05 - ‘The Blue Lotus’ (1936) || Radio Tintin

Originally titled ‘Tintin in the Orient’ when serialized, ‘The Blue Lotus’ follows on directly from ‘Cigars of the Pharaoh’.

This facsimile edition of ‘The Blue Lotus’ presents the album in its original black-and-white form.

Herge, Germaine and Chang in 1935.

Daubert, Michel, and Hergé . Tintin: the Art of Hergé. Abrams ComicArts, 2018.

Michael Farr highlights one of the innumerable photographs Herge drew information from when depicting China.

Farr, Michael. Tintin: the Complete Companion. Egmont, 2011.

Facsimile of some of the preliminary character sketches Herge made in preparation for ‘The Blue Lotus’.

Maricq, Dominique. Herge and the Treasures of Tintin. Goodman, 2014.

Cover of Le Petit Vingtieme, September 6 1934.

Cover of Le Petit Vingtieme, June 8 1935.

Bust of Herge by Chang, 1981.

Daubert, Michel, and Hergé . Tintin: the Art of Hergé. Abrams ComicArts, 2018.

Herge, reunited with Chang and Father Gosset in 1981.