Tintin: 60 Years Of Adventure - The Complete Catalogue

Compiled by Tintinologist.org UK Correspondent Chris Owens

22 February 2004

  1. Statuette Bust of Tintin
  2. Tintin in the Land of the Soviets
    • Inks of pages 1, 2, 3, 8 (7 in new edition), 9, 24, 89, 90 & 104 (1929-30)
    • Unpublished page (97a in new edition)
    • Cover of Le Petit Vingtième (1930)
    • Cover of book (1930)
    • A copy of Le Petit V. (13 Feb 1930)
    • Moscou Sans Voiles (source for Soviets)
    • An original copy of Soviets
  3. Tintin in the Congo
    • Inks of pages 34, 45 & 54 (1930)
    • Cover for the 1st edition of the book
    • Le Petit V. (12 June 1930)
    • Various source material
    • An original copy of Congo
  4. Tintin in America:
    • Inks of pages 9, 19, 54, 59, 81 (1931-32)
    • Source material, Le Crapouillot (Oct 1930)
    • Le Petit V. (17 March 1932)
  5. Cigars of the Pharaoh
    • Unpublished reworking of b/w version, pages 4, 6, 8, 24, 32, 50 & 51
    • Box of cigars found by Tintin in the tomb of Kih-Oskh
    • Piece of bark with sign of Pharaoh Kih-Oskh painted on by Professor Sarcophagus, recovered by Tintin
    • Inset pages for b/w version
    • 4 issues of Le Petit Vingtième (20 Sept 1934 / 27 Feb 1936 / 14 Jan 1937 / 18 Feb 1937)
  6. The Blue Lotus
    • Entire original inks of b/w version (1934-35)
    • Cover design (1936)
    • Cover painting for 1st edition of the book (1936)
    • Source material & preparatory sketches (1934-35)
  7. The Broken Ear
    • Ink of page 1 (1935)
    • Reworked inks 57, 60 & 62 (1943)
    • Model of Arumbaya fetish
    • Cover illustration inks for Le Petit V.
  8. The Black Island
    • Pages from 1st colour version (1943) & 2nd colour version (1965-66)
  9. King Ottokar’s Sceptre
    • Abandoned drawing made during 1947 reworking
    • 1st version of the book, b/w (1939)
    • 2nd version, colour (1947)
    • Inks of pages 41, 42 & 58, 2nd version (1947)
    • Cover illustration for Le Petit V.
    • Camera used by ZZRK to gain possession of the sceptre
    • Models of a bone, stick and sceptre
  10. The Crab with the Golden Claws
    • Inks of pages 15, 22, 30 & 32 (reworking of 1940-41 drawings for 1943 colour version)
    • Cases of crabmeat tins
  11. Land of Black Gold
    • Inks of pages 51 & 58 (1940)
    • Le Petit V. pages, drawn 1940, reworked for Coeurs Vaillant in 1945
  12. The Shooting Star
    • Page 1 (ink & colour blueprint) & page 5 (colour)
    • Original colour book
    • Inks of pages 5, 29, 30 & 54 (1942-43)
  13. Broken Ear, Ottokar & Shooting Star abandoned drawings
  14. Illustration for an article by Paul Kinney, Le Soir 1943
  15. The Secret of the Unicorn
    • Inks of pages 3, 19, 25, 26 & 41 (1943)
    • Collection of strips, annotated by R.G
    • Original copy of the book
    • Daily strip for Le Soir
    • Models of Unicorn & parchment
  16. Red Rackham’s Treasure
    • Inks of pages 28, 40 & 62 (1943)
    • Drawings that appeared in the Le Soir daily strip and were reworked for book in 1944
    • Haddock idol found on island
  17. 7 Crystal Balls/Prisoners of the Sun
    • Sketches for poses for 7 Crystal Balls & Prisoners
    • Ink for first page of Tintin Magazine (1946) and ink of page 36 (1947)
  18. Destination Moon
    • Sole page of original idea (1947)
    • Inks of pages 42 & 56 (1953)
  19. Explorers on the Moon
    • Inks of pages 21, 23 & 36 (1954)
  20. Tintin in Tibet
    • Pencil drawings for cover and pages 1, 2, 9, 14, 19, 25, 28, 41, and 62
    • Inks of pages 19, 28, 31, 41, 42, 55 and 57 (1958-59)
    • Cast of Yeti’s footprint
    • Photographic apparatus taken by Tintin to Tibet
    • Sole photograph of Yeti
  21. Tintin and Alph-art
    • Drawings of pages 1, 2 & 3 (& doodles on back) (1979-80)
    • Storyboard
  22. The Stephane Janssen Prize
    • From preparatory sketches, to final print
    • 4 sketches, 1 trace, 1 ink, 1 colour blueprint & final piece (1979)

Text © Chris Owens