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Post by Assassinette on May 16, 2006 23:45:24 GMT
Well, i didn't see a Thread about My Favorite Comic book of all time! The Adventures of Tintin! I have fallen in love with the seriws, I own the complete collection of books, and I guess I'm a large Tintin Fan Girl. Maybe Tintin is obscure in America, and maybe a little out dated, it's still one of the greatest comics ever! So, for my Fellow Tintin fans, there's now a topic open. Discuss characters, stories, and all that Jaz! I Call Upon you all!! *Tumble weed roles by*
Well, there's bound to be atleast one of you besides me. X3
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Post by Captain Punjab on May 17, 2006 2:31:47 GMT
I like Tintin. I'm in the french immersion program (dunno if they've got it in the US, but here in Canada they have to have it in some schools, cause those crazy Quebecers are adamant that we learn their language). So anyway, since I'm in the french program, we get to read Tintin comics in the original french versions, and do book reports on them! Well, either Tintin or Asterix, either one. It's way easier than doing it on a novel!;D I've read the one where he goes to Tibet, the one where the professor (Tournesol in the french version, but his name might be different in the english version) is kidnapped, and a few others. It's fun for me and my friends to look at all the covers on the back and try and make up giant stories connecting them. The stories are always really silly, but we have alot of fun. I've got one question though, the last one on the list on the back of the cover is called "Tintin et L'alph-art" and it features a sketchy-looking black and white picture of Tintin. What happens in that book?
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Post by Alaric on May 17, 2006 9:51:03 GMT
Thundering typhoons, Tintin!
A sketchy black-and-white Tintin? I think that may be 'Tintin in the land of the Soviets', or something along those lines (Something about Soviets), which I believe was the first Tintin adventure, which would explain the black and white. To be precise, the black and white would be explained. Ah yes, Tintin. Many of my childhood library trips would consist of picking three Tintin books to read. I had a system of 5 Asterix books, 3 Tintin books and two other books. I was a pretty strange kid. I think I read all of them except 2, being 'The Calculus Affair' ('Professor Calculus' being the English name of 'Professor Tournesol') and 'Tintin in the Land of the Soviets' (Thank God they shortened the titles). I wish I'd taken advantage of buying some of those Tintin books I found in Scotland, since that's been like the only place I've seen them available since I was a kid. It's enough to make you wanna shout "Blue blistering barnacles!" But since I'm in a public place, I shall refrain from doing so. Wow, Tintin must be like the most quotable European comic I've ever read. To be precise, it's the most European readble comic I've ever quoted.
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Post by FlyingScotsman on May 17, 2006 11:24:08 GMT
Tintin and L'Alph-art was Herge's last (and far from complete) Tintin book. It was to be set in the world of modern art, of which Herge was a fan, and revolved around the theft of Alph-art, a perspex sculpture of the letter H. Sadly, Herge died before completion, creating perhaps the ultimate cliffhanger.
I love the Tintin books (as I think the space travel thread shows), even if some of the early ones were distinctly dodgy. I refer you to the terrible writing in Tintin in the Land of the Soviets, the racism and animal cruelty in Tintin in the Congo and the mildly pro-Nazi stance of early editions of The Shooting Star. However, Herge did later acknowledge that he was wrong. Later Tintin books show a highly moral stance.
In any case, these faults shouldn't detract from the superb storytelling, characterisation and art. Look at the lunar scenes in Explorers on the Moon, or the seascapes of Red Rackham's Treasure to see some masterpieces of graphic art. I greatly admire the lengths he went to to ensure that his stories were scientifically, historically and geographically correct.
My favourite character has to be Captain Haddock. I love his incredibly inventive streams of made-up curse words, not to mention his many other eccentricities. Herge said that the Captain was his favourite character, and said that when he was younger he saw himself as Tintin, but as he got older he saw himself as Haddock. He also said that he found writing the Captain quite therapeutic, as the Captain could get away with reacting to situations in ways that the shy Herge wouldn't dare.
Incidentally, Jacques Cousteau's grandson has constructed a shark-shaped mini-submarine to enable him to get close to sharks. Guess where he got the idea?
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Post by OJ on May 17, 2006 12:14:12 GMT
My brother had a TinTin book which is very rare. He goes to Africa and in one part he kills a lion and uses his skin for a disguise.
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Post by Cranky Conner on May 17, 2006 15:55:32 GMT
I think the one OJ is talking about is "Tintin in the Congo", the second Tintin book to be produced, and as a result has problems, such as African's acting backward and, for 90% of the novel, the lack of a plot (one emerges by the end in which it transpires someone is out to kill Tintin).
For most of the 90s, a black and white edition was only available in the UK (coincidentally it was one of the last Tintin books to be translated into Englsih). Only recently has a colour edition (which I have) come out.
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Post by FlyingScotsman on May 18, 2006 15:35:15 GMT
There was also a bit in early editions where Tintin drills a hole in a rhino's hide, drops a stick of dynamite in and blows the rhino up, which has been revised to his merely scaring the rhino away. The original can be seen in The Tintin Companion.
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Post by Assassinette on May 18, 2006 20:02:49 GMT
Well, i won all Tintin books, meaning Tintin in the Congo, its not really rare, just not well known. And I have the version where he blows up the poor rhino. I didn't particularly like that one of the series. Sketchy Black and White Tintin? its "Tintin Alph-Art" I think, Herge was writing it, but died in the process. The Calculus Affair, and Tintin in Tibet, some of the best! The Calculus Affair is actually my father's favorite one. :-o I liked it, it was very adventurous. But I want to find out...who was that wounded man in the garden in the beginning? It was also great because it introduced one of the most annoying characters, Tied with Castafiore, Joylon Wagg; him and his insurance, tisk, tisk. XD In Tibet.... finally, Chang appears again. I loved how they used him the Blue Lotus to show that Chinese stereo types are in fact very fake. And he saved Tintin from practically being killed by the Fake Photographer in that book. My favorite character....Dr. Muller, Chang, Tintin, Haddock, Calculus, Alcazar (Sounds like Alcaseltzer), Tapioca, I love them all. Oh yes, and Allan was funny too, when in Flight 714, he saw the proboscis monkey, and having a similar nose to Rastopopulous makes that witty comment "Now who dies that remind me of?" Oh yes, and Colonel Sponz, has funny looking expressions too. But my favorite book, was the Black Island, no doubt. It was full of action, and showed Tintin's courage and fiestyness. Being Shot right off the bat wasn't enough to stop our hero! And it was realistic in a sense with the castle, the island, and the scenery. It was great, oh and Dr. Muller made his first appearance; when I draw Tintin Pictures, he's always in them. Billions of Bilious blue blistering barnacles in ten thousand thundering typhoons, I've said enough!
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Post by Jim on May 19, 2006 6:46:43 GMT
I remember reading the Tintin 'graphic novels' long before the term was coined. Read them all in the original French too! Among my favorites:'Objectif Lune', 'On a Marché sur la Lune', 'Tintin en Amerique' (Al Capone and if I remember correctly - Pancho Villa?) 'Tintin au Tibet' (loved the Yeti), and the 2 parter 'Rackham Le Rouge' epic. It's funny that some of you mention Hergé's artwork for characters were very stereotypical e.g.: 'Didi' in 'Tintin au Congo'. Another example is that of the Japanese businessman in 'Le Lotus Bleu' (Blue Lotus). Speaking of 'Blue', I remember 2 Tintin cine-albums gracing my school library's shelves. There were two live-action Tintin movies filmed - 1) 'Tintin et le Mystère du Toisson D'or' (The Mystery of the Golden Canvas/Fabric) 2) 'Tintin et les Oranges Bleues' (Tintin and the Blue Oranges) I never did get to see the movies, and was only interested at the time comparing the drawn Hergé characters to their live-actor counterparts... now searches for online info...Found this on the net... 'Mystery' was filmed in 1961 - cover here... Coverwhile 'Blue Oranges' was filmed in 1964 cover here... Coveralong with these pics... Anyone recall seeing these volumes (or films) in your travels?
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Post by FlyingScotsman on May 19, 2006 23:18:31 GMT
I think the first live action Tintin film was 'The Mystery of the Golden Fleece'. There are plans for a live action film based on the Red Rackham books, I understand it's supposed to come out later this year.
As for stereotypes, how about Bohlwinkel in 'The Shooting Star'? In the original book, he was a Jewish banker in New York named Blumenstein. Tintin's expedition consisted of neutral and Axis nations, while the rival expedition was American (indeed, in at least one shot you can still make out the stars and stripes flag flying from the ship).
I have to admit that the early, dodgy Tintin books have inspired a little feature I'm planning for my comic strip. The hundredth strip will be up in a month or so, and I was going to do a fake history of Digs, including the 1940s European version...
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Post by Jim on May 20, 2006 1:03:24 GMT
I think the first live action Tintin film was 'The Mystery of the Golden Fleece'. Well this title certainly makes more sense! I guess that meaning does get lost in translation
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Post by FlyingScotsman on Mar 25, 2007 2:54:11 GMT
Bump! I recently found a book going for 30p in a second hand bookshop called "Breaking Free". It professes to be a Tintin book, but it's a very obvious fake. It was published in the 1980s and is an anarchist work. The author, one "J Daniels", should not give up his day job, as he can't write or draw. If you really want to read it for yourself, it's here: tintinrevolution.free.fr/pages/image001.htmlContains bad language, violence and a little bit of wholly unnecessary nudity. I strongly suspect that Daniels only made it a Tintin pastiche so he could copy Herge's work directly from the comics (because, as I said, he can't draw for toffee) - the characters do not appear to have anything to do with the originals other than a physical resemblance. Among the notable differences: - Tintin is now Captain Haddock's nephew. - Captain Haddock's first name in this comic is actually "Captain". - The Captain is married and works on a building site. - The Thompsons have turned into a black guy called Frank. - Snowy is missing, presumed dead. The back cover blurb includes a quote, supposedly from the Police Federation, which describes the book as, "Absolutely terrible...We have a free press but there is a limit to how far it can go." And if you believe that's a real quote, might I interest you in these magic beans?
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Post by Darthboco on Jun 20, 2008 0:10:38 GMT
I recently downloaded and read a version of "Tintin and Alph-Art" that was completed by the Canadian artist Yves Rodier. It uses the plot twist (which I believe was abandoned by Herge) of the main villain, Akass, secretly being Rastapopolous, and offers some closure on his and Allan's fate at the end of "Flight 714." While not really part of the official Tintin canon, it's an interesting read. If anyone wants to read it, I can PM them a copy.
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Post by The Diesel Engine on Sept 20, 2008 11:23:48 GMT
At my local library, there are a couple of Tintin stories that had been adapted as audio dramas for the radio.
Personally my favourite characters are Captain Haddock, Thomson & Thompson & Professor Calculus. It's funny how I always like those who provide comic relief
Haddock, for his love of alcohol, creation of swear words & hatrid of that opera singer (what's her name again?)
The Thompsons for the knack of stuffing up every half page or so.
And Calculus for his strange gizmos & his lack of hearing.
I currently have Tintin & The Lake of Sharks (or some title like that) somewhere in the depths of my room.
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Post by SaintC01 on Oct 30, 2008 21:06:44 GMT
I remember Tintin. I borrowed some from my local Library. I have a vhs that has Tintin In Tibet on it and a Dvd with something else... If only I could find it... I have also indeed heard about Spielberg's forthcoming Tintin film which will be made using the motion-capture and CG techniques.
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Post by Dmman on May 24, 2009 20:05:48 GMT
Hey Tintin fins! I thought y'all would be interested in knowing that my radio drama group, The Middlebury Radio Theatre of Thrills and Suspense, performed an adaptation of "The Calculus Affair," directed by yours truly. Listen Here: mrtots.com/2009/05/the-adventures-of-tintin-the-calculus-affair/Note, though this it is an hour and a half long, so settle in for an exciting tale. Also note that the actor playing Haddock decided to make him Glaswegan, and I think he sounds a bit like Ryan.
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Post by oliverfanno11 on Aug 1, 2011 10:27:38 GMT
Ahh, Tintin. I remember the time my brother and I single-handedly drained the local library of all the Tintin books! My favourites are
5: Flight 714 4: Tintin in America 3: The Crab with the Golden Claws 2: The Castafirore Emerald and... A tie for first between The Calculus Affair and The Red Sea Sharks. These two are just excellent, and are clearly a cut above the rest.
As for my faveourite character, I think that the bumbling antics of the Thom(p)sons have won them first place!
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Post by MRHloco on Aug 1, 2011 17:48:11 GMT
Again, a very interesting subject here. Can't say I'm much of an expert on the plots themselves but I do happen to have PrisonersOf The Sun and I have seen Tibet as well. In short, the comic strips are work of genius, if with a bit of controversy to go with it (the Congo one in particular appears to have that sort of reputation!). Favourite character? Well, I'm very inclined to settle for Captain Archibald Haddock on this one - the name implies a great Scots background for a start and, as those who have met me in person and heard my voice narrating may know, Scotland's culture and accent is something I'm greatly fascinated by. A character well known for melodramatics and the ability to come out with the most amusing and strangely universal insults in the English Language: they're more like euphemisms when you come to think of it. And, for those who aren't aware of it yet, there's the upcoming film of Tintin's earlier adventures that's due to debut in October. The Secret Of The Unicorn, if I'm right. Among the cast list, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost are involved as Thomson and Thompson while Toby Jones and Mackenzie Crook have roles. As for Captain Haddock himself (introduced for the first time in the stories this film is adapting), the great Andy Serkis of Gollum fame has taken up the role and has always given him a Glaswegian hint. So, Dmman, in response to your thoughts in a previous post on the subject of the Scots accent in Haddock's portrayal, I have a feeling we could be in for something very special indeed. October 26th is the release date for all those Tintin fans out there.
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Post by oliverfanno11 on Aug 1, 2011 22:30:33 GMT
And, for those who aren't aware of it yet, there's the upcoming film of Tintin's earlier adventures that's due to debut in October. The Secret Of The Unicorn, if I'm right. Among the cast list, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost are involved as Thomson and Thompson while Toby Jones and Mackenzie Crook have roles. As for Captain Haddock himself (introduced for the first time in the stories this film is adapting), the great Andy Serkis of Gollum fame has taken up the role and has always given him a Glaswegian hint. And Steven Moffatt was one of the writers! Yes, come October, I'll be heading to the cinema for this!
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Post by paulgwr on Jan 18, 2015 21:17:48 GMT
I enjoy the books tremendously and the film as well, I will say my favorites include flight 714 (one reason is due to Captain Allen, my favorite villan) and Unicorn, because it had all the characters in one place
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