Tag Archive | "Hergé"

China Mieville on freedom of speech, offensive words and that Tintin book

Thursday, March 1, 2012

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We’ve remarked several times over the last couple of years on here about the Belgian court case alleging racism in Tintin in the Congo and demanding a ban on the book (the case was dismissed just recently as judges felt given the time it was created there was no intention to offend or incite racism, [...]

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Tintin in the Congo not racist

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

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Missed this the other day on the BBC site, but the long brewing row in Belgium, home of Hergé, over the alleged racism in the album Tintin in the Congo, has been dismissed by the courts. We first mentioned this row quite some time ago – a lot of modern publishers, librarians, readers and others [...]

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Herge’s Heir

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

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As is probably well-known by now, Stephen Spielberg managed to successfully turn Tintin into a movie.  Alan Baran, an intimate friend of Hergé’s and his last private secretary, was also the man who conducted the first negotiations with Spielberg.  And he liked what he saw. UK and European audiences have already enjoyed the film and [...]

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Unmasked!

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

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Freshly arrived for this New Comic Day, I just love this cover for the second Green Lantern Omnibus: They just don’t do superhero covers quite like that today… (art by Gil Kane and Murphy Anderson, (c) DC Comics) Actually it’s a top week for some cracking new graphic novel releases, including the gorgeous looking slipcased [...]

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More Toronto Draws Tintin

Saturday, November 19, 2011

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Did this already a couple weeks back, but these pics for the Toronto Draws Tintin exhibition are just great and worth sharing… Quick reminder: Toronto Draws Tintin is a month long gallery exhibition at Steamwhistle Gallery from 2nd-27th November, featuring art from many comic artists and all tied into the release of the “The Adventures Of [...]

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That other Tintin movie

Friday, October 28, 2011

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If you are tired of waiting for The Secret of the Unicorn to finally hit your local multiplex this weekend, or if you prefer the quaint, rather old-fashioned Tintin to the Indiana Jones in Plus-fours that Spielberg seems to have turned him into, this might be something for you. In 1947, a long time before [...]

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Tintin roundup

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

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With the Tintin movie finally making its debut in the cinemas from October 26th onwards, it would seem that Tintin has taken over the world (and not just Brussels).  A quick roundup : French daily Le Figaro has discovered that, in an attempt to finally get the US hooked on Tintin in the wake of [...]

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From our continental correspondent – Translation, thanks : The Adventures of Hergé‏

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

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As always, this year’s Fall List from Drawn And Quarterly is a joy in and of itself (new Clowes, Seth, Tomine, Beaton and Barry collected! More Nipper!), but there’s one book that I would like to draw your attention to in particular : The Adventures of Hergé, by Jose-Louis Bocquet, Jean-Luc Fromental and Stanislas Barthelemy. [...]

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News from the Tintinologists

Thursday, June 23, 2011

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With the Spielberg-Jackson movie slated for the end of the year, it would seem that all Tintin news these days is limited to standard American marketing and PR style fodder (this just in : Weta is preparing a series of limited-edition statuettes based on the movie’s characters, with Haddock being the first in line). Let’s [...]

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From our continental correspondent – The Tintin Movie is getting real

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

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All of a sudden, three different posters for the upcoming Tintin movie have popped up all over the internet.  The above one, which was spotlighted by Slashfilm, is the moodiest of them all and, in my opinion, the best, movie-wise.  It shows enough mystery to have people who don’t really know who Tintin is get [...]

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From our continental correspondent – Alph-art finally in English

Thursday, March 17, 2011

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Fans are a strange and curious lot.  They never have enough of a good thing, and if necessary, they’ll go and create their own missing story featuring their favourite characters.  Tintin fans are no different – you’d think that 22 books (23 if you count The Soviets) would suffice, especially with at least half of [...]

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Herge Museum director quits

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

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The Belgian economic weekly Trends/Tendances reports that Laurent de Froberville has resigned from his job as director of the Hergé Museum in Louvain-La-Neuve on New Year’s eve.  De Froberville takes this decision a mere three years after his appointment and only a year and a half after the museum opened its doors.  De Froberville has [...]

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Tintin – Breaking Free

Saturday, January 15, 2011

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Warren Ellis posted this earlier in the week, so everyone’s probably seen it now, but just in case…. The Adventures Of Tintin: Breaking Free was an underground publication published in ’88 and again in ’99. I remember it from ’99 with that great cover from above and reading it again I’m pleased at how well [...]

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Tintin is a radio buff

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

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British Writer Tom McCarthy‘s latest novel, which is simply called C, was longlisted for this year’s Man Booker Prize, and on that occasion Radio 4′s Front Row had an interview with him that made it to their weekly podcast (warning, 22 Mb MP3 download). C is a strange book, a combination of explicit modernism and [...]

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From our continental correspondent – Tintin in court

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

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Even though I can’t honestly say that this story is currently even remotely on the radar in my country, what with the current crisis in government (join the club! – Joe) and the child abuse scandal that’s rocking the Catholic Church, it seems to be somehow on the boards in the rest of the world, [...]

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