Herge's Lost-to-English Classics: Le Petit Vingtième

The standard Tintin books published in color actually have many frames (or even whole pages!) that are completely missing! When the Tintin stories were originally published, they were printed in newspapers or magazines, and because of page constraints and creating weekly cliff-hangers, Hergé created way more material than ended up in the published books.

This week I'm giving you deleted/missing frames from Tintin stories published in Le Petit Vingtième (the original home of Tintin). These were all translated into English by myself. Specifically, you'll find a page from Tintin in the Land of the Soviets and frames from The Broken Ear, The Black Island, King Ottokar's Sceptre, and the original unfinished version of Land of Black Gold.

DOWNLOAD THE LAND OF THE SOVIETS DELETED FRAMES IN ENGLISH

DOWNLOAD THE BROKEN EAR DELETED FRAMES IN ENGLISH

DOWNLOAD THE BLACK ISLAND DELETED FRAMES IN ENGLISH

DOWNLOAD KING OTTOKAR'S SCEPTRE DELETED FRAMES IN ENGLISH

DOWNLOAD LAND OF BLACK GOLD DELETED FRAMES IN ENGLISH

If you are a fan of audio drama, I also created an audio drama based on Tintin in America. You can listen to it here: http://audioadventuretheatre.blogspot.com/search/label/Tintin

Well, hello! This is the first batch of English translations that I am uploading. And yes, I did translate everything I post on this blog myself. Font, etc. is mine as well. Only the drawings are not; which of course they were all drawn by Hergé (Georges Remi).

Okay, well, the purpose of this blog is that I am going to be uploading English translations of Hergé-related-comics that are not currently available in any form in English. I think these will be a great treat to Hergé fans, and I hope that you'll enjoy these.

First off the bat, I have here English translations of some Quick & Flupke books. This series was written by Hergé between the years 1930-1940, and are mostly 2-page gags. Hergé drew over 300 of these gags, and not all of them have been published in book form. During the "Le Petit Vingtieme" years there were roughly 5 volumes put out in black and white; and then in the 1950-60s a 11 volume series was published called "The Exploits of Quick & Flupke" each book contained 16 gags. And then in the 1990s Casterman put out a 12-volume series of Quick & Flupke, each book containing 23 gags, with 11 of the volumes by Hergé and one volume with gags by Johan de Moor. Well, it's three of those eleven volumes that I present translated here today (Excuse Me Ma'am, Catastrophe & Pranks and Jokes), and the file that you see labeled "13" is not an actual published volume. It's simply a collection I put together of Quick & Flupke gags by Hergé that never appeared in any of the 11 volumes. So anyway, I hope you enjoy!

Volume 7 - Excuse Me Ma'am - Click to Download!

Volume 9 - Catastrophe - Click to DOWNLOAD!

Volume 10 - Pranks and Jokes - CLICK TO DOWNLOAD!

Volume 13 - What Audacity! - CLICK TO DOWNLOAD!

Also, if you are interested in audio dramas, I have produced several audio dramas of many of the Quick & Flupke stories. You can listen to them at the links below. Thanks!

Quick & Flupke #1: Two of a Kind Audio Drama

Quick & Flupke #2: Bluffmasters Audio Drama

Quick & Flupke #3: Double Trouble Audio Drama

Quick & Flupke #4: Forbidden Games Audio Drama

Quick & Flupke #5: Pranks and Jokes Audio Drama

Quick & Flupke #6: Catastrophe Audio Drama

Quick & Flupke #7: All or Nothing Audio Drama

Quick & Flupke #8: Haute Couture Audio Drama

Quick & Flupke #9: Honesty Audio Drama

Quick & Flupke #10: Quick Learns Boxing Audio Drama

Quick & Flupke #11: What Weather! Audio Drama

Quick & Flupke #12: Natural Disaster Audio Drama