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| General Description : | The Blue Lotus (French: Le Lotus bleu) is the fifth volume of The Adventures of Tintin, the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Commissioned by the conservative Belgian newspaper Le XXe Siècle for its children's supplement Le Petit Vingtième, it was serialised weekly from August 1934 to October 1935. Continuing where the plot of the previous story, Cigars of the Pharaoh, left off, the story tells of young Belgian reporter Tintin and his dog Snowy, who are invited to China in the midst of the 1931 Japanese invasion, where he reveals the machinations of Japanese spies and uncovers a drug-smuggling ring. The Blue Lotus was a commercial success and was published in book form shortly after its conclusion. Hergé continued The Adventures of Tintin with The Broken Ear. In 1945, The Blue Lotus was coloured and re-drawn in Hergé's distinctive ligne-claire style for republication by Casterman. The Adventure introduces the recurring characters Dawson and Chang Chong-Chen. The story was adapted for a 1991 episode of the Ellipse/Nelvana animated series The Adventures of Tintin. Critical analysis has argued that The Blue Lotus is Hergé's "first masterpiece". The series itself became a defining part of the Franco-Belgian comics tradition. The book was included on Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century list. |
| Face value | 0,46 Euro |
| Catalog code (Michel) | BE 3688 |
| Catalog code (Scott) | BE 2344e |
| Catalog code | Yvert et Tellier BE 3623 Stanley Gibbons BE 4071 Belgium BE 3640 WADP Numbering System - WNS BE040.07 Unificato BE 3632 |
| Series | Hergé 1907-2007 |
| Stamp colour | multicolour |
| Stamp use | Mini-sheet stamp |
| Print run | 824.804 |
| Issue date | 19/05/2007 |
| Designer | Hergé |
| Print technique | Offset lithography |
| Perforation | 11 1/2 |
| Height | 48.75 mm |
| Width | 38.15 mm |
| Catalog prices | No catalog prices set yet |
