Day 4
Cigars of the Pharoah
Cigars of the Pharaoh is one of Tintin’s earliest adventures. He and Snowy are on a cruise to Egypt when they happen to meet Professor Sophocles Sarcophagus (the first of Tintin’s absent-minded professors) and join his expedition. But they become embroiled in a complicated scheme involving a fakir, cigars marked with an unusual brand, and Rajijah, the poison of madness. Most significantly, Tintin meets the detectives Thompson and Thomson as well as the movie mogul Rastapopolous. While Cigars of the Pharaoh is a self-contained story, some of the mysteries are resolved in The Blue Lotus. Hergé wrote Cigars in 1932 then revised it in 1955, which is why the art has the more polished look of later stories.
24 Days of Tintin Special Merchandise!
Day Four Cigars of the Pharaoh Special Package. Expires 8:00 am November 22. Includes a collectible Tintin and Snowy statue; a two-level metal Pencil Case; a Cigars journal; and a hardcover Cigars of the Pharaoh book (the original unedited version in English – note the changes in the illustration style). Regularly priced at $92.35, this package is available for $64.65 – 30% off – for a 24-hour period only. Purchase it now.
Product details:
Statue: Tintin and Snowy cross the desert. A handsome desktop collectible. 8 cm in height. Pencil case: Metal box with two levels so you can sort your pens, pencils, and erasers. Measures: 19 x 7 x 3.5 cm / 7.5 x 2.75 x 1.2 inches. Journal: Cigars of the Pharoah notebook. Image reproduced from original cover art. Spiral bound and ruled. Measures 4.25 x 5.75 inches. Hardcover book: his story was written in 1932, but in the ‘50s was shortened and rewritten. In this facsimile edition, it appears as it did 70 years ago. This is where Tintin meets Thompson and Thomson. In English.
The Tintin map was especially created by Chris Tregenza who run’s a Tintin blog on the forthcoming Tintin movie. A full map showing all of Tintin’s 23 journeys is available for purchase from his site.
FUN FACTS ABOUT CIGARS OF THE PHAROAH
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When Tintin and Snowy are cast adrift in sarcophagi during Cigars of the Pharaoh they are rescued by a passing arms dealer. That man was based on Henry de Monfreid, a french drug smuggler who became famous after the publication of the autobiographic Hashish: A Smuggler’s Tale and Secrets of the Red Sea. Monfreid first went to the Red Sea in 1911 with the intent of trading in coffee but spent the next thirty years smuggling guns, hashish and diving for pearls.
Henry de Monfreid in the Red Sea.
