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FREE THE BLACK ISLAND PDF Herge | 64 pages | 01 Dec 2002 | Egmont UK Ltd | 9781405206181 | English | London, United Kingdom Black Island () - IMDb Goodreads helps you keep The Black Island of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading The Black Island. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Investigating a mysterious plane crash, Tintin discovers he's The Black Island something big! The case leads Tintin to Scotland, where he learns of a monster that stalks a lonely island. Get A Copy. Paperback62 pages. More Details Original Title. ScotlandHighlands and Islands, Scotland. The Black Island Editions Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about The Black Islandplease sign up. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Rating details. More filters. Sort order. The Black Island your review of The Black Island Tintin, 7. The story tells of young The Black Island reporter Tintin and his dog Snowy, who The Black Island to England in pursuit of a gang of counterfeiters. Framed for theft and hunted by detectives Thomson and Thompson, Tintin follows the criminals to Scotland, discovering their lair on the Black Island. Dec 01, B Schrodinger rated it really liked it Shelves: graphic-novelschildrens. Tintin is a magnet for shenanigans. Out for a walk, comes across a landed plane in a field, shot at. It's a wonder that he doesn't turn into an agoraphobic. Tintin and Snowy cannot go anywhere without stumbling over diamond thieves, counterfeiters, smugglers and general goons. I guess it's natural that he is a reporter - no other reporter would believe his stories. This time Tintin get's caught up with some money counterfeiters. He also get's mistaken for a criminal himself and The Black Island on the run. Un Tintin is a magnet for shenanigans. Unfortunately Snowy proves to be The Black Island very irresponsible dog and drinks whiskey every chance he gets and is thoroughly drunk for at least half the story. There is a wonderful sequence with Thompson and Thomson where they are in a plane with no pilot. There's also a very unusual security guard. And it all culminates in Scotland. So Tintin is in a kilt and one of these pompom hats. Lot's of fun. Lots of laughs although they might be corny and predictable. View 2 comments. Jan 27, Cbj rated it really liked it. I reread The Black Island today after more than two decades. I used to own all the Tintin comics when I was a kid. I lost all of them to The Black Island mates who borrowed but never returned them. I have spent many a childhood night in bed cursing and plotting revenge against those careless school mates. It's still very entertaining. Upto its neck in action with goats and magpies and gorillas and planes. Snowy gets drunk on whiskey. Boisterous and superstitious Scottish characters. Great illustrations of I reread The Black Island today after more than two decades. Great illustrations of idyllic Scottish villages and countrysides with pubs and the great outdoors. But something was missing. Tintin's relentless quest for justice was boring. He is a bit of a prick. He hardly has any friends. The Black Island Snowy. Herge is no Graham Greene. And he is crap at drawing beer mugs. The smaller illustrations were better than the ones with larger canvases. Anyway, I guess I'm searching too deep for meaning in a comic book that is supposed to entertain. And it was pretty entertaining and hilarious and imaginative. View all 4 comments. Jul 21, Bhavik Semi Hiatus rated it it was amazing. The only Tintin book I ever owned and my precious :'. Mar 29, Piyangie rated it liked it Shelves: comicsmy-library. Interestingly, I didn't remember a thing about this installment of Tintin. I wonder whether I've missed it. Anyway, it felt novel. Nevertheless, it is yet another interesting adventure of Tintin. This time Tintin's battle is The Black Island a gang who forge and counterfeit money. There was quite enough pace and The Black Island for a one hour read. And there was some comicality too which helped few chuckles. Also now that the stories have a proper plot with a beginning and end, the adventures are more enjoyable Interestingly, I didn't remember a thing about this installment of Tintin. Also now that the stories have a proper plot with a beginning and end, the adventures are more enjoyable. Overall, though not a favorite Tintin adventure, I enjoyed the read. Having read the English translation as a child and then again recently, I then discovered a version translated into Scots by Susan Rennie, and another version which explained some of the background to the story and Herge's workings. All very interesting, but mainly this remains a classic Tintin adventure,and as he ends up visiting my home country of Scotland, what could be better? View 1 comment. Feb 04, David Sarkies rated it liked it Recommends it for: Tintin fans. Shelves: The Black Island. Tintin goes to Scotland 4 February Tintin is wondering through the Belgian countryside, out for a nice leisurely stroll, when he sees a plane making an emergency landing. Being the helpful young man that he is he goes to see if he can help but is immediately shot and left for dead. However, as we have discovered, it is very hard to kill Tintin, and it turns out that the The Black Island only grazed him, and he decides that he must go and investigate, so he jumps on a The Black Island and travels to England after Tintin goes to Scotland 4 February Tintin The Black Island wondering through the Belgian countryside, out The Black Island a nice leisurely stroll, when he sees a plane making an emergency landing. However, as we have discovered, it is The Black Island hard to kill Tintin, and it turns out that the bullet only grazed him, and he decides that he must go and investigate, so he jumps on a train and travels to England after discovering that the same plane crashed near Cornwell. This is the first Tintin album they seem to refer to the books as albums in which I discovered that Tintin was not English. Up until that time I was always under the impression that Tintin lived in London I guess the English versions suggested that, particularly implying that Thompson and Thomson worked at Scotland Yard. However, in this album it is clear that Tintin has to cross the English channel, and as a kid this left me confused, trying to work out where Tintin lived turns out that it is Brussels. This is probably nowhere near the best of Herge's work, but it is still very amusing and quite quirky. In this album Tintin is on the trail of some counterfeiters and travels to Scotland to confront them. Once again the Thompson twins are on a false The Black Island as they pursue Tintin for an alleged robbery on the train. We have seen this aspect of the twins before, where they would rescue Tintin because they wanted to be the ones that arrested him. Black Island - Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag Wiki Guide - IGN About 12, people live on the Black Isle, depending on the definition. To the south, Inverness The Black Island the Monadhliath Mountains can be seen. Despite its name, the Black Isle is not an island but a The Black Islandsurrounded on three sides by the sea — the Cromarty Firth to the north, the Beauly Firth to the south, and the Moray Firth to the east. Nobody really knows why it is The Black Island 'black'. On the fourth, western side, its boundary is broadly delineated by rivers. The south- western boundary is variously considered to be either a minor tributary of the River Beauly separating Beauly in Inverness-shire and Muir of Ord on the Black Isle in Ross and Cromartydividing the two counties and also delineating the start of the Black Isle; or alternatively, the River Beauly itself, thus including Beauly in the Black Isle despite its official placement in Inverness-shire. There are modern road bridges across the Cromarty and Beauly Firths, which carry the A9 trunk road across the heart of the Black Isle. The last remaining ferry is a summer service from Cromarty to Nigg. The North Coast scenic route crosses the base of the peninsula. Land use is primarily arable farming and forestry. Since the Kessock Ferry across the Beauly Firth was replaced by the bridge, the Black Isle has become something of a commuter zone for Inverness. The whole of the Black Isle is part of the Presbytery of Ross. The Black Isle has a wide variety of wildlife including several legally protected areas. It is particularly known for the chance to see bottlenose dolphins at close range, either from wildlife boat operators in Avoch and Cromarty or from the beach at Chanonry Point between Rosemarkie and Fortrose. Cromarty House stands on the site of former Cromarty Castle and is built in part from its reclaimed stone and timbers. Kinkell Castle has been recently restored. Former castles of the Black Isle for which there are no physical remains include Tarradale The Black IslandCastle Chanonry of The Black Island and a mound indicating the former site of Ormond Castle.