No discussion of The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn is complete without addressing Steven Spielberg’s 2011 film. Spielberg had loved Tintin since a reviewer compared Raiders of the Lost Ark to Hergé’s work in the 1980s. When he finally acquired the rights, he chose The Secret of the Unicorn as the spine of his narrative, merging it with elements from The Crab with the Golden Claws and Red Rackham’s Treasure .
No sooner does he buy it than two men—Mr. Sakharine and Mr. Bird—attempt to buy it from him, revealing that the model is far more valuable than wood and varnish. When the model is stolen that night, Tintin’s apartment is ransacked, and a mysterious scroll falls out of the broken mast. The Adventures Of Tintin Secret Of The Unicorn ...
The beauty of The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn is that it is endlessly re-readable. Whether you are eight or eighty, the moment Tintin pulls the scroll out of the broken mast gives you a chill. It is the perfect machine for generating wonder. No discussion of The Adventures of Tintin: Secret
Few characters in the history of European comics have achieved the iconic status of Tintin, the globe-trotting reporter with the quiff of red hair and an unquenchable thirst for justice. Created by the Belgian artist Georges Remi, known to the world as Hergé, The Adventures of Tintin has sold over 250 million copies and been translated into more than 70 languages. Among the twenty-four completed volumes in the series, one arc stands out as the narrative and artistic zenith of Hergé’s career: The Secret of the Unicorn . No sooner does he buy it than two men—Mr
While Tintin is the protagonist, The Secret of the Unicorn is arguably the story of Captain Archibald Haddock. Introduced in the previous volume, The Crab with the Golden Claws , Haddock was initially a pathetic, alcoholic wreck. However, in this arc, Hergé fleshed him out into a tragic, heroic, and deeply human character.