1943, The Black Island passes the color.

The black island has experienced three versions: 1937 black and white colors 1943 and 1966 in modernized. The 1943 edition owes its existence to the occupation: for paper saving reasons, the album went from more than one hundred sixty-two pages, with obviously a new layout but also the appearance of The color.

I still had this version in the attic, in the state of flap and without cover. I bought this album facsimile and the object is beautiful: the old paper, unglazed, superb cover, slice entoilée fourth period of coverage. The colors are very soft and it is recognized that the original design, more naive, is more moving than the modernized version of 1966 (beware both are interesting and deserve a place in the collection of all tintin).

The sets are much more refined than in 1966 and give the story more aggressively, while in the latest, most searched Typically british landscapes. It should be noted a big difference in vehicles and avions.Même whiskey mark on the tank of the train changed, Hergé opting in modern version for a fictitious brand, Loch Lomond (Lake Highlands, delightful place incidentally) .

In short, there is no question of choosing between the different versions, but rather to have fun despite the price some of these High facsimile.