Tag Archive | "Tintin"

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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Does Tintin Dream Of Electric Sheep and other bits of greatness from Dan Hipp….

Saturday, November 26, 2011

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You may have seen this over at Warren Ellis’ Ubergrid already, but this is just so worth seeing again: Following his Tintin meets Aliens art, Dan Hipp turns his attention to Phillip K. Dick Mashup. Best bit… Haddock in the corner as Pris: But Hipp’s site is a source of so much great art… including [...]

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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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Toronto Draws Tintin….

Sunday, October 30, 2011

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Okay, just a touch late on this (thanks to Tom Spurgeon for the link via Twitter) – 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 Herge” by Stanislas. The final day [...]

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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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From our continental correspondent – I’ve seen the movie and it rocks.

Thursday, October 27, 2011

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On Tuesday, the day before the official premiere (but still a couple days after the grand opening with Spielberg and the entire cast), I had the chance of seeing the new Tintin movie, The Secret of the Unicorn, and it was one of the best comics adaptations I have ever seen.  There, I said it. [...]

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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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Tintin…. the reviews are in…. and oh dear…..

Sunday, October 23, 2011

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Well, the Tintin movie opens this week in the UK. And so far, everything I’ve read about it doesn’t bode well. This, from The Guardian, set the alarm bells ringing…. “Coming out of the new Tintin film directed by Steven Spielberg, I found myself, for a few seconds, too stunned and sickened to speak; for [...]

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All the Tintin you need

Friday, October 21, 2011

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The Adventures of Tintin from James Curran on Vimeo. This delightful unofficial animated title sequence for the upcoming Adventures of Tintin movie was created by James Curran and rather cleverly manages to include references to all of the Tintin albums, from Pays des Soviets to L’Alph-Art, all in a brilliantly stylised, fairly minimal yet perfectly [...]

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Tintin and the Lovecraftian horror….

Saturday, September 17, 2011

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Oh, such a simple “what if” sort of idea…. wouldn’t it be cool if the world’s most famous boy reporter met all those wonderfully horrific Lovecraftian nightmares…..? And here they are, beautifully done by artist Murray Groat (MUZ). As always with these Euro-inspired pieces, this one sent over by Wim.

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Pravda and snowy

Thursday, August 18, 2011

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Holy cow, there’s just too much comics intertextuality going on here ! Channeling the modus operandi perfected by Andy Warhol, in 2008 French cartoonist Jean-C. Denis created a portrait of Guy Peelaert‘s equally pop art heroin Pravda, holding that other famous Belgian female, Snowy. And all the while a quartet of angry or merely bewildered [...]

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Spielberg and Jackson talk Tintin

Thursday, August 4, 2011

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Elliot Kotek has a short video of Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson talking about their Adventures of Tintin flick at San Diego Comic Con: Steven Spielberg & Peter Jackson talk “The Adventures of Tintin” at Comic-Con 2011 from Elliot Kotek on Vimeo.

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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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