Tintin's (Very) Complete Adventures in English
32 PDFs

If you aren't from the US, seeing Tintin's name may be like meeting an old friend, but he's like soccer: in the United States, people just never have gotten Tintin, a beloved figure around the world since the 1920s, hero of a series of comic strips and books by Belgian artist Hergé, pen name of Georges Remi (1907–1983). 

Tintin is a reporter, probably Belgian (but Hergé never made his nationality clear). He always (after all these decades) looks boyish, and part of the charm of the series is that a boy is cast into all kinds of serious situations; with innocence and honesty, he deals with a range of criminals and problems and comes out on top. We know nothing about his family; we do know that he lives alone, reads widely, apparently speaks several languages, and is in top physical condition. His fashion sense may leave something to be desired. Of course, he couldn't be so successful without his faithful sidekick, his fox terrier Snowy (Milou in French), whose thought balloons provide a running commentary on the stories. Slapstick comedy mixes with sophisticated satire, as well as political and cultural commentary throughout the stories, and the more you know about history, the more you will appreciate the Tintin stories. 

The books balance Tintin's rather bland personality with a variety of eccentric supporting characters, making some people think of the works of Charles Dickens (Hergé claimed to be influenced by Mark Twain) - from Captain Haddock, an alcoholic given to absurd but inoffensive oaths to the Thompson Twins (yep, that's where the musicians got their name), detectives who have as much trouble with the language as with the clues, on to Bianca Castafiore, who (some claim) was based on Maria Callas.

Tintin in the Congo, the second book in the series, continues to be controversial both for its protrayal of Africans and for the large number of animals killed. It's hard to try to justify racism, but frankly, it seems tame compared to some US animated cartoons of the time. For his fifth book (The Blue Lotus), Hergé collaborated with a Chinese student to avoid perpetuating European mis-perceptions of China. The Dalai Lama has recognized Tintin for making Westerners aware of Tibet in Tintin in Tibet.

Alcoholism, violence against animals, racism - parents, take note. But, everyone take note of the elegant drawing, the careful research either in creating fictitious countries or speculating about space travel. Enjoy these little glimpses into a world that is almost, but not quite, our own.

These are the books by Hergé, typically running about 65 pages each. The first two are available here only in black and white. Hergé re-drew some of the earlier works and colored them, but I could not find the first two in colored English versions.


1. Tintin in the Land of the Soviets (1929–1930) - b/w
2. Tintin in the Congo (1930–1931) -b/w
3. Tintin in America (1931–1932) 
4. Cigars of the Pharaoh (1932–1934) 
5. The Blue Lotus (1934–1935) 
6. The Broken Ear (1935–1937) 
7. The Black Island (1937–1938) 
8. King Ottokar's Sceptre (1938–1939) 
9. The Crab with the Golden Claws (1940–1941) 
10. The Shooting Star (1941–1942) 
11. The Secret of the Unicorn (1942–1943) 
12. Red Rackham's Treasure (1943–1944) 
13. The Seven Crystal Balls (1943–1948) 
14. Prisoners of the Sun (1946–1949) 
15. Land of Black Gold (1948–1950) 
16. Destination Moon (1950–1953) 
17. Explorers on the Moon (1950–1954) 
18. The Calculus Affair (1954–1956) 
19. The Red Sea Sharks (1958) 
20. Tintin in Tibet (1960) 
21. The Castafiore Emerald (1963) 
22. Flight 714 (1968) 
23. Tintin and the Picaros (1976) 
24. Tintin and Alph-Art (1986) 

Hergé died before he could complete #24. The following stories were created despite Hergé's wishes that no one else write Tintin stories, with an X before the numbers to make it clear that these are not part of Hergé's canon. The Lake of Sharks is based on an animated Tintin cartoon. The Thailand story has Tintin visiting a "boy bar." Breaking Free is an anarchist tale of Tintin on the dole; available as a series of separate images, it has never before (as far as I know) been compiled into a PDF.


X25. Tintin and the Lake of Sharks
X26. Tintin in Thailand
X27. Tintin the Freelance Reporter
X28. Tintin and the Mysterious Visitor
X29. Tintin They Explored the Moon
X30. Tintin and the Voice of the Lagoon
X31. Tintin and the Flute of the Wendigo
X32. Tintin Breaking Free

If you like these, check The Adventures of Jo, Zette and Jocko also by Hergé - 
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Enjoy, and please, seed!