Tintin in the Congo

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Tintin in the Congo is an early, highly controversial installment of Hergé’s The Adventures of Tintin comic series, depicting the young reporter’s colonial-era journey through the Belgian Congo.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Belgian comic
Tintin adventure
comic album
artStyle ligne claire
colorizedEditionYear 1946
controversy accusations of colonial propaganda
accusations of racism
calls for restriction or banning in some countries
countryOfOrigin Belgium NERFINISHED
creator Hergé NERFINISHED
depicts Belgian colonial administration
featuresCharacter Thomson and Thompson NERFINISHED
firstAlbumPublisher Éditions du Petit Vingtième NERFINISHED
firstPublicationYear 1931
firstSerializedIn Le Petit Vingtième NERFINISHED
followedBy Tintin in America NERFINISHED
genre adventure comic
humor comic
hasColorizedVersion yes
hasEnglishTranslation yes
hasLegalChallenges yes
hasLibraryClassificationIssues yes
hasParatextWarningInSomeEditions yes
languageOfTitle French
laterFormat color
laterPublisher Casterman NERFINISHED
mainCharacter Snowy NERFINISHED
Tintin NERFINISHED
notableFor controversial depiction of Africans
depictions of animal cruelty
racist stereotypes
originalFormat black-and-white
originalLanguage French
originalPublisher Le Petit Vingtième NERFINISHED
originalTitle Tintin au Congo NERFINISHED
pageCount 62
precededBy Tintin in the Land of the Soviets NERFINISHED
publicationMedium album
newspaper serial
revisedEdition 1946 redrawn version
series The Adventures of Tintin NERFINISHED
setting Belgian Congo NERFINISHED
subjectMatter big-game hunting
colonial Africa
missionary activity
targetAudienceAtPublication children
timePeriod colonial era
workChronologyNumberInSeries 2

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The Adventures of Tintin hasAlbum Tintin in the Congo