Tag Archive | "Hergé"

Now we are Five…

Thursday, February 25, 2010

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It’s hard for me to believe but today marks the fifth birthday of the Forbidden Planet blog. It’s a peculiar feeling because in one way it doesn’t really feel like it’s been five years since I posted that first blog item but on the other hand it also feels like we’ve been a part of [...]

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From our continental correspondent: Nick Rodwell’s Calculated Affair?

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

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Just what is the deal with Nick Rodwell, husband to the woman who used to be married to Hergé (deceased), the creator of Tintin?  Why do I need to use such an awkward phrasing, instead of just saying that he’s the second husband of Hergé’s widow?  Because I would rather not have my private life, [...]

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From our continental correspondent – Tintin first on the moon after all

Friday, July 24, 2009

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As a afterthought to the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11’s moon landing over the weekend, at last the Vatican’s daily newspaper Osservatore Romano has given credit where credit is due.  In an article in its weekend edition, it wrote that Neil Armstrong “was not the first human to tread on the [...]

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Magritte meet Hergé

Thursday, July 23, 2009

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Via Wim’s Ephemerist comes this clever piece by Karl Meersman for Focus magazine, celebrating two very different but famous and celebrated artists who have both had museums dedicated to their work open in Belgium recently, René Magritte and Hergé.

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From our continental correspondent – parasitical parodies!

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

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When it comes to rights (and wrongs), the relationship between Moulinsart and the rest of the world has always been troublesome.  When somebody appropriates an aspect of the works of the late Hergé, however small and for whatever reason, the current owners of the rights to said works are quick to cry foul, throwing around [...]

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