The Black Island
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4.4 • 24 Ratings
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- $2.99
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- $2.99
Publisher Description
“I sent one of my associates to England. He drew sketches, took pictures, collected documents … The island … couldn't be more English.” –Hergé
Chasing down counterfeiters in Europe, Tintin discovers that the key hub of their operations is located on a doomed island off the Scottish coast. There, he fights Doctor Müller, whose only goal in life seems to be getting rid of Tintin.
Tintin, perhaps one of the most famous cartoon heroes of all time, is as much a child of the 20th century as his creator, Georges Remi—aka Hergé (1907-1983). Tintin's adventures, marked by his inquisitiveness, sense of mystery and witty humour, are deeply rooted in the events of that tumultuous era.
Featuring an official new English translation.
Customer Reviews
The price is nice but...
I agree with the other reviewer that these translations are flat compared to my old copies.
Great story, impossible to enjoy on Apple Books app
Do not buy this if you plan to read on your phone or tablet, there is no comic-reading mode that zooms and transitions cel-by-cel.
Which means that you have to manually position each cel and zoom in, read, then zoom out, and do again for the next frame.
Please Apple fix this!!!
Comic fans were up in arms when Amazon merged Comixology with Kindle and abandoned this feature.
It’s truly insane to sell digital comics without it (obviously no one has done any kind of user experience audit before slapping a price tag on it).
Do not buy! Retranslated mess!
These books have been retranslated! The iBooks description does not attest to that. I bought five albums, just to discover that they've all been redone... Just horrible. This isn't the Tintin I love and admire. Of course, I have asked for a refund. I am not a purist by any stretch of the imagination, but the translation is pedestrian at best, and robs the story of flavor and edginess that was the hallmark of some characters like Haddock. :/ Very disappointed indeed.