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An art craze sweeps over Europe - everyone is suddenly obsessed with Alph-Art, or statues of letters. Even the Captain buys an '''H''', but Tintin remains skeptical of the movement. He looks into Alph-Art's origins, and finds his usual mess of crooks and swindlers (including [[Tintin/Recap/The Secret of the Unicorn|Sakharine]], [[Tintin/Recap/The Blue Lotus|Mr. Gibbons]], [[Tintin/Recap/The Broken Ear|Mr. Trickler]], and [[Tintin/Recap/Land of Black Gold|Emir Ben Kalish Ezab]]) using Alph-Art as a cover for forgeries. However, he is eventually caught, and Herge's last panel shows Tintin being marched away, to be covered with plastacine and sold off as a statue.
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* [[Arab Oil Sheikh]]: Emir Ben Kalish Ezab uses his oil profits to negotiate the purchase of Windsor Castle and Centre Georges Pompidou, respectively landmarks of the United Kingdom and France.
* [[Author Existence Failure]]: Hergé died partway through his work on Tintin and Alph-Art; the unfinished draft has been published as part of the regular series of Tintin albums.
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* [[Mad Artist]]: The story would have had Tintin encountering the modern art scene and becoming the focal point of one of these.
* [[Nightmare Sequence]]: Haddock has a nightmare involving Bianca Castafiore. At first it simply involves Bianca forcing him to drink 'his medicine". Said medicine is whisky, which Haddock can no longer drink without ill effects. He tries to resist and Bianca turns into a giant bird-like creature. She attacks him and the dreaming sequence ends.
* [[True Art Is Incomprehensible]]: Herge wanted Tintin to deal with the modern art business. The Alph-Art mentioned is a new style which depicts nothing but big letters. And Captain Haddock was even supposed to become a fan of it, though he's as clueless about the style as anyone.
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