>>481704 Been meaning to get into Tintin for a while, OP. What's the best book to start with, the one you'd hand to someone and say "you've got to read this"?
>>481705 That all depends on the person but assuming you're not a big baby, most people agree on the Congo one being the place to start. It was the first one to get an English translation and is the second one ever really. It's classic Tintin, kinda tells you what you need to know about who he is, what he does, and the kind of vibe the series goes for.
But for your question, another good, but more relatively modern place to start, is the Black Island. But I only say that because it was what I skipped ahead to because it was set in Britain but it's important because of when it was written and that it's just such a solid one. It's a good introduction because it's more fleshed out but it was before WW2 (during WW2 the stories had less political focus so BlackIsland still has this james bond style intrigue about it like in the earlier works) and it. It's not the best place to start because it's after some main characters are introduced but only T&T are used IIRC (but it's before Calculus IIRC) but it's something you'd hand someone to convince them it's good.
Still, just start with Congo then read literally anything after that—your choice—and I'd say you gave it a fair shake
>>481707 Thanks for the detailed reply. Very helpful. Black Island looks like the more interesting of the two books, but I'll check out the Congo one first.
