Tintin and Alph-Art by HergéMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Hooter: Tintin - the Unfinished Adventure
This is not the book you want to start your Tintin journey with. It's not even complete for starters. But as a Tintinologist, this is a must read as it's the first look at the process through which Herge used to go to make his Tintin drafts. Filled with incomplete sketches, raw squibbles and scribbles that litter the landscape give you a front seat view of the thought process Herge was probably going through. As a collector's edition, this would sit pretty on your coffee table but if you are in here to read a story, I'd recommend 23 other Tintin titles that are worth your attention. The estate has translated the works for English readers to understand the dialogues on the original drafts.
This is that Behind the scenes documentary that never got made.
For me, this title adds closure as a Tintinologist finally finishing the series that has kept me engaged with rapt attention from the first time a 6 year old picked up Red Rackham's treasure from a roadside stall in the bylanes of Vashi, Navi Mumbai.
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