Ninety years on, Tintin and The Blue Lotus return in new colour edition

Hergé's cover drawing for the first colour edition of "The Blue Lotus", published in 1946. AP - Michel Euler

The Blue Lotus, the story of Tintin's adventures in Shanghai, has this week been reissued, as Hergé's legacy enters the public domain in the United States.

The Moulinsart and Casterman publishing houses are reissuing the original 1936 version of The Blue Lotus – in a newly colourised version.