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unusual facts about Tintin


Tintin's Travel Diaries

These books were inspired by characters from The Adventures of Tintin series of classic comic books drawn and written by Hergé, and were based on notebooks that Tintin may have kept as he traveled on to his adventures.


Benoît Peeters

He has written a number of books about the comics medium as well, including Le monde d'Hergé (1983), published in English as Tintin and the World of Hergé (1988), a biography of Hergé, "Hergé, son of Tintin", a study of comics pioneer Rodolphe Töpffer, and theoretical works such as Lire la bande dessinée (1998)

Borduria

Unknown in the times of Tintin were later strong leaders from the same area: Nicolae Ceaușescu of Romania, Todor Zhivkov of Bulgaria and Enver Hoxha of Albania.

In Tintin post-war stories it's depicted as a typical Eastern Bloc country.

Chang Chong-Chen

Chang later goes to London from where he keeps in touch, sending letters to Tintin and Haddock (see The Castafiore Emerald).

Cornelius the First

During the Canadian federal election of 1984 The party made a major part of their platform declaring war on Belgium because a Belgian cartoon character, Tintin, killed a rhinoceros in one of the early works of the comics series.

DJ Tintin

Tintin (DJ) has also worked as a record producer and remixer, most recently remixing for Bad Lieutenant, which features New Order members Bernard Sumner, Steve Morris and

Tintin is a veteran of the Manchester music scene after starting his DJ career in 1987, known mostly for manning the decks at The Manchester Boardwalk (music club), The Haçienda and the Stone Love nights, he is also tour DJ for the band New Order, played all over Europe in his own right, and had the headline DJ slot at the Versus Cancer events at the Manchester Arena.

Donkey Head

"....Along with William Blake, cultural influences that inform the continued work include Dante, Jonathan Swift and even David Lynch ... Another influence, visually, would appear to be Marcel Dzama, who also takes inspiration from Dante. Both convincingly portray the fragility of human characters having embarked, like Tintin... on an adventure into the unknown..."

Faux Soir

The most famous author to publish in Le Soir during this time was doubtless Hergé with The Adventures of Tintin comic The Shooting Star (L'étoile mystérieuse), featuring his famous character Tintin.

Hergé Foundation

It runs Hergé's estate, the official Tintin website, and the new Hergé museum.

Hergé's Adventures of Tintin

Larry Harmon - Tintin, Professor Calculus (Objective Moon and The Crab With the Golden Claws)

Human–animal communication

Once, in the early volume Tintin in America, Tintin was able to directly understand Snowy.

Jolyon Wagg

Wagg appears four times in The Calculus Affair: inviting himself inside Marlinspike Hall, interfering with a critical radio transmission (Haddock was attempting to call the police while pursuing Calculus's captors but Wagg assumed that he was joking), repeatedly interrupting Haddock's phone call to Nestor, and moving into the Marlinspike Hall with his family for a holiday while Tintin, Haddock and Calculus are away.

In the final Tintin album, Tintin and the Picaros, the tables are turned when Tintin and the Captain steal the costumes from the group with which Wagg is traveling.

Josette Baujot

She would hone her technique throughout the upcoming Tintin projects, the next being Cigars of the Pharaoh (Les Cigares du Pharaon, 1955).

Le Petit Vingtième

Cigars of the Pharaoh (published as "Tintin in the Orient"): December 8, 1932 - August 2, 1934 (124 pages)

Louis Van Lint

Michael Farr, The Adventures of Herge, creator of Tintin, Last Gasp, San Francisco, 2007, 127 p.

The Mystery of the Blue Diamond

Tintin in India: The Mystery of the Blue Diamond, is a 1941 Belgian theatre piece in three acts written by Hergé and Jacques Van Melkebeke.

Tintin suggests that those to be questioned continue with him on the voyage to Syldavia aboard the Rampura.

Tintin and the Golden Fleece

During the journey Tintin catches a member of the crew, Angorapoulos (Marcel Bozzuffi), searching through Paparanic's papers.

Tintin and the Temple of the Sun

The subject was to be The Seven Crystal Balls and Prisoners of the Sun (merged becoming Tintin and the Temple of the Sun).

Tintin Anderzon

Anna Catharina Tintin Anderzon, born 29 April 1964, is a Swedish actress and daughter of actor Kim Anderzon.

Tintín Márquez

Bartolomé "Tintín" Márquez López (born 7 January 1962), is a retired Spanish football and current manager of Eupen in the Belgian Second Division.

Tintin postage stamps

In February 2004, the Belgian post office released a set of five stamps to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Tintin, the 50th anniversary of the book Explorers on the Moon and the 35th anniversary of Neil Armstrong's moon landing.

A set of six stamps, each depicting one of the characters - Tintin and Snowy, Professor Calculus, Captain Haddock, Thomson and Thompson, Bianca Castafiore and Chang.

The stamp featured Tintin and Snowy with a magnifying glass examining a stamp depicting Captain Haddock.

The stamp would be featured on the front cover of Harry Thompson's book, Tintin, Hergé and his Creation.

Tournesol

Professor Calculus (French: Professeur Tryphon Tournesol), a fictional character of The Adventures of Tintin

Wagg

Jolyon Wagg, character in the comics series The Adventures of Tintin


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