangxi edition and the Shandong edition printed in color, as well as the Zhejiang Shao edition that has not ended in a few books, the future edition, etc., until 200*, there are also distant editions that rely on complete photocopying of the cottage. Most of them were copied and depicted like the Wenlian News Agency, while the Shandong version used the original color printing, but it may have ended hastily due to copyright problems.
In the end, the real dream can be realized by the beginning of the small. In 2001, they were officially authorized to release a full set of "The Adventures of Tintin" in full color, and those children who were 30-40 years old in the 1980s could realize their dreams in the name of their children.
Of course, the old literary joint edition has also become a collection object, although it was once printed and sold, but now it is quite rare to have a set of good quality encyclopedias. For example, the collection method of this benevolent brother below is also quite special.
The author has still retained a set of the earliest version of the literary association and the later small and medium-sized editions, which were all accumulated with pocket money in that year, and have been retained for decades, which can also be regarded as an old iron ganer.
After talking about the book, as the headline number of the window of foreign mail, let's talk about stamps. The Adventures of Tintin is not only famous in China, but also well-known all over the world. Although Belgium is a small country, its comic output ability is very strong, and Tintin is also their masterpiece. Belgian Postal Has also repeatedly sampled the contents of Tintin's Adventures on stamp issues, which have become iconic products. Sometimes it doesn't even need Tintin to get a wave of buyers.
Belgian Post first issued a Tintin-themed stamp in 1979, with only one stamp, in order to promote the Youth Philatelic Club.
Later, in 1999, a set of comic-themed stamps was issued in honor of Tintin Comics Journal, tintin did not appear, replaced by the C-bit red rocket.
In 1999 and 2000, the Netherlands and France, as neighbours of Belgium, released the content. This is also a very rare set of "serious" stamps in the Netherlands, a strange stamp issuing country.
In 2001, Belgium and congo jointly issued Tintin's comic commemorative stamps and miniature sheetlets in the Congo, containing two types of toothed and toothless stamps, respectively. At the 2010 Shanghai World Expo, Congo Post issued a stamped version to continue harvesting a wave of Chinese stamp collectors by loading old tickets into new bottles.
After that, the stamp issuance of Tintin's Adventures became a model, and from time to time a set came, sometimes Tintin only as a supporting role, or replaced by a red rocket for his existence, if you are interested, you can find it yourself.
In addition to these, Belgium also issued a considerable number of postcards, stickers, of which there was a series of the most issued, this double ticket called Duostamp, which is actually a personalized stamp of the Belgian Postal Class 1 standard mail (50g), the pattern of Tintin appears as a secondary note, which has no denomination itself. But because the content is rich, the pictures are relatively large, so there are many people who like it, but if you really do it, it is also a big expense, if it is not a deep picture control, it is not recommended to collect.
In addition, many countries have opened up personalized stamp business, so there are also many Tintin-themed personalized stamps, such as Ukraine and Moldova are easy to find, here is also a reminder, if not particularly loved, do not blindly buy. After all, personalizing this kind of thing can be printed however you want.
Finally, we conclude with the Tintin stamps issued in France and Belgium in 2007.
Because of the same language as Belgium, French readers are equally obsessed with Tintin, and the number of Tintin stamps issued is second only to Belgium. In 2007, the 100th anniversary of the author's birth, Hergé issued a tintin stamplet consisting of 6 stamps. Belgium naturally could not be sloppy, and released a set of "The Adventures of Tintin" all the comic covers made into a small full sheet, a full set of 25 pieces, including 23 stories, 1 author's head, and a "Tintin and the Art of the Alphabet" (unfinished). The fact is that this kind of size that is difficult to load into the philatelic album should be called the big full sheet, right? Although the design seems simple and crude, the comic cover of each stamp actually uses different words, and it is a book cover issued after the purchase of copyright in various countries, which strongly shows Tintin's influence in the world. Among them, "Blue Lotus" uses the version of China Children's Publishing House.
Finally, put a large high-definition picture for everyone to enjoy.