You can still get the original versions. The market for Tintin completionist is big enough that you can purcase basically every iteration of the Tintin albums.

You can still get the original versions. The market for Tintin completionist is big enough that you can purcase basically every iteration of the Tintin albums. Btw the redrawing were much more than just toning down racism. Eg in The Black Island all backgrounds were redrawn based on careful research to be more realistic and detailed, and cars and trains redrawn to more contemporary models. This was part of Herges evolution from an initially more cartoonish style to the detailed “ligne claire”-style. (Fans debate which version is best) The earlier stories were initially published as newspaper strips, but was later colorized and edited to fit in album format. Note that all edits and redrawings were done by Herge, or by his assistants under his oversigt. After the death of Herge no modifications have been made. Herge didn’t want anyone to continue Tintin ater his death, and amazingly the estate have respected this.