Tag Archive | "Tintin"

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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Fans of Tintin cry foul

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

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Wim points us to a long and interesting article on the FT by Stanley Pignal on what is often a touchy subject for readers and for the company involved – how Fanny Vlamynck, Hergé’s widow,  and her partner Nick Rodwell have managed Hergé’s legacy through Moulinsart. Wim has reported before on the controversy Moulinsart has [...]

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Tintin shooting finished

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

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Peter Jackson reports that the principal shooting on the Tintin movie is completed – however, we shouldn’t get too excited just yet because he adds that it will probably be another couple of years for the effects and the computer animation to be completed. I’d imagine animating Tintin’s famous quiff alone will occupy some digital [...]

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Tintin sketches

Sunday, November 8, 2009

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Top Shelf’s Leigh Walton has collected a whole array of Tintin themed sketches from a diverse number of comics artists at conventions over the years, from Bryan Lee O’Malley to Kate Beaton to James Kochalka to Eddie Campbell (whose Thomson and Thompsons can be seen below). Extremely cool! Via Comics Alliance (in turn via Heidi [...]

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Real life actors as comics characters

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

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El Pais had five actors from Spain made up especially as real life versions of well known comics characters, including Popeye, Tintin, Batman/Bruce Wayne, Flash Gordon (although he appeared to be in the 80s movie costume rather than comic style) and a disturbingly cute girly ‘Donald Duck’ (just go and look and see what I [...]

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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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Top 10 Comic Book Cities….

Saturday, August 1, 2009

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From the Architects Journal of all places, this is a top 10 run down of the wonderous, nightmarish and plain bizarre places comic book heroes and villains call home: Top 10 Comic Book Cities. Running through some obvious ones: Gotham, Metropolis, Daredevil’s New York (actually it’s really Miller and Mazzecchelli’s New York featuring DD, but [...]

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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 surface of the moon,” [...]

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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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