Tintin and the Picaros
Most of Tintin and the Picaros takes place in the fictional country of San Theodoros, an unstable state first depicted in the Tintin story The Broken Ear. Two colourful characters are perpetually fighting for control: General Alcazar and General Tapioca. At the time the story is set, the latter is the master of the country, and Alcazar has been forced into hiding.
Bianca Castafiore travels to San Theodoros to give a concert. She is arrested by Tapioca’s authorities on a trumped-up charge of plotting against him. Behind the scenes, Tapioca’s regime is being aided by the Bordurians and Colonel Sponsz.
Tintin, Haddock and Calculus are determined to rescue their friend and, along the way, they end up helping General Alcazar plan a coup to snatch power back from his rival. However, the plans are complicated by the fact that General Tapioca keeps Alcazar’s men supplied with whiskey, ensuring their ineffectiveness as a fighting force. All hope now depends on Professor Calculus and his new invention!
About the Adventures of Tintin Series
Books in series order
- 1.Tintin in the Land of the Soviets(1929)
- 2.Tintin in the Congo(1930)
- 3.Tintin in America(1932)
- 4.Cigars of the Pharaoh(1934)
- 5.The Blue Lotus(1935)
- 6.The Broken Ear(1937)
- 7.The Black Island(1937)
- 8.King Ottokar's Sceptre(1939)
- 9.The Crab with the Golden Claws(1941)
- 10.The Shooting Star(1942)
- 11.The Secret of the Unicorn(1943)
- 12.Red Rackham's Treasure(1945)
- 13.The Seven Crystal Balls(1948)
- 14.Prisoners of the Sun(1949)
- 15.Land of Black Gold(1950)
- 16.Destination Moon(1953)
- 17.Explorers of the Moon(1954)
- 18.The Calculus Affair(1956)
- 19.The Red Sea Sharks(1958)
- 20.Tintin in Tibet(1960)
- 21.The Castafiore Emerald(1963)
- 22.Flight 714(1968)
- 23.Tintin and the Picaros(1976)
- 24.Tintin and Alph-Art(1986)
Reading age: 8+ years
Clever and ever-curious, Tintin is a reporter-turned-detective whose pursuit of villains, criminals, treasure and the occasional hostorical artefact takes him all over the world. Join Tintin and a colorful cast of friends, including his faithful dog Snowy, Captain Haddock, absent-minded Professor Calculus and the Twins, as they embark on an extraordinary adventures spanning historical and political events, fantasy and science-fiction adventures and thrilling mysteries. These full-color graphic novels broke new ground when they were first released and became the inspiration for countless modern-day comic artists. . Belgian-artist Hergé based his stories on real-world events and cultures that had caught the Belgian national attention—from space exploration to Arab oil wars—and brought them to life for his readers in inspiring and exciting ways.
The series was one of the most popular European comics of the 20th century, and it remains popular today. By the time of the centenary of Hergé's birth in 2007, Tintin had been published in more than 70 languages with sales of more than 200 million copies worldwide.