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TAC - 19 - The Castafiore Emeraldby *Inonibird

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The Castafiore Emerald

Here we go again: ANOTHER FAVOURITE! Seriously, I can swap any of my top three around at any time and call each of them my "yes-this-one-is-really-my-favourite" favourite Tintin book. However, I do consider Castafiore Emerald the winner of a particular category-- in that it is, to me and bar none, the funniest book in the series.

For ages I've called this a mix of Oscar Wilde and Agatha Christie and...well, Hergé. There are so many hijinks and so much wit packed into every page that it's almost overwhelming, and the suspense mounts and the clues and red herrings pile on until you're certain he can't add anything else...and he does. YET. NOTHING. ACTUALLY. HAPPENS. Brilliance? For me, yes. That's what Hergé set out to do in this installment, to write a Tintin book where nothing happens. The mystery never pans out, the suspects are innocents, there are no dastardly villains out to make Tintin's life miserable (although Haddock's life is pretty miserable in this one thanks to a certain Milanese Nightengale and a "sluggard of a builder")-- it's just one big, brilliant farce, and I love it to pieces.

If you want a little more adventure to your Tintin tales, this probably isn't the book for you. It's definitely unlike any other Tintin book --pretty much a deconstruction of a Tintin book, really-- and maybe that's not to everyone's taste. I know I can't resist this off-kilter comedy, and love everything from the missing step to the infuriating parrot to Paris Flash to cables (or were those wires?) to Super-Calcacolor and even "MERCY MY JEWELS!"

I'm actually a bit sad to get to this point in the series, for this is the last Tintin book that I REALLY enjoy, with the final two completed installments falling short for me. But on the other hand, it's almost time for the movie!

_{"It's the emerald...it fell on the grass...and the grass is green..." "As green as grass!"}

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The Adventures of Tintin is © HERGE/MOULINSART S.A. estate; I will not be personally profiting from ANY of this art

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~Ginger-Seat May 11, 2012

Haddock is my very favorite character in Tintin. They should make a series around just him.

~Elovinia Mar 21, 2012 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

OMG! That end scene from the part where Haddock pushed the wheelchair to the part where Haddock danced all the way to the doctor and Calculus. I laughed myself into an asthma attack xDDDDDDDD (though it does happen from time to time throughout the series

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~JudgeChaos Mar 11, 2012

I feel so sorry for Haddock in this one! He's stuck at Marlinspike, with a sprained ankle, in a wheelchair, trapped with a fangirl!!!

~cherry12 Jan 31, 2012 Student Traditional Artist

OMG the parrot's a vampire O.O

=GazTV-inc Dec 24, 2011

I think I recall this one...

*TheBattyCrow Dec 20, 2011 Hobbyist General Artist

Amazing job! you've nailed Herge's style^^
haha!! one thing I love about Tintin, and there are a lot, is Haddock's insults!! Billions' of bilious blue blistering barnacles!! Priceless XD

*KristinaGehrmann Dec 19, 2011 Professional Digital Artist

I love your series of drawings!

This album is also one of my favorites; my other favorite being Tintin and the Picaros.

~GamMakesAwesome Dec 19, 2011 Hobbyist Writer

Bashi-bazouk is my favorite insult of Haddock's! It sounds like a Turkish phrase meaning slow or stupid. Literally "messed up mind".

~Okitakehyate Dec 19, 2011

Agatha Christie makes me think of the episode where Doctor Who met Agatha Christie

~the-essie Dec 19, 2011

Movie premiere in 2 days for the US. When are you going to see it?

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