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The Blue Lotus

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The Blue Lotus

Summary

The Blue Lotus is a comic book album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of comic_book_album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (701 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Blue Lotus authored Hergé[3].
  • The Blue Lotus received the Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century[4].
  • The Blue Lotus's instance of is recorded as comic book album[5].
  • The Blue Lotus was published by Casterman[6].
  • The Blue Lotus's genre is adventure comic[7].
  • The Blue Lotus followed Cigars of the Pharaoh[8].
  • The Blue Lotus was followed by The Broken Ear[9].
  • The Blue Lotus's part of the series is recorded as The Adventures of Tintin[10].
  • The Blue Lotus's language of work or name is recorded as French[11].
  • The Blue Lotus's country of origin is recorded as Belgium[12].
  • The Blue Lotus was released on 1936[13].
  • The Blue Lotus was released on 1946[14].
  • The Blue Lotus began on August 9, 1934[15].
  • The Blue Lotus's characters is recorded as Thomson and Thompson[16].
  • The Blue Lotus's characters is recorded as Mitsuhirato[17].
  • The Blue Lotus's characters is recorded as Rastapopoulos[18].
  • The Blue Lotus's characters is recorded as Chang Chong-Chen[19].
  • The Blue Lotus's characters is recorded as Tintin[20].
  • The Blue Lotus's characters is recorded as Snowy[21].
  • The Blue Lotus's characters is recorded as Fan Se-Yeng[22].
  • The Blue Lotus's official website is recorded as http://fr.tintin.com/albums/show/id/5/page/0/0/le-lotus-bleu[23].
  • The Blue Lotus's published in is recorded as Le Petit Vingtième[24].
  • The Blue Lotus's takes place in fictional universe is recorded as Tintin universe[25].
  • The Blue Lotus's title is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Le Lotus bleu'}[26].

Product Details

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  • MusicBrainz ID: 7589f922-e606-4ec1-8527-f2629882171a[27]

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Blue Lotus authored Hergé[3]. It was published by Casterman[6].

Publication

Publication dates include 1936[13] and 1946[14]. The Blue Lotus's language of work or name is recorded as French[11]. Its genre is adventure comic[7]. Its part of the series is recorded as The Adventures of Tintin[10].

Subject and Themes

The Blue Lotus's part of the series is recorded as The Adventures of Tintin[10].

Reception

The Blue Lotus received the Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century[4].

Adaptations and Inspiration

The Blue Lotus followed Cigars of the Pharaoh[8]. It was followed by The Broken Ear[9].

Why It Matters

The Blue Lotus ranks in the top 2% of comic_book_album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (701 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

FAQs

What awards did The Blue Lotus receive?

Honors received include Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century[4].

Related Entities

Belgium Hergé

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [27] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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