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collectors should also be aware that there is another edition that closely resembles the blue complete collection but includes different content. Its called the collectors gift set, published by little brown. Its also a blue slipcase boxset with identical spine and box art. However the collectors gift set does not include congo or soviets, vol.1 of that edition contains america, pharoah and lotus, and instead it includes an 8th volume called tintin & co. which does not contain any actual herge stories, but is instead a supplement to the series with a chapter dedicated to each of the main characters. Anyone in the market for one of these sets should be very careful about which edition they are purchasing if having congo and soviets is important.
Ah that's great to know - I've never run across the Little Brown set here, but I am pinning this extremely useful comment for everyone's reference. Thank you!
I have this Collector's Gift Set and never knew the difference, haha! Thanks for this info! I had bought the set on discount many years ago and bought the Congo and Soviets story in original album size to complete the collection
@@desivitriana68 i got it, the another version of red box is same as the blue box set. I think in this part of the world they printed the blue one in red color.
Dude, thank you so much doing this complete comparison of the collectors box sets! Very very helpful for making a decision of which one to buy! Greetings from Venezuela.
When I was young and still living with my parents, my father and I collected all the paperbacks (in Dutch). When I moved out I started collecting English hardback compilations like these (without the box set). After buying two collections with some of my favourite albums, the British publisher changed the size, paper, printing, and album sequence on the series so I had to start over again. I bought two but never got around to it. Your videos have actually rekindled my love for this classic series, and this month I will start the hunt to collect all of the albums, in Dutch, in hardcover! It's something I have always wanted but never got around to :)
As a french canadian, I was lucky to grow up with the original larger hardcover editions in french. We also have smaller-sized editions available these days, some in box sets, but I would never consider buying them. Even less so if it's missing TINTIN IN CONGO. I understand the reasons why some publishers and countries have banned the book, but I still think that it was a product of it's time and could still be included with a warning/explanation text. In any case, glad you got a swell Tintin t-shirt in the deal. It was certainly worth it to Egmont as I don't see any other english speaking RUclipsr doing as much to spread the love for Hergé's classic series than you have.
Thanks so much! Yes, I love the hardcover 'regular size' Tintins I have now, but the treasures will always be those now-ragged Methuen paperbacks from my childhood, in some ways. But can you imagine having all the stories in those giant facsimile editions from Little Brown like the ones they have for The Secret of the Unicorn and Red Rackham's treasure?
Also, I was discussing Congo here in another comment - I think Egmont wants this to be a one-swoop introductory pack for new readers, or for old readers to gift to people unfamiliar. As such, it seems less aimed towards Tintin fanatics/scholars/experts/collectors, as I think the shrunk format also evidences. So I can understand why they don't take the 'explain it in a note' approach that may work well for a scholarly or at least 'adult' audience, and want to avoid the issues/ accusations from unsuspecting parents, say, who find the box set they bought for their child to have something like that. Growing up, Methuen didn't publish Congo (I didn't even know it existed until I was almost out of my teens!) so I think it's something that makes sense to me - and unlike my childhood, at least there's a nice collector's edition hardcover of Congo out there now, so it's not so much a question of censorship or denial as it is of marketing, I think.
Thanks so much, I'm so glad you liked it! I don't really have much merchandise, not just of Tintin but of anything actually. I focus on the comics and stories for the most, and that's why this channel too has that focus.
Roc and Ks: We have the blue one. But ours didn't have the Land of the Soviets or Tintin in the Congo for some reason. The second book in the blue one that starts with Tintin in America was the number 1 book in our collection. So all of our volumes were one behind in this one. But our blue one had the cut outs. This channel needs more subscribers, it's epic!
Thank you so much for your kind words! And is the set you have from publishers Little Brown in the US? There seem to be a couple of different sets out there - see the pinned comment here from a viewer that sheds some light - and it's very interesting to note the differences and similarities! Cheers!
I know this is from years ago but thank you. I grew up with the Meuthen’s Children’s books collection of volumes but since they went with my sibling, and don’t seem to be widely available anymore, I want to buy my own. This video helped me parse which versions I should look at buying!! Thank you!!!
Thank you for this video! Just ordered the Anniversary Box - I have to read them in the original size! Bought the hardcover of Tintin in Congo as well when I was at it ;-)
@@ftloc I've always read them in the original size. I've spent my childhood reading my father's albums from the 70s and 80s 😊 Sadly most of them are lost, so I thought I'd buy the complete collection to have them all again - and in English this time! I'm from Norway, so I've always read Tintin in Norwegian - looking forward to a different experience when reading them in English 🙏🏻
@@ftloc I will! I've seen all the cartoon-movies in English, and love those - It'll probably be a similar experience. What do you think about "The Secret of the Unicorn" (2011 film)? I love that movie so much; been waiting forever for the sequel, and according to Spielberg, the movie is still happening - although it may take further years before it's released 😅
Simen Storøy while I didn’t think it was a perfect movie, I did not dislike it the way a lot of Tintin fans apparently did. I thought it was a fun ride, I could see a lot of clever adaptation in it, and I’m ready for a sequel myself! 😀
Made my day.....very detailed review. Read them all when I was a kid from the local library. I'm now buying these books for my kid to read and to feel a bit of nostalgia
There is a new egmont box collection which is included white hard covers and different images. Are there any difference between that version and the blue/red box sets?
I know the books you are talking about but didn't know they came in a box too! From what I've seen, they're exactly the same as the red volumes, just a different cover design. I'll see if I can find a copy of one to confirm!
I have the Complete Collection (The Blue One) and It's very good if you want all the Adventures in one purchase, the only complaint I have is with the font, but that shouldn't be a problem if you have good eyesight.
Great video. I've got the Blue box set and, like you, wish they were full sized. I didn't really think about what that size would mean in terms of weight and space... a good point. I love Tintin and besides my English collection, I started collecting translated Tintin books from countries that I visit. It's one of my pride and joy parts of my collection. Keep up the great work!
Wow, what a great idea! That's the kind of travel souvenir that I can really appreciate 😁! I did hear a rumour that there would be a hardcover fullsized box set released, but who knows when that will happen, if at all?
@@ftloc I don’t know about full sized, but one of the Italian editions I have is very similar to vol. 8 from the blue set, but bigger. Not quite full sized, but much closer. It’s a beautiful. BTW, since you’re such a big Tintin fan, you might like to check out my blog - strobez.ca/wp/index.php/tintin/tintin-1-72-scale-projects/
I have owned all the hardcover albums since 1960 as thats when i started collecting usually when they first appeared the last one bieng Tintin and the picaros in 1976, the last ones bieng in particularly immaculate condition, and that includes Flight 714 in 1968, as i say i obtained them when that particular story first appeared in the english transalation by turner and lonsdale cooper, i could never replace my hardbacks for the soft editions, however nicely presented in an attractive box!
Oh wow, lovely! Those original hardcovers would be my ideal (in English) because of that Hyslop hand lettering which the new editions do not have. But since those are no longer possible for me to get, a hardcover set in this pretty box, say for the 100th anniversary, would sure be nice! 😁
Regarding these smaller format 3-in-1 collections, the best one by far for 21 of the books is the original collection published by Methuen and Atlantic/Little Brown in 1990-1992. The books are slightly bigger and they contain the Hyslop font. The paper isn't the glossy type in use since the late 90s, but instead the type they used in the early 90s, after they dropped the traditional matter paper. The complete collection is the best small-format edition available fro Soviets, Congo and Alph-art. I agree, of course, that full-size is the best way to read them. Even then, the books were slightly reduced in size in the late 90s. I don't know if the artwork is smaller though. The only exception is Tintin and Alph-art. The 2004 full-size version has most artwork only taking up some of the page. In the 3-in-1 edition the artwork takes up the full page, with the exception of a few pages. This actually makes the artwork bigger than it is in the full-size version. Of course, the best edition by far is the original 1990 publication.
I first read Tintin from the copies my library carried, which were hardcover, but also multicolor covers. I've never read the adventures in their full sizes, but even to my young eyes I felt like the words were to small and exhausting to read. Feels good to know their are larger versions out there😂
Great video, as always! I can't remember the last time I've seen a content creator who consistently gets zero dislikes on his videos; it's a testament to your viewer-focussed approach, and, I suppose, your charm XD By the way, you mentioned that the bindings are tight, but are they sewn or glued?
Thank you so much for that; it really means a lot to me! I think I am way too tiny for dislikes (but I also do get them - just the other day someone had gone through eight or nine of my videos in half an hour giving them all dislikes; I guess I rubbed someone the wrong way?) and when I do get them I wonder why they didn't leave a comment telling me *what* they disliked. But what I am most appreciative of is the engagement and viewer retention, the returning viewers and the lengthy discussions. I love how articulate and expressive and thoughtful the people are who choose to spend time on my videos and that is my #1 reason to keep making videos. So thank you once again. And the bindings are nicely sewn but also glued afterward: the not-uncommon 'perfect sewn' approach! 😀
Thank you; so glad you enjoyed it! In answer to your question, this video was about the box set presentations more than the series or the adventures themselves. I have several other videos on Tintin, including an introductory 'What is Tintin?' video and a two part overview of each of the 23 adventures. You can find them all and more in this playlist: ruclips.net/p/PLf2B7UoR9NKW6ok_iGAZlXbe9YUdQWRDP Cheers!
It's funny, I watched this in preparation for which set to buy (thanks for the guide!) and I went with the red hardback set. I noted your comment about not being sure where the spine art came from on the books, and reading through the very first book, Tintin in the Land of the Soviets, I spotted the racing car image in the very first part of the book! It's non-colourised, obviously, but it's a scene where Tintin steals a car to escape one of the Russians chasing after him. The more you know!
Aha! Thank you so much. Soviets is the book I am least familiar with, so it makes sense the image would be hiding there 😁. Now for the newspaper image; I'm confident you can ID that too! 😋
I was having a tough time deciding which collection to go for. The full size paperback one is more expensive than the Hard Cover shrunk version, but I agree. I think i will go for the Anniversary collection.
If you are based in India, the Anniversary collection does go on sale from time to time, I've seen, although of course there's no guarantee. But I think that is definitely the right choice, unless you want to get the full-sized hardcovers (without a box). Good luck!
@@ftloc Thanks for the suggestion, but I prefer this Paperback collection more. On a separate note, I was looking forward to a similar Asterix collection. Can you make some videos on that, or share the link here if there is already one.
Excellent video. I was looking for exactly this content - which collection to get? The compact looks beautiful but, for me, it's not Tintin unless it's in the original size. Shame because that set would look great on the shelf. Opting for the big yellow box.
Incidentally, I had bought the first HC from the blue edition when it came out. Primary reason being I had never seen Soviet or Congo available in stores, growing up. The shrunked size really put me off and I haven't completed reading those till date.
That's a great point - for those who had never ever encountered Soviets or Congo, that Volume 1 would be a brand new book instead of a new edition and itself makes it worthwhile to purchase, especially if the larger albums were not available in English.
The red box is still available online and in stores but that's old stock. It is no longer being manufactured/reprinted by Egmont, who have switched to the Congo-less blue box.
The first tintin I had was the 2 moon ones in full size paperback and volume 7 before egmont stopped printing tintin in the congo. I have since purchased the newer volume 8, 5 albums in smaller print, and 1 in larger paperback. I'm used to the smaller editions and prefer how they are
Perfectly valid - the most important thing is reading and enjoying them, so whatever format (or combination of formats 😁) enables that is the correct one!
Tintin in his chair with Snowy on a cushion on the blue box set I think comes from Tintin in the Land of Soviets/Congo from the old versions and was colorized for the box. Tintin in the car on the red box set comes from Cigars of the Pharaoh colored version I think.
Hi, excellent video. I have another red box set where in side picture, tintin is sitting on a rocking chair reading newspaper....any idea on this red box set.
Oh how interesting! I have not encountered this box - are there are any other details on it you can let me have? Does it have Tintin in the Congo? What is the ISBN or who is the publisher, if you can tell?
I just stumbled upon your channel the other day when I was looking for reviews on a couple books. Very glad that I did. You've already helped inform me of a couple things. Been wanting to pick up Asterix and TinTin finally. Read as a kid, soon to be 48 now, loved both series but just hadn't pulled the trigger on buying them. I was literally about to buy the Papercutz Asterix Omnibus editions until you did the size comparisons. I was so glad I watched that video I want the books in the graphic album size and with the translation that I more than likely read them in. And then this TinTin video just saved me again. Why do these publishers want to shrink these books? *sigh* Anyways thank you for saving me on purchases I would have been unhappy with and of course I subscribed to the channel.
Thank YOU for your kind words, and I am thrilled that I could help! I guess publishers have a lot of cost factors to consider, especially when trying to grab a new readership (i.e. one that will not be comparing to previous/ original editions) but I agree that is a shame that really does not do the works justice. I'm glad you decided to pursue other editions, I am sure you will not regret it one bit. Welcome to the channel and I hope you find plenty to enjoy here!
Thanks for showing the comparison to make it clear on which to purchase. I absolutely love hardcover books, especially when the biding comes out perfect. In this case however I'll have to go with the larger trade paperback boxset because I prefer the larger format!
If you don't have to have the box, all the books are available in full-sized hardcovers separately. And I hear rumours there may be a full-sized hardcover box set out soon, so it may be possible to have the best of both worlds! 😁
@@colossalsunny4653 it's not a sure thing and the set will be an expensive (and heavy!) one if it appears. But if you are looking to get them all, that may not be a bad option
Nicely done, I fully agree on the size and readability of the compact edition. The German version of the compact edition published by Carleen is so much better the Egmont version is 220X155 mm vs the carlsen version is 200x260mm which is a lot more readable hope you can feed this back to the Penguin guys
Ah, I'd love to take a look at that set! Alas, I have zero contact with Egmont and zero influence on their decisions but I cannot imagine people have not written to them for larger sizes already. Maybe this anniversary box is partly a reaction to those?
For the Love of Comics we’ll I wish I could post pics in replying to you tube comments. The German compact edition is significantly larger and thus easier on the eyes. Let me find you on Facebook and send you the pics to illustrate what I mean.
The Hyslop hand lettering is not there in any of these unfortunately; at the end of the 90s it was replaced by a new font that is a thinner. But it's the same across all three of these. As for the image size, it is proportionately smaller. I tried to do a direct comparison in this video, but because of the wide angle distortion, it wasn't making the point visually so I cut it out. It's about 20% or 25% smaller, I would say?
@@ftloc I think there is a lot of reasons if i look around about all the collections we get ..im glad they made such a good collection and they didnt excluded any book
One thing i wish you had done in this video was take out a book from the yellow set and one from the red or blue set and show people a comparison of the size of the internal pages so they can see how much smaller the images and text in the red and blue sets are from the full size ones.
I did actually try that but the wide angle lens and the perspective I used for this video meant the effect wasn't as potent - the small books didn't seem that small! You'll see it a bit when I move the big box set past the small ones - it does not seem as large as it should - so I cut those parts of the video out. I didn't want to mislead people into thinking "oh that's not too bad, they're almost the same size", if that makes sense!
Given up on finding the blue box for a price I can justify so started picking up the separate hardbacks in order. Going to work out a bit more expensive than picking up the red box and Congo separately but at least it'll all be in the same binding.
I think you've made the right choice! There may be a hardcover box set they come out with at some point in the future, but 1) who knows when that will be and 2) can you imagine the bulk and weight of something like that?
Giving up on English language hardcovers of Valerian and Laureline at this point as well and starting on the paperbacks while they're still in print and inexpensive, was hopeful Hachette would do the hardback set they put out in France as a translated version but I think it's just a bit too niche for the UK partworks market. Holding out hope for the Asterix set they market tested late last year but if that doesn't show up in the August release window it's probably dead in the water
Ah, I've wondered about that - thanks for the suggestion. At this time, I feel I am best when talking about comics themselves, with a personal view of them. The world of secondary scholarship and critical work is huge, but not always in comics form. Of course if I was a true scholar, none of that would matter, but I am purposely avoiding talking about anything that is not comics itself, even books about comics. Maybe once I have grown my skills and expertise, I could try branching out in the future, and books on Tintin would be a perfect place to start!
@@ftloc Aha...nice to hear that. Just to mention Geroges Remi's work apart from Tintin is very underrated......and hence comics geeks like you should always try to do something to bring them into spotlight. Apart from that it would be nice if you could mention about the controversy on Tintin in Congo...i.e. the reason why it isn't included in the red box edition. Have a nice day...
@@subhamghosh8083I've been meaning to make a video on Congo specifically, or maybe about the racism observations re the series, with a particular focus in Congo and a couple of other books. It's a complex topic and thanks for egging me in with that. I'm going to keep working on an approach that works best!
I see that Egmont have now changed their name to Farshore and TinTin is published by them now. I've read in an Amazon review that the colors in the Farshore are a bit brighter.
It's the same company - Egmont has rebranded itself as Farshore! The colour difference may still exist due to changes in paper and printers during the pandemic etc.
Yes, I think the blue set you are seeing is the one published by Little Brown, not the Egmont one, unfortunately. Even that is severely out of print and getting harder to find by the day. But there is a full sized collector's edition of Congo available from Casterman (in English) if you don't mind a standalone volume.
I've never read any Tintin before but am intrigued and since the Yellow Box set it out of print and eBay sellers seem to only have them for around $300, would you recommend the red or blue set for a first time reader?
Honestly, they're pretty good as you can see here , lovely solid hardcovers, elegantly designed. However, if you have the patience and don't *have* to have a box set, I'd almost recommend getting the individual volumes piecemeal. The full-album size is truly the best way to read them, you can spread your spending over several months as you read and buy in batches, and they are also available in both paperback and hardcover (the last I checked). There's no box, sure, but you also get the wonderful covers at that album size and they would be my first preference, personally. But for a first-time reader with no expectations from earlier readings, I don't think the blue set would disappoint either. I hope that helps in some small way?
Call me crazy, I already own the entire series in paperback, hardcover as well as the 3-In-1 volumes; your video had in-fact made me to buy the newer Compact Edition, however I realized since I already own the the entire series in 3 different format, it did not make much point to have yet another iteration, decided to return it back to amazon. Moreover the best way to enjoy TinTin is in its original big format...that's my two cents...
Wow, excellent review and comparison. Weighing the purchase of The Tintin Collection is what brought me here. I love Tintin but putting my adult eyes on Tintin in Congo (which I own) was really rough. It may be a marketing move or some other technicality, but leaving that out of the set is something I will appreciate. I can't speculate on Herge's inner mind and I know it reflected an older version of society but I'm not sorry to see if left out. I think that is the edition I end up with despite, like you, growing up with the full size versions.
Thanks so much; glad you enjoyed the video! And I agree with you - I'm not for censorship or pretending things weren't made one way when they were, so I'm happy that the Congo books exist and are easily available, both in original and coloured editions, from another publisher. But if it becomes a roadblock for new readers discovering and appreciating the series, it's fine for a publisher to choose to exclude it. Collectors and our peccadilloes are another matter altogether! 😀
Yes, exactly. Especially with the new, thinner, font, a slightly larger format would have been a significant upgrade. Still, they're wonderful objects that only suffer in comparison I think, not necessarily as a first read?
Thank you, I'm so glad you enjoyed it! I have a whole bunch of Tintin videos, collected in this playlist here, in case you're interested! ruclips.net/p/PLf2B7UoR9NKW6ok_iGAZlXbe9YUdQWRDP
Tintin ,Blake and Mortimer, Thorgal , Bear's tooth , long John Silver, The Reprieve for these Franco Belgian or eurocomics I don't have the feeling to see them in a Boxy shrunk set...sorry
Yes, any comics made for a larger format would suffer, but specially ones that depend so much on vistas, landscapes, skies and such. Maybe talky newspaper-gag-strips could take some shrinking without damage, but adventure stories like these are a different matter...
I enjoyed this video very much was looking to buy a personal set of tintin becuase i used to read them when i was a child and got them from the public libary I got the Red set its was on the cheaper side which fit the budget. Amazing review
Thanks for posting this video. You explained the differences between the collections really well. You may have shared this in another video, but what are your top 5 favorite Tintin books? New subscriber!
Welcome to the channel, may you find plenty to enjoy here! 😁 And you're right, I do have a personal Top 6 list and you can find that video here: ruclips.net/video/yCDBxyIxO9M/видео.html Cheers!
I have a different blue edition. It does not have soviets, congo and alph-art (i have those in other formats). On the other hand, it has a nice 8th book called Tintim & Co. (It is mostly like a DVD extra). Edit: Oh. They talk about it in the pinned comment : )
From where do you buy all of your comics? Because i just saw your comic collection and all the books were in perfect condition.I also collect comics and i order them from amazon but unfortunately most of the times i get them damaged and then i have to return them or replace them.
Most of mine I buy from online stores just like you. And yes, sometimes their packaging is really bad and corners get dinged, or worse (my Galactus Unboxing video shows the arrival of such a book). Many of these comics are offered by various sellers on Amazon India and I have found some to be better with their packaging that others, so I prefer to get from them even if the books cost a few rupees more. A lot of my books from years prior were bought from sites like Infibeam and A1books that had good packaging; unfortunately A1 closed and Infibeam no longer sells books. These days, I just hope I get lucky otherwise I return them.
Interesting to see these different «packaging» for Tintin. The two box sets are the same as the french editor Casterman. But I never saw soft covers for the french edition of the full size albums of Tintin, it’s always hard covers. The fact that «Tintin and the soviets» was recently colorized could be a bit criticized because it’s clearly for commercial interests. I think Moulinsart society (previously Tintin Licensing) has the rights for all publishing of Tintin. Because there is no new material or albums their only options is to publish different sizes, different packagings to keep interests in sales. Not only for french speaking countries but around the world.
I heard about those recoloured editions and was definitely curious. As long as they don't make any version the 'only' way you can have it, I'm fine with whatever editions they want to make. It's when all other versions but one become impossible to find that I get irate! 😊
@@ftloc Thanks for your comment. You speak about Astérix in your videos... I must confess; I’m more Astérix than Tintin! :-) But I have a huge respect for Hergé and what he brought to the comics in the francophone world. You could see an example of this coloured album (sorry I can’t put RUclips links directly, I doesn’t seem to go well in the comments section) if you search for « #43 - Tintin au pays des Soviets en couleurs (édition collector) » (starting at 1:57) Note that is a collector edition with lots of supplements and extra bonus. Also you can look for « Tintin aux pays des Soviets sort en couleurs » where you’ll see the collector edition and regular edition in display. They also show a bit of the content in colour.
I assume 'Congo' gets left out of modern editions because of the racist/colonialist depiction of Africans therein... which is sad. Including it with a disclaimer saying that it reflects attitudes of that era would be more than sufficient for anyone willing to buy an entire box set. Also, glad you brought up the font for the dialogue! I've grown accustomed to the new one but my favorite will always be the old non-italicized one! :D
Yes, I wonder if Egmont received any backlash for a non-disclaimed version which is why they decided to take it out for the red box. I agree with you that it is good for collectors to have everything in one set, but maybe these shrunken boxes are not for aficionados as much as for new readers, maybe kids being gifted a collection by nostalgic adults? In which case they want as little friction as possible? And yes, while I do not think the 'new'font (I've heard it's based on the original French lettering, but I could be wrong) is the worst thing ever committed to comics as some do, I do love the bolder and more idiosyncratic lettering I grew up with. I'm perfectly willing to put it down to nostalgia, though 😀
@James Wayne Well, I largely agree with you but I think a packaging of materials for kids, for example, or something that otherwise stands the test of time after a few excisions, are not bad candidates for adjustment. Note that this is different from censorship - Tintin in the Congo is in print, available in hardcover and paperback, colour and black and white - just not from Egmont and in their box. Now, Criterion may deem certain movies worthy and others not, any 'classics library' would do the same. They (Egmont) just choose not to have something so confoundingly different and unfamiliar with a larger chunk of more acceptable material (again, I speak of general audiences reading for the first time, not scholars or collectors like you and me, ha) . I never knew of Soviets and Congo growing up because they weren't published by Methuen and Magnet either, and I believe that is true for most readers. It stopped something off from interfering with our enjoyment, and we found them later, as adults who could - and wanted to - study things a bit more closely. Heck Disney has straight up locked away The Song of the South. I am not saying this material should be locked away. I'm just fine with a box set aimed for popularity, new readers and nostalgic ones not to have an artifact from another time that is so hurtful today when they could just have artifacts that are still enjoyable today exclusively.
I got that blue set as a kid and always wondered what the difference between it and the orange set were. I get why they left out Tintin in the Congo. I do however love my set but its looking pretty shabby (I loved it so much I would take it on family hikes in my backpack until the box turned into a net).
Haha, sounds like a life well lived. We all like upgrading and preserving and all that, but the condition of our childhood Tintins show what true love is! 😁
Haha, sounds like a life well lived. We all like upgrading and preserving and all that, but the condition of our childhood Tintins show what true love is! 😁
The blue one is called The Complete Collection since it contains Congo; the red one is called The Tintin Collection. I note this around the 1:00 minute mark. Cheers!
I'm late in the party but quick question: what are the pages on the red collection? Are they all glossy pages and all are colored? Ps: this video is just amazing with comprehensive comparison between all three sets. Good job! Love it! ❤️📚
Thank you so much; so glad you enjoyed the video! All the pages in the small red box are full-colour, yes. The paper is neither outright glossy, nor matte - somewhere in between.
I was not sure where to buy the Tintin books, then I went to google and again I was not sure which books collection get. Thanks goodness you made this video!! I am agree with you, I would choose the aniversary edition of Tintin, actually is not for me, is for my son. He will be happy I saw your video before buying anything.
Glad I could help - I think you made the right choice, you son will love it! Did you get a chance to catch my earlier video dedicated to just that set over here: ruclips.net/video/Xb4Agrn23ok/видео.html ?
Thanks for the video, I opted for the red box set. As someone who can deal quite fine with the small Archie Digests, I can deal with this. Also worth noting you can only buy Congo in its full size to complete the red box set, a bit odd on the shelf. I opted for the Red box as it is $100 cheaper than the yellow box set and neither are authentic "complete sets" anyway, except for the blue box... but then it's small... you can't win! I think the hard cover red box set it is more likely to be read and left on the table for further reading as the larger ones you may be more protective with. For example, I'm less likely to let my partner touch my precious singular paperbacks if they are left hanging around on the coffee table, but a smaller hardcover? Go for gold. One comic I could never have comprised in size is the Asterix box set I also ordered (eye watering expensive, 2x the price of the Tintin yellow set), there is just too much brilliant art in the Asterix series that making it smaller is nothing short of disrespectful. Tintin is amazing too but its art is able to hold up in a smaller format, there isn't too much fine texture and depth to notably compress, and it's still over 2/3 the original size anyway. The font format though... I'm worried about that.
Those are excellent points and I think you've reasoned it out really well, especially given the price difference you mention! When the box originally launched, I don't think that was the gap, it was maybe closer to 30 dollars. The only thing I would say is that collecting the books individually may not be as expensive, depending on where you are. I completely agree that Asterix would suffer even more, as would many comics that feature finer details, but for me even the larger spaces, machinery, vehicles, and landscapes of Tintin get affected by the size reduction, and, as you suspect, the new, already-slim font isn't done any favours. Of course as soon as we have all made our decisions and our purchases, they'll release a full-sized hardcover box set, won't they? 😋
This is so frustrating! All the box sets are absolutely gorgeous to look at, but as you say, they are smaller in size than the original albums, plus that Tintin in Congo is excluded from the box sets currently in print. Not to mention that there are several versions of that particular book, so it's possible that the uncensored version isn't even in the out of print box set! Sigh. All I want is EVERY Tintin adventure in the original size, in a nice presentable box set. Hardcover editions would be nice, but I'd settle for paperback as long as everything was included...
I'd say "get the paperback box set and get the Congo paperback separately" is the best option right now. Or two Congos separately, the black and white as well as the colour!
@@ftloc Oh, sorry, I forgot to say thanks for your video. If not for your review, I would probably have bought the hardcover, small-size editions by accident, which, although nice, were not what I wanted. You clearly love comics. Great content!
Brother can you pls tell me from where you purchased the Blue coloured tintin set and in what price .I checked the price of these sets on amazon the Red Set is 6000rupees and the Blue one was reall umexpectable it was 57000 rupees. So pls reply me
For the Love of Comics - I’m keen to pick one out of the three collections available. I’ve made the assumption that none of the three use the mammoth type font and I’m assuming the pages are glossy? Is that correct?
@@yugantbhargav6405 Yes, unfortunately the 'Hyslop' font used in the Methuen/Magnet and Mammoth editions is tied up in legal issues and is not in any of these editions. Pages aren't extremely glossy, but definitely seem a little glossier in the regular sized albums, maybe because of the surface area alone?
whats so special with that last missing story do you have any info on the backround of it is there some controvercy or is it just a side story that you dont really need or what
By the last missing story do you mean Tintin and the Alph -Art, the story Herge never got to finish? Or did you mean Tintin in the Congo, the second Tintin adventure? If Congo, it's a book that has a lot of problematic depictions in racial caricatures and stereotypes, as well as animal cruelty and other behavior that today is not at all looked upon kindly. It is still available separately from Casterman for collectors and scholars but left out of current box sets from Egmont and Little Brown, who are probably pitching their collections to children and other new readers.
@@ftloc yea it was the Kongo story thank you for the clarification kinda sucks I would imagine most tintin fans are old enough to understand that its an old series I'm sure I saw some of the similar depictions of Africans in old Tom and Jerry cartoons so do you think the kids care... 🤔
Can you please let me know the ISBN for the blue one which has Tintin and Congo - thanks Have a look at the imagine of the blue box you linked in your Amazon link. They don't include Congo. Not only that they don't even include the Soviet or the unfinished art one. You are linking "The Adventures of Tintin: Collector's Gift Set" not the Complete Adventures of TinTin. Can you please find out the ISBN for that version? Thanks
Thanks for pointing that out - I had linked to the blue box set from Little Brown, which contained a final volume called Tintin & Co. The Egmont Box ISBN is 9781405262880 and I've updated the link in the description now!
So i think the blue version you linked is yet another box set option? One that has Tintin & Co but no Soviet, no Congo and no Art - The size might even be smaller? You should make people aware just in case they buy the Blue version thinking it is the the complete version.
Looks like I’ll have to track down that original blue edition to read the whole thing seeing as otherwise according to Amazon tintin in the Congo in $400
Wow, that's an absurd price for Congo! I am sure you will be able to find a better price on ebay or even buying it from Europe! I'd definitely recommend the larger books though, so the 130 dollar box set of paperbacks + Congo separately may be worth considering?
@@ftloc That’s probably the best way to go about it! I’m not sure if I even really have an opinion on choosing between the hardcover or paperback, but the image size is the most important thing and it’d be a shame to suffer for completions sake. It’s only a shame that there’s no ideal set to experience everything with at the moment, but hopefully that’ll change for the 100th year anniversary! Fingers crossed at least!
The first 9 albums were originally in black and white and used a looser, more 'primitive' style (which many prefer, actually). Eight of them (barring Soviets) were later recoloured and most redrawn by Herge and his collaborators to match the style and level of detail of his later albums. I have a playlist of videos in which I look at some of these originals and compare them to the modern ones; check it out here: ruclips.net/p/PLf2B7UoR9NKWyI-w-6f2ifLKMNsDbTGsx
@@RoboticDragon There's definitely some 'cleanup' but then again the 'modern' versions are still from the fifties and sixties, so not everything got overhauled.
@@ftloc Thanks to your videos, I took the plunge and finally acquired all of the TinTin books. I bought the large paperback box set you reviewed, and then bought separately Tintin in the Congo, and Tintin and the Lake of Sharks
I've never read tintin before but just purchased the red box set, I don't think I'll mind the smaller format and it will be easier to take a book or 2 with me if I go camping or something than if I took the larger paperback versions which would take up more vertical space and could bend in a backpack. I'll let you know if I mind the smaller format (I do have other comics in their larger original format, a calvin and hobbes collection and an Opus one, to compare them to).
Although I love the original size, all your reasons are perfect for the choice you're making. It is always more important to actually read and enjoy the books over than just keep them on shelves, so their portability and resilience make the smaller books the right choice for you. Also, since you have no prior basis for comparison, you will definitely not feel the sting the way others might. Here's hoping you have a great time with these classic adventures! 😁
@@fullriver1234 I like it just fine! It isn't too small for me at all, and because the book itself isn't too big you can throw it in a bag easily. If you have poor eyesight when reading up close it might not be for you, but if your eyesight is fine (or you have glasses) theres no downsides.
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collectors should also be aware that there is another edition that closely resembles the blue complete collection but includes different content. Its called the collectors gift set, published by little brown. Its also a blue slipcase boxset with identical spine and box art. However the collectors gift set does not include congo or soviets, vol.1 of that edition contains america, pharoah and lotus, and instead it includes an 8th volume called tintin & co. which does not contain any actual herge stories, but is instead a supplement to the series with a chapter dedicated to each of the main characters. Anyone in the market for one of these sets should be very careful about which edition they are purchasing if having congo and soviets is important.
Ah that's great to know - I've never run across the Little Brown set here, but I am pinning this extremely useful comment for everyone's reference. Thank you!
I have this Collector's Gift Set and never knew the difference, haha! Thanks for this info! I had bought the set on discount many years ago and bought the Congo and Soviets story in original album size to complete the collection
yes, i got this recently, it is another red box set
@@syedfaiyazrabbi8121 same here bought the gift set since it the only one here in store...realize when made a compare to all of the books
@@desivitriana68 i got it, the another version of red box is same as the blue box set. I think in this part of the world they printed the blue one in red color.
I remember the cartoon as a kid and get nostalgic every time I see stuff like this. Never read a tintin comic now I must catch up.
Give it a shot and see what you think! I'm always curious to what people reading it for the first time as an adult will think of it!
@@ftloc definitely I can’t wait to check these out.
I saw the notification on my phone, and it instantly put a smile to my face. Good Sir, your channel is a gift that keeps giving! :D
Haha, and your comment just made my weekend! Thank you!
Perfect combination = Full Size + Hyslop Font + Individual albums
It's when you add 'in English', 'in new- or at least decent condition' and 'hardcover' to that list that you start running into the problems...
I love the passion and detail evident in this video. Thanks for doing this.
Thank you so much, and I'm so glad you enjoyed the video!
Dude, thank you so much doing this complete comparison of the collectors box sets! Very very helpful for making a decision of which one to buy! Greetings from Venezuela.
Greetings from India, and I'm so glad you enjoyed this!
When I was young and still living with my parents, my father and I collected all the paperbacks (in Dutch). When I moved out I started collecting English hardback compilations like these (without the box set). After buying two collections with some of my favourite albums, the British publisher changed the size, paper, printing, and album sequence on the series so I had to start over again. I bought two but never got around to it. Your videos have actually rekindled my love for this classic series, and this month I will start the hunt to collect all of the albums, in Dutch, in hardcover! It's something I have always wanted but never got around to :)
Ah, full sized individual hardcovers are wonderful, I am sure you will have a great time revisiting them all!
As a french canadian, I was lucky to grow up with the original larger hardcover editions in french. We also have smaller-sized editions available these days, some in box sets, but I would never consider buying them. Even less so if it's missing TINTIN IN CONGO. I understand the reasons why some publishers and countries have banned the book, but I still think that it was a product of it's time and could still be included with a warning/explanation text. In any case, glad you got a swell Tintin t-shirt in the deal. It was certainly worth it to Egmont as I don't see any other english speaking RUclipsr doing as much to spread the love for Hergé's classic series than you have.
Thanks so much!
Yes, I love the hardcover 'regular size' Tintins I have now, but the treasures will always be those now-ragged Methuen paperbacks from my childhood, in some ways.
But can you imagine having all the stories in those giant facsimile editions from Little Brown like the ones they have for The Secret of the Unicorn and Red Rackham's treasure?
Also, I was discussing Congo here in another comment - I think Egmont wants this to be a one-swoop introductory pack for new readers, or for old readers to gift to people unfamiliar. As such, it seems less aimed towards Tintin fanatics/scholars/experts/collectors, as I think the shrunk format also evidences. So I can understand why they don't take the 'explain it in a note' approach that may work well for a scholarly or at least 'adult' audience, and want to avoid the issues/ accusations from unsuspecting parents, say, who find the box set they bought for their child to have something like that.
Growing up, Methuen didn't publish Congo (I didn't even know it existed until I was almost out of my teens!) so I think it's something that makes sense to me - and unlike my childhood, at least there's a nice collector's edition hardcover of Congo out there now, so it's not so much a question of censorship or denial as it is of marketing, I think.
Great video..love it. Could also make a video on tintin merchandise collection
Thanks so much, I'm so glad you liked it!
I don't really have much merchandise, not just of Tintin but of anything actually. I focus on the comics and stories for the most, and that's why this channel too has that focus.
Roc and Ks: We have the blue one. But ours didn't have the Land of the Soviets or Tintin in the Congo for some reason. The second book in the blue one that starts with Tintin in America was the number 1 book in our collection. So all of our volumes were one behind in this one. But our blue one had the cut outs.
This channel needs more subscribers, it's epic!
Thank you so much for your kind words! And is the set you have from publishers Little Brown in the US? There seem to be a couple of different sets out there - see the pinned comment here from a viewer that sheds some light - and it's very interesting to note the differences and similarities! Cheers!
@@ftloc
Roc and Ks: Yes, ours we believe is from the Little Brown publishers.
Agree with you, the size is an issue for me too! Brilliant review. Thank you for your time and interest in Tintin!
Having a lot of choices is never a bad thing, is it? 😊 Thanks for the kind words!
@@ftloc no sir we love our choices!
I know this is from years ago but thank you. I grew up with the Meuthen’s Children’s books collection of volumes but since they went with my sibling, and don’t seem to be widely available anymore, I want to buy my own. This video helped me parse which versions I should look at buying!! Thank you!!!
Thrilled you enjoyed it, and found it useful! Luckily, the information here seems to still be current! 😁
Thank you for this video! Just ordered the Anniversary Box - I have to read them in the original size! Bought the hardcover of Tintin in Congo as well when I was at it ;-)
I heartily approve! Will this be the first time you read it them the original size?
@@ftloc I've always read them in the original size. I've spent my childhood reading my father's albums from the 70s and 80s 😊 Sadly most of them are lost, so I thought I'd buy the complete collection to have them all again - and in English this time! I'm from Norway, so I've always read Tintin in Norwegian - looking forward to a different experience when reading them in English 🙏🏻
That sounds wonderful! Let me know how the reread goes and how you think the English stacks up next to your childhood reading!
@@ftloc I will! I've seen all the cartoon-movies in English, and love those - It'll probably be a similar experience. What do you think about "The Secret of the Unicorn" (2011 film)? I love that movie so much; been waiting forever for the sequel, and according to Spielberg, the movie is still happening - although it may take further years before it's released 😅
Simen Storøy while I didn’t think it was a perfect movie, I did not dislike it the way a lot of Tintin fans apparently did. I thought it was a fun ride, I could see a lot of clever adaptation in it, and I’m ready for a sequel myself! 😀
Made my day.....very detailed review. Read them all when I was a kid from the local library. I'm now buying these books for my kid to read and to feel a bit of nostalgia
So glad you enjoyed the video! How old is your kid, if you don't mind me asking, and how are they liking the books so far?
@@ftloc books are on its way from the book store She is 9 yo. She was very excited when I showed her pics on the internet of the Tintin comics
There is a new egmont box collection which is included white hard covers and different images. Are there any difference between that version and the blue/red box sets?
I know the books you are talking about but didn't know they came in a box too! From what I've seen, they're exactly the same as the red volumes, just a different cover design.
I'll see if I can find a copy of one to confirm!
Definitely the FULL SIZE pages for me too!!
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I would love to own Anniversary Edition, with its authentic cover pages!
That would be my pick as well, but if only they were hardcover, alas! 😋
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I have the Complete Collection (The Blue One) and It's very good if you want all the Adventures in one purchase, the only complaint I have is with the font, but that shouldn't be a problem if you have good eyesight.
I'm getting old, so the smaller sizes are particularly bothersome for me, unfortunately 😁
Great video. I've got the Blue box set and, like you, wish they were full sized. I didn't really think about what that size would mean in terms of weight and space... a good point. I love Tintin and besides my English collection, I started collecting translated Tintin books from countries that I visit. It's one of my pride and joy parts of my collection. Keep up the great work!
Wow, what a great idea! That's the kind of travel souvenir that I can really appreciate 😁!
I did hear a rumour that there would be a hardcover fullsized box set released, but who knows when that will happen, if at all?
@@ftloc I don’t know about full sized, but one of the Italian editions I have is very similar to vol. 8 from the blue set, but bigger. Not quite full sized, but much closer. It’s a beautiful. BTW, since you’re such a big Tintin fan, you might like to check out my blog - strobez.ca/wp/index.php/tintin/tintin-1-72-scale-projects/
Thank you for the very detailed comparison! This is exactly what I need
Glad it was helpful! Cheers!
I have owned all the hardcover albums since 1960 as thats when i started collecting usually when they first appeared the last one bieng Tintin and the picaros in 1976, the last ones bieng in particularly immaculate condition, and that includes Flight 714 in 1968, as i say i obtained them when that particular story first appeared in the english transalation by turner and lonsdale cooper, i could never replace my hardbacks for the soft editions, however nicely presented in an attractive box!
Oh wow, lovely! Those original hardcovers would be my ideal (in English) because of that Hyslop hand lettering which the new editions do not have. But since those are no longer possible for me to get, a hardcover set in this pretty box, say for the 100th anniversary, would sure be nice! 😁
Just subscribed, great video, on a budget so I bought the Red boxset today. Can't wait for it to arrive! Thank you.
Thank you! And that's great; I'm sure you'll love it. How much longer to wait? 😁
@@ftloc 4 days, lol will seem like a year!! Can't wait!
Regarding these smaller format 3-in-1 collections, the best one by far for 21 of the books is the original collection published by Methuen and Atlantic/Little Brown in 1990-1992. The books are slightly bigger and they contain the Hyslop font. The paper isn't the glossy type in use since the late 90s, but instead the type they used in the early 90s, after they dropped the traditional matter paper. The complete collection is the best small-format edition available fro Soviets, Congo and Alph-art.
I agree, of course, that full-size is the best way to read them. Even then, the books were slightly reduced in size in the late 90s. I don't know if the artwork is smaller though. The only exception is Tintin and Alph-art. The 2004 full-size version has most artwork only taking up some of the page. In the 3-in-1 edition the artwork takes up the full page, with the exception of a few pages. This actually makes the artwork bigger than it is in the full-size version. Of course, the best edition by far is the original 1990 publication.
I first read Tintin from the copies my library carried, which were hardcover, but also multicolor covers. I've never read the adventures in their full sizes, but even to my young eyes I felt like the words were to small and exhausting to read. Feels good to know their are larger versions out there😂
For whole generations and global populations, those are the regular sizes and the shrinking was a much later (and unwelcome!) phenomenon 😊
Great video, as always! I can't remember the last time I've seen a content creator who consistently gets zero dislikes on his videos; it's a testament to your viewer-focussed approach, and, I suppose, your charm XD By the way, you mentioned that the bindings are tight, but are they sewn or glued?
Thank you so much for that; it really means a lot to me!
I think I am way too tiny for dislikes (but I also do get them - just the other day someone had gone through eight or nine of my videos in half an hour giving them all dislikes; I guess I rubbed someone the wrong way?) and when I do get them I wonder why they didn't leave a comment telling me *what* they disliked.
But what I am most appreciative of is the engagement and viewer retention, the returning viewers and the lengthy discussions. I love how articulate and expressive and thoughtful the people are who choose to spend time on my videos and that is my #1 reason to keep making videos. So thank you once again.
And the bindings are nicely sewn but also glued afterward: the not-uncommon 'perfect sewn' approach! 😀
@@ftloc some haters will always be there, simply ignore, keep on doing the great work that you do....
Always prefer the slim larger hardcover / paperback
Me too! But I am trying to be more open minded in my old age...
Why didn’t you get the books out so we could see inside? Great video
Thank you; so glad you enjoyed it!
In answer to your question, this video was about the box set presentations more than the series or the adventures themselves. I have several other videos on Tintin, including an introductory 'What is Tintin?' video and a two part overview of each of the 23 adventures. You can find them all and more in this playlist: ruclips.net/p/PLf2B7UoR9NKW6ok_iGAZlXbe9YUdQWRDP
Cheers!
The red volume's picture is from land of the soviets and the blue one is tintin in america
Thanks! I am going to pore through them to locate them! 😁
It's funny, I watched this in preparation for which set to buy (thanks for the guide!) and I went with the red hardback set. I noted your comment about not being sure where the spine art came from on the books, and reading through the very first book, Tintin in the Land of the Soviets, I spotted the racing car image in the very first part of the book! It's non-colourised, obviously, but it's a scene where Tintin steals a car to escape one of the Russians chasing after him.
The more you know!
Aha! Thank you so much. Soviets is the book I am least familiar with, so it makes sense the image would be hiding there 😁.
Now for the newspaper image; I'm confident you can ID that too! 😋
@@ftloc Definitely not Herge's best work. I can see why you wouldn't recall much- barely a storyline to speak of!
I will yell out if I spot it :)
Thank you for this guide. I’ve been wanting to purchase Tintin for my collection of comics, so this was a very helpful video.
I'm so glad it helped! Did you decide on getting one or are you going to wait?
@@ftloc I ordered the 90th anniversary collection earlier today! The page size was a big factor for me
I was having a tough time deciding which collection to go for. The full size paperback one is more expensive than the Hard Cover shrunk version, but I agree. I think i will go for the Anniversary collection.
If you are based in India, the Anniversary collection does go on sale from time to time, I've seen, although of course there's no guarantee. But I think that is definitely the right choice, unless you want to get the full-sized hardcovers (without a box). Good luck!
@@ftloc Thanks for the suggestion, but I prefer this Paperback collection more.
On a separate note, I was looking forward to a similar Asterix collection. Can you make some videos on that, or share the link here if there is already one.
@@aranbchakraborty4763 Ask and ye shall receive! 😁
Here's my (more recent) Asterix playlist: ruclips.net/p/PLf2B7UoR9NKUovOjkMM1HRJB9mUhuc71Z
Excellent video. I was looking for exactly this content - which collection to get? The compact looks beautiful but, for me, it's not Tintin unless it's in the original size. Shame because that set would look great on the shelf.
Opting for the big yellow box.
Thank you, I'm so glad you enjoyed the video! And personally, that's the way I feel too - great design, shame about the size.
Thanks for this. I was just thinking of ordering the Dutch version of the blue box. Size does matter! ;)
Here, yes it does! 😁
This is the video that made me subscribe to For The Love Of Comics.
same
Incidentally, I had bought the first HC from the blue edition when it came out. Primary reason being I had never seen Soviet or Congo available in stores, growing up. The shrunked size really put me off and I haven't completed reading those till date.
That's a great point - for those who had never ever encountered Soviets or Congo, that Volume 1 would be a brand new book instead of a new edition and itself makes it worthwhile to purchase, especially if the larger albums were not available in English.
Tintin, grew up reading these books. I have almost all of the old ones in mint condition. They are hilarious. :)
I love them to this day! 😁
Boxed sets come in different variations now. Blue box with slot and red box without slot.
The red box is still available online and in stores but that's old stock. It is no longer being manufactured/reprinted by Egmont, who have switched to the Congo-less blue box.
The mammoth and little brown ones. Superior fonts definitely
I need to check those out! The Giant Editions I have are Little Brown; those will be my first stop for a direct comparison!
The first tintin I had was the 2 moon ones in full size paperback and volume 7 before egmont stopped printing tintin in the congo. I have since purchased the newer volume 8, 5 albums in smaller print, and 1 in larger paperback. I'm used to the smaller editions and prefer how they are
Perfectly valid - the most important thing is reading and enjoying them, so whatever format (or combination of formats 😁) enables that is the correct one!
Thank you for the video! Now I know which box set I will buy.
Glad I could help, and I hope you find what you're looking for!
Tintin in his chair with Snowy on a cushion on the blue box set I think comes from Tintin in the Land of Soviets/Congo from the old versions and was colorized for the box. Tintin in the car on the red box set comes from Cigars of the Pharaoh colored version I think.
i agree that it is hard to appreciate the hardbound comics because they shuold be read in paperback covers where we are all used to
I've replaced my childhood paperbacks with hardcovers but of the same large size and I quite like that! 😁
Are the big paperback comics in glossy paper? please make a video of inside pages also. Thanks a ton
Neither glossy not matte, somewhere in between. The colours are bright but not shiny
@@ftloc have to say... even with increasing age and maturity, one can't get enough of Tintin..
Hi, excellent video. I have another red box set where in side picture, tintin is sitting on a rocking chair reading newspaper....any idea on this red box set.
Oh how interesting! I have not encountered this box - are there are any other details on it you can let me have? Does it have Tintin in the Congo? What is the ISBN or who is the publisher, if you can tell?
@@ftloc Little, Brown - ISBN 9780316006682
I just stumbled upon your channel the other day when I was looking for reviews on a couple books. Very glad that I did. You've already helped inform me of a couple things. Been wanting to pick up Asterix and TinTin finally. Read as a kid, soon to be 48 now, loved both series but just hadn't pulled the trigger on buying them. I was literally about to buy the Papercutz Asterix Omnibus editions until you did the size comparisons. I was so glad I watched that video I want the books in the graphic album size and with the translation that I more than likely read them in. And then this TinTin video just saved me again. Why do these publishers want to shrink these books? *sigh* Anyways thank you for saving me on purchases I would have been unhappy with and of course I subscribed to the channel.
Thank YOU for your kind words, and I am thrilled that I could help! I guess publishers have a lot of cost factors to consider, especially when trying to grab a new readership (i.e. one that will not be comparing to previous/ original editions) but I agree that is a shame that really does not do the works justice. I'm glad you decided to pursue other editions, I am sure you will not regret it one bit. Welcome to the channel and I hope you find plenty to enjoy here!
Thanks for showing the comparison to make it clear on which to purchase. I absolutely love hardcover books, especially when the biding comes out perfect. In this case however I'll have to go with the larger trade paperback boxset because I prefer the larger format!
If you don't have to have the box, all the books are available in full-sized hardcovers separately. And I hear rumours there may be a full-sized hardcover box set out soon, so it may be possible to have the best of both worlds! 😁
@@ftloc Ohhhhhh reallly, I will have to wait on that hardcover box set then. I almost bought the paperbacks last night but decided to hold out!
@@colossalsunny4653 it's not a sure thing and the set will be an expensive (and heavy!) one if it appears. But if you are looking to get them all, that may not be a bad option
I’ve always grown up with the blue box and was dead confused when I saw the bigger, more colourful anniversary collection
How interesting! Have you had a chance to check out the full sized, individual albums?
I got my hands on The Complete Collection!! Woohoo it has the Congo one inside
Nice snag!
Great video.I need to get that boxset. Thanks
Glad you liked it!
Nicely done, I fully agree on the size and readability of the compact edition. The German version of the compact edition published by Carleen is so much better the Egmont version is 220X155 mm vs the carlsen version is 200x260mm which is a lot more readable hope you can feed this back to the Penguin guys
Ah, I'd love to take a look at that set! Alas, I have zero contact with Egmont and zero influence on their decisions but I cannot imagine people have not written to them for larger sizes already. Maybe this anniversary box is partly a reaction to those?
For the Love of Comics we’ll I wish I could post pics in replying to you tube comments. The German compact edition is significantly larger and thus easier on the eyes. Let me find you on Facebook and send you the pics to illustrate what I mean.
Great video. Very helpful.
Thank you sir! 😀
What about font size and picture size? Would you give a comparison between paperback and box sets with regarding picture size ?
The Hyslop hand lettering is not there in any of these unfortunately; at the end of the 90s it was replaced by a new font that is a thinner. But it's the same across all three of these.
As for the image size, it is proportionately smaller. I tried to do a direct comparison in this video, but because of the wide angle distortion, it wasn't making the point visually so I cut it out. It's about 20% or 25% smaller, I would say?
@@ftloc Thanks for reply. I have several paperback books. But i'm thinking about getting a new box set. But i'm still afraid size would be an issue.
great video, very helpful for collectors like me
well you may not believe it but in Germany we got a Collection Box with all tintin books in harcover... just love that thing of course i got for me
Yet another reason to be jealous of German comics readers! 😁
@@ftloc I think there is a lot of reasons if i look around about all the collections we get ..im glad they made such a good collection and they didnt excluded any book
One thing i wish you had done in this video was take out a book from the yellow set and one from the red or blue set and show people a comparison of the size of the internal pages so they can see how much smaller the images and text in the red and blue sets are from the full size ones.
I did actually try that but the wide angle lens and the perspective I used for this video meant the effect wasn't as potent - the small books didn't seem that small!
You'll see it a bit when I move the big box set past the small ones - it does not seem as large as it should - so I cut those parts of the video out. I didn't want to mislead people into thinking "oh that's not too bad, they're almost the same size", if that makes sense!
@@ftloc Yes that makes sense. I did hear however that for people with not great eyesight ( people over 50 ) that the larger ones were probably best.
Given up on finding the blue box for a price I can justify so started picking up the separate hardbacks in order. Going to work out a bit more expensive than picking up the red box and Congo separately but at least it'll all be in the same binding.
I think you've made the right choice! There may be a hardcover box set they come out with at some point in the future, but 1) who knows when that will be and 2) can you imagine the bulk and weight of something like that?
Giving up on English language hardcovers of Valerian and Laureline at this point as well and starting on the paperbacks while they're still in print and inexpensive, was hopeful Hachette would do the hardback set they put out in France as a translated version but I think it's just a bit too niche for the UK partworks market. Holding out hope for the Asterix set they market tested late last year but if that doesn't show up in the August release window it's probably dead in the water
I really wanted to paraphrase Marge Simpson and say "stop saying Tintin in there," but you can never get enough Tintin! Another great video :)
Haha, thank you!
And FtLoC drinking game: if you drink every time I say 'video' in this video, you'll be drunk in two minutes.
@@ftloc Cheers! ;)
Very nice work....looking forward for an episode showing best books on Tintin and Herge apart from the comics
Ah, I've wondered about that - thanks for the suggestion. At this time, I feel I am best when talking about comics themselves, with a personal view of them. The world of secondary scholarship and critical work is huge, but not always in comics form. Of course if I was a true scholar, none of that would matter, but I am purposely avoiding talking about anything that is not comics itself, even books about comics.
Maybe once I have grown my skills and expertise, I could try branching out in the future, and books on Tintin would be a perfect place to start!
@@ftloc Aha...nice to hear that. Just to mention Geroges Remi's work apart from Tintin is very underrated......and hence comics geeks like you should always try to do something to bring them into spotlight. Apart from that it would be nice if you could mention about the controversy on Tintin in Congo...i.e. the reason why it isn't included in the red box edition. Have a nice day...
@@subhamghosh8083I've been meaning to make a video on Congo specifically, or maybe about the racism observations re the series, with a particular focus in Congo and a couple of other books. It's a complex topic and thanks for egging me in with that. I'm going to keep working on an approach that works best!
I see that Egmont have now changed their name to Farshore and TinTin is published by them now. I've read in an Amazon review that the colors in the Farshore are a bit brighter.
It's the same company - Egmont has rebranded itself as Farshore! The colour difference may still exist due to changes in paper and printers during the pandemic etc.
I can’t find the blue collection set with tintin in Congo inside! Other blue collection sets I see on Amazon DONT have tintin in Congo.
Yes, I think the blue set you are seeing is the one published by Little Brown, not the Egmont one, unfortunately. Even that is severely out of print and getting harder to find by the day. But there is a full sized collector's edition of Congo available from Casterman (in English) if you don't mind a standalone volume.
@@ftloc OMG can you please send me a link to it? I’d highly appreciate it
Here it is: amzn.to/3278k7A !
Tempting, but maybe by this point I should wait for the inevitable 100th Anniversary collection.
Not a bad plan!
I've never read any Tintin before but am intrigued and since the Yellow Box set it out of print and eBay sellers seem to only have them for around $300, would you recommend the red or blue set for a first time reader?
Honestly, they're pretty good as you can see here , lovely solid hardcovers, elegantly designed. However, if you have the patience and don't *have* to have a box set, I'd almost recommend getting the individual volumes piecemeal. The full-album size is truly the best way to read them, you can spread your spending over several months as you read and buy in batches, and they are also available in both paperback and hardcover (the last I checked). There's no box, sure, but you also get the wonderful covers at that album size and they would be my first preference, personally. But for a first-time reader with no expectations from earlier readings, I don't think the blue set would disappoint either. I hope that helps in some small way?
Call me crazy, I already own the entire series in paperback, hardcover as well as the 3-In-1 volumes; your video had in-fact made me to buy the newer Compact Edition, however I realized since I already own the the entire series in 3 different format, it did not make much point to have yet another iteration, decided to return it back to amazon. Moreover the best way to enjoy TinTin is in its original big format...that's my two cents...
Why should I call you crazy? That sounds exactly like me! 😁
Now what will we both do when they bring out a full-sized hardcover box set?
Wow, excellent review and comparison. Weighing the purchase of The Tintin Collection is what brought me here. I love Tintin but putting my adult eyes on Tintin in Congo (which I own) was really rough. It may be a marketing move or some other technicality, but leaving that out of the set is something I will appreciate. I can't speculate on Herge's inner mind and I know it reflected an older version of society but I'm not sorry to see if left out. I think that is the edition I end up with despite, like you, growing up with the full size versions.
Thanks so much; glad you enjoyed the video! And I agree with you - I'm not for censorship or pretending things weren't made one way when they were, so I'm happy that the Congo books exist and are easily available, both in original and coloured editions, from another publisher. But if it becomes a roadblock for new readers discovering and appreciating the series, it's fine for a publisher to choose to exclude it. Collectors and our peccadilloes are another matter altogether! 😀
I own the red one. If only they had printed the original covers inside in full page and made the books a bit more larger, it would have been perfect.
Yes, exactly. Especially with the new, thinner, font, a slightly larger format would have been a significant upgrade. Still, they're wonderful objects that only suffer in comparison I think, not necessarily as a first read?
it's a shame they don't sell the anniversary box in the UK!
I think the box is now out of print everywhere; maybe it was just a time bound commemorative thing for that one year?
Dude, gr8 video! Love Tintin!
Thank you, I'm so glad you enjoyed it! I have a whole bunch of Tintin videos, collected in this playlist here, in case you're interested! ruclips.net/p/PLf2B7UoR9NKW6ok_iGAZlXbe9YUdQWRDP
Finally got the anniversary edition. :)
Enjoy!
Thanks. It was really helpful !
So glad to hear it!
Tintin ,Blake and Mortimer, Thorgal , Bear's tooth , long John Silver, The Reprieve for these Franco Belgian or eurocomics I don't have the feeling to see them in a Boxy shrunk set...sorry
Yes, any comics made for a larger format would suffer, but specially ones that depend so much on vistas, landscapes, skies and such. Maybe talky newspaper-gag-strips could take some shrinking without damage, but adventure stories like these are a different matter...
I enjoyed this video very much was looking to buy a personal set of tintin becuase i used to read them when i was a child and got them from the public libary I got the Red set its was on the cheaper side which fit the budget. Amazing review
I'm so glad you enjoyed the video, and thank you! I hope you enjoy your set whenever you receive it! 🙂
Thanks for posting this video. You explained the differences between the collections really well. You may have shared this in another video, but what are your top 5 favorite Tintin books? New subscriber!
Welcome to the channel, may you find plenty to enjoy here! 😁
And you're right, I do have a personal Top 6 list and you can find that video here: ruclips.net/video/yCDBxyIxO9M/видео.html
Cheers!
I have a different blue edition. It does not have soviets, congo and alph-art (i have those in other formats). On the other hand, it has a nice 8th book called Tintim & Co. (It is mostly like a DVD extra). Edit: Oh. They talk about it in the pinned comment : )
I find it so interesting that there are so many different versions out there! I'd love to get my hands on a Tintin and Co. copy separately!
I need one of them for collection
Let me know which one you decide on!
@@ftlocthe yellow box is cool , will try to find it. Must not get too excited, I am already collection Harry Potter and Witcher books
From where do you buy all of your comics? Because i just saw your comic collection and all the books were in perfect condition.I also collect comics and i order them from amazon but unfortunately most of the times i get them damaged and then i have to return them or replace them.
Most of mine I buy from online stores just like you. And yes, sometimes their packaging is really bad and corners get dinged, or worse (my Galactus Unboxing video shows the arrival of such a book).
Many of these comics are offered by various sellers on Amazon India and I have found some to be better with their packaging that others, so I prefer to get from them even if the books cost a few rupees more.
A lot of my books from years prior were bought from sites like Infibeam and A1books that had good packaging; unfortunately A1 closed and Infibeam no longer sells books. These days, I just hope I get lucky otherwise I return them.
@@ftloc Can you recommend me any online site for buying comics in perfect condition? Thanks for replying.
egmont actually used to publish tintin in the congo normally
Yep, it's there in the blue box here too. I wonder why they switched.
The blue artwork is from TinTin in America, I don’t know about the the red artwork - maybe from the black island
Thanks for that! I'm now going to pore over both the original and redrawn versions to find them! 😁
Interesting to see these different «packaging» for Tintin. The two box sets are the same as the french editor Casterman. But I never saw soft covers
for the french edition of the full size albums of Tintin, it’s always hard covers. The fact that «Tintin and the soviets» was recently colorized could be a
bit criticized because it’s clearly for commercial interests. I think Moulinsart society (previously Tintin Licensing) has the rights for all publishing of
Tintin. Because there is no new material or albums their only options is to publish different sizes, different packagings to keep interests in sales.
Not only for french speaking countries but around the world.
I heard about those recoloured editions and was definitely curious. As long as they don't make any version the 'only' way you can have it, I'm fine with whatever editions they want to make. It's when all other versions but one become impossible to find that I get irate! 😊
@@ftloc
Thanks for your comment. You speak about Astérix in your videos... I must confess; I’m more Astérix than Tintin! :-) But I have a huge
respect for Hergé and what he brought to the comics in the francophone world. You could see an example of this coloured album
(sorry I can’t put RUclips links directly, I doesn’t seem to go well in the comments section)
if you search for « #43 - Tintin au pays des Soviets en couleurs (édition collector) » (starting at 1:57) Note that is a collector edition
with lots of supplements and extra bonus.
Also you can look for « Tintin aux pays des Soviets sort en couleurs » where you’ll see the collector edition and regular edition in
display. They also show a bit of the content in colour.
I assume 'Congo' gets left out of modern editions because of the racist/colonialist depiction of Africans therein... which is sad. Including it with a disclaimer saying that it reflects attitudes of that era would be more than sufficient for anyone willing to buy an entire box set.
Also, glad you brought up the font for the dialogue! I've grown accustomed to the new one but my favorite will always be the old non-italicized one! :D
Yes, I wonder if Egmont received any backlash for a non-disclaimed version which is why they decided to take it out for the red box. I agree with you that it is good for collectors to have everything in one set, but maybe these shrunken boxes are not for aficionados as much as for new readers, maybe kids being gifted a collection by nostalgic adults? In which case they want as little friction as possible?
And yes, while I do not think the 'new'font (I've heard it's based on the original French lettering, but I could be wrong) is the worst thing ever committed to comics as some do, I do love the bolder and more idiosyncratic lettering I grew up with. I'm perfectly willing to put it down to nostalgia, though 😀
@James Wayne Well, I largely agree with you but I think a packaging of materials for kids, for example, or something that otherwise stands the test of time after a few excisions, are not bad candidates for adjustment.
Note that this is different from censorship - Tintin in the Congo is in print, available in hardcover and paperback, colour and black and white - just not from Egmont and in their box.
Now, Criterion may deem certain movies worthy and others not, any 'classics library' would do the same. They (Egmont) just choose not to have something so confoundingly different and unfamiliar with a larger chunk of more acceptable material (again, I speak of general audiences reading for the first time, not scholars or collectors like you and me, ha) .
I never knew of Soviets and Congo growing up because they weren't published by Methuen and Magnet either, and I believe that is true for most readers. It stopped something off from interfering with our enjoyment, and we found them later, as adults who could - and wanted to - study things a bit more closely.
Heck Disney has straight up locked away The Song of the South. I am not saying this material should be locked away. I'm just fine with a box set aimed for popularity, new readers and nostalgic ones not to have an artifact from another time that is so hurtful today when they could just have artifacts that are still enjoyable today exclusively.
Are you going to get the new tin tin on the moon two volumes in one and maybe review it
Absolutely! It’s just a question of figuring out when...
Thank you for this video
Thank *you* for watching and commenting; glad you liked it!
I got that blue set as a kid and always wondered what the difference between it and the orange set were. I get why they left out Tintin in the Congo. I do however love my set but its looking pretty shabby (I loved it so much I would take it on family hikes in my backpack until the box turned into a net).
Haha, sounds like a life well lived. We all like upgrading and preserving and all that, but the condition of our childhood Tintins show what true love is! 😁
Haha, sounds like a life well lived. We all like upgrading and preserving and all that, but the condition of our childhood Tintins show what true love is! 😁
So the red one is the complete collection without Tintin in Congo, but the blue one is the real complete collection for The Adventures of Tintin.
The blue one is called The Complete Collection since it contains Congo; the red one is called The Tintin Collection. I note this around the 1:00 minute mark. Cheers!
@@ftloc I know
I'm late in the party but quick question: what are the pages on the red collection? Are they all glossy pages and all are colored?
Ps: this video is just amazing with comprehensive comparison between all three sets. Good job! Love it! ❤️📚
Thank you so much; so glad you enjoyed the video!
All the pages in the small red box are full-colour, yes. The paper is neither outright glossy, nor matte - somewhere in between.
Oh also, there's no such thing as late to the party where the party never ends! 😁
Haha! Thanks! I can't wait for my book set to arrive so I can start my Tintin party! Haha! 🎉🎊🥳
I was not sure where to buy the Tintin books, then I went to google and again I was not sure which books collection get. Thanks goodness you made this video!! I am agree with you, I would choose the aniversary edition of Tintin, actually is not for me, is for my son. He will be happy I saw your video before buying anything.
Glad I could help - I think you made the right choice, you son will love it! Did you get a chance to catch my earlier video dedicated to just that set over here: ruclips.net/video/Xb4Agrn23ok/видео.html ?
Thanks for the video, I opted for the red box set.
As someone who can deal quite fine with the small Archie Digests, I can deal with this. Also worth noting you can only buy Congo in its full size to complete the red box set, a bit odd on the shelf. I opted for the Red box as it is $100 cheaper than the yellow box set and neither are authentic "complete sets" anyway, except for the blue box... but then it's small... you can't win! I think the hard cover red box set it is more likely to be read and left on the table for further reading as the larger ones you may be more protective with. For example, I'm less likely to let my partner touch my precious singular paperbacks if they are left hanging around on the coffee table, but a smaller hardcover? Go for gold.
One comic I could never have comprised in size is the Asterix box set I also ordered (eye watering expensive, 2x the price of the Tintin yellow set), there is just too much brilliant art in the Asterix series that making it smaller is nothing short of disrespectful. Tintin is amazing too but its art is able to hold up in a smaller format, there isn't too much fine texture and depth to notably compress, and it's still over 2/3 the original size anyway. The font format though... I'm worried about that.
Those are excellent points and I think you've reasoned it out really well, especially given the price difference you mention! When the box originally launched, I don't think that was the gap, it was maybe closer to 30 dollars. The only thing I would say is that collecting the books individually may not be as expensive, depending on where you are. I completely agree that Asterix would suffer even more, as would many comics that feature finer details, but for me even the larger spaces, machinery, vehicles, and landscapes of Tintin get affected by the size reduction, and, as you suspect, the new, already-slim font isn't done any favours.
Of course as soon as we have all made our decisions and our purchases, they'll release a full-sized hardcover box set, won't they? 😋
@@ftloc 100th year anniversary they will release the true box set. I guarantee it! (we'll both be there though won't we lol)
@@jasonnikolic Haha you know it!
This is so frustrating! All the box sets are absolutely gorgeous to look at, but as you say, they are smaller in size than the original albums, plus that
Tintin in Congo is excluded from the box sets currently in print. Not to mention that there are several versions of that particular book, so it's possible
that the uncensored version isn't even in the out of print box set! Sigh. All I want is EVERY Tintin adventure in the original size, in a nice presentable
box set. Hardcover editions would be nice, but I'd settle for paperback as long as everything was included...
I'd say "get the paperback box set and get the Congo paperback separately" is the best option right now. Or two Congos separately, the black and white as well as the colour!
@@ftloc I ended up doing that. Thanks.
@@SpaceCattttt congratulations! 😁
@@ftloc Yay! 😁
@@ftloc Oh, sorry, I forgot to say thanks for your video. If not for your review, I would probably have bought the hardcover, small-size editions by accident, which, although nice, were not what I wanted.
You clearly love comics. Great content!
Brother can you pls tell me from where you purchased the Blue coloured tintin set and in what price .I checked the price of these sets on amazon the Red Set is 6000rupees and the Blue one was reall umexpectable it was 57000 rupees. So pls reply me
As I mention here, it was loaned to me by the publisher for this video. It is no longer in print and has been replaced by the red set, unfortunately.
I have the red version
Thanks mate, helped a bunch :)
So glad you hear that! Are you getting one of these sets?
Just one of the books for now
Hi. Do you know what publisher has the rights in spanish?
I'm not sure myself! I'll see if anyone I know has the answer, or you could ask in our Discord server discord.gg/jCJ5yRN ?
How is the binding in the hardcovers?
They're very solid, no fear of breaking the binding or the pages coming loose. It helps that the books are thin, of course.
For the Love of Comics - I’m keen to pick one out of the three collections available. I’ve made the assumption that none of the three use the mammoth type font and I’m assuming the pages are glossy? Is that correct?
@@yugantbhargav6405 Yes, unfortunately the 'Hyslop' font used in the Methuen/Magnet and Mammoth editions is tied up in legal issues and is not in any of these editions. Pages aren't extremely glossy, but definitely seem a little glossier in the regular sized albums, maybe because of the surface area alone?
For the Love of Comics I think I’ll get the larger 90th anniversary edition 👌
@@yugantbhargav6405 For myself, that's the way I would go. Now if only they were full sized hardcovers! 😁
whats so special with that last missing story do you have any info on the backround of it
is there some controvercy or is it just a side story that you dont really need or what
By the last missing story do you mean Tintin and the Alph -Art, the story Herge never got to finish? Or did you mean Tintin in the Congo, the second Tintin adventure? If Congo, it's a book that has a lot of problematic depictions in racial caricatures and stereotypes, as well as animal cruelty and other behavior that today is not at all looked upon kindly. It is still available separately from Casterman for collectors and scholars but left out of current box sets from Egmont and Little Brown, who are probably pitching their collections to children and other new readers.
@@ftloc yea it was the Kongo story thank you for the clarification kinda sucks I would imagine most tintin fans are old enough to understand that its an old series I'm sure I saw some of the similar depictions of Africans in old Tom and Jerry cartoons so do you think the kids care... 🤔
Can you please let me know the ISBN for the blue one which has Tintin and Congo - thanks
Have a look at the imagine of the blue box you linked in your Amazon link. They don't include Congo. Not only that they don't even include the Soviet or the unfinished art one.
You are linking "The Adventures of Tintin: Collector's Gift Set" not the Complete Adventures of TinTin.
Can you please find out the ISBN for that version? Thanks
Thanks for pointing that out - I had linked to the blue box set from Little Brown, which contained a final volume called Tintin & Co.
The Egmont Box ISBN is 9781405262880 and I've updated the link in the description now!
@@ftloc cheers and great work on the videos. I love Tintin but am mainly a manga guy myself - so it was see that you had some Urasawa - my fav mangaka
So i think the blue version you linked is yet another box set option? One that has Tintin & Co but no Soviet, no Congo and no Art - The size might even be smaller? You should make people aware just in case they buy the Blue version thinking it is the the complete version.
Are these EGMONT books published in China?
Indeed they are!
Looks like I’ll have to track down that original blue edition to read the whole thing seeing as otherwise according to Amazon tintin in the Congo in $400
Wow, that's an absurd price for Congo!
I am sure you will be able to find a better price on ebay or even buying it from Europe! I'd definitely recommend the larger books though, so the 130 dollar box set of paperbacks + Congo separately may be worth considering?
@@ftloc That’s probably the best way to go about it! I’m not sure if I even really have an opinion on choosing between the hardcover or paperback, but the image size is the most important thing and it’d be a shame to suffer for completions sake. It’s only a shame that there’s no ideal set to experience everything with at the moment, but hopefully that’ll change for the 100th year anniversary! Fingers crossed at least!
@@bigwingedkuriboh Exactly! The 100 year anniversary set should be a full sized, hardcover box set containing every single book including Congo! 😁
You say redrawn stories/ Can you go over that more in detail? What have they redrawn?
The first 9 albums were originally in black and white and used a looser, more 'primitive' style (which many prefer, actually). Eight of them (barring Soviets) were later recoloured and most redrawn by Herge and his collaborators to match the style and level of detail of his later albums. I have a playlist of videos in which I look at some of these originals and compare them to the modern ones; check it out here: ruclips.net/p/PLf2B7UoR9NKWyI-w-6f2ifLKMNsDbTGsx
@@ftloc You have such timely responses, thanks again. Here I thought they might be getting rid of stereotypes or something with these modern editions.
@@RoboticDragon There's definitely some 'cleanup' but then again the 'modern' versions are still from the fifties and sixties, so not everything got overhauled.
@@ftloc Thanks to your videos, I took the plunge and finally acquired all of the TinTin books. I bought the large paperback box set you reviewed, and then bought separately Tintin in the Congo, and Tintin and the Lake of Sharks
I've never read tintin before but just purchased the red box set, I don't think I'll mind the smaller format and it will be easier to take a book or 2 with me if I go camping or something than if I took the larger paperback versions which would take up more vertical space and could bend in a backpack. I'll let you know if I mind the smaller format (I do have other comics in their larger original format, a calvin and hobbes collection and an Opus one, to compare them to).
Although I love the original size, all your reasons are perfect for the choice you're making. It is always more important to actually read and enjoy the books over than just keep them on shelves, so their portability and resilience make the smaller books the right choice for you.
Also, since you have no prior basis for comparison, you will definitely not feel the sting the way others might. Here's hoping you have a great time with these classic adventures! 😁
@@ftloc Hey brotha thank you for the kind words & for making this great comparison video, you got a new sub!
@@qskii2365 A very warm welcome and I hope you find plenty to enjoy here! 😁
I know I’m late but how is it with the smaller font and format? I’m debating on which to get
@@fullriver1234 I like it just fine! It isn't too small for me at all, and because the book itself isn't too big you can throw it in a bag easily. If you have poor eyesight when reading up close it might not be for you, but if your eyesight is fine (or you have glasses) theres no downsides.