"The Blue Lotus", colourised version

Chasing the opium smugglers he encountered in Cigars of the Pharaoh to China, Tintin finds himself embroiled in multiple deceptive plots: who are the enemies and who are the allies in this twilight tale? In this adventure, our hero befriends Chang, a young Chinese boy who helps him to overcome his past prejudices. Having gained a friend for life by solving the riddle from the previous adventure, Tintin finds himself at odds with Rastapopoulos, now his sworn enemy…

A direct sequel to Cigars of the Pharaoh, The Blue Lotus is the first adventure in the series to benefit from a more novelistic approach, moving beyond picaresque fiction. Considered by all the specialists to be Hergé’s first masterpiece in terms of plot, graphics and realism, this adventure is enriched by the author’s friendship with the sculptor Chang Chong-chen and, above all, by his desire to be open to cultural differences and to draw inspiration from them, in all areas of his work.

The fifth title in the colourised collection of original adventures published in the 1930’s, this edition allows us to rediscover this iconic adventure in an entirely new palette of colours, whose nuances particularly enhance the night scenes, revealing the intensity of the action and the beauty of the vignettes.

This adaptation is preceded by a preface by Hergéologist Philippe Goddin, who sheds light on the creation of this pivotal adventure in Hergé’s work.

The cover reproduces a vignette from the original edition, adapted to the new format.