 Harry Thompson thought that The Black Island expressed a " convenient , hitherto unsuspected regard for the British " on Hergé 's behalf , with Britain itself appearing as " a little quaint . " He thought that it " outstrips its predecessors " both artistically and comedically , describing it as " one of the most popular Tintin stories . " He felt that some of the logically implausible slapstick scenes illustrated " the last flicker of 1920s Tintin " , but that the 1966 version was " a fine piece of work and one of the most beautifully drawn Tintin books . " Michael Farr commented on the " distinct quality and special popularity " of The Black Island . He thought that the inclusion of many airplanes and a television in the first version was symptomatic of Hergé 's interest in innovation and modernism . Commenting on the differences between the third version of the comic and the earlier two , he thought that the latter was " strongly representative " of the artistic talents of Studios Hergé in the 1960s , but that it was nevertheless inferior , because it had replaced the " spontaneity and poetry " of the original with " over @-@ detailed and fussily accurate " illustrations . 
