The city of Lille, in the North of France, seems to be known for its pastries, chocolate and generally all things sweet. They even make chocolate masks of your favorite comic characters. And there not that expensive, either.
“Next !”
Even though the eagerly awaited Tintin movie is still in post-production, and no final footage (or even still photography) has been made available so far, Flemish media were abuzz last week with news that director Steven Spielberg was considering Belgium as the location for its sequel. Which led De Morgen resident cartoonist Kim Duchateau on Friday to the above impression of what the casting sessions for that film would be…
(cartoon © 2009 de Persgroep Publishing)
Look, it’s Anita Pallenberg in St-Tropez in 1971. And look, what is she reading ?
(via Vintagephoto)
Australian artist Okaythen did a guest gig for my favorite pixelblog, Very Important Pixels, and turns out to also do a very good Tintin.
(via Kristof, obviously)
While visiting the San Diego Comic-Con in 2008, Leigh Walton started a Tintin-themed sketchbook. He’s on his second actual book now, and so far he has collected about a hundred different sketches. Among those the Thompson triplets above by Eddie Campbell, but also very good sketches by luminaries like Alex Robinson, Jim Valentino, Jim Woodring, Jeffrey Brown and many more. Truly a sight to behold.
(via Kevin Cannon’s Big Time Attic – just to be on the safe side : Tintin Copyright © Hergé / Moulinsart 2009)
What happens if you cross the storylines (and covers) of two of the most iconic of all Franco-Belgian comics ? Blake & Mortimer vs Tintin, that’s what !
I apologize for the sun flare in this picture, but we didn’t have much time to take it. Still, even if you don’t understand Dutch, you’ll catch the meaning of the poster : Tintin loves animals and he hopes you do too.
Gene spotted this quite cute papercraft Tintin. Do check out his blog, as he gives quite a few pointers to similar comics-related models.
(photo by Cleber Machado, who also has the large sized printable version of the model on his Flickr page)
For a special in El Pais Semanal, five Spanish actors were transformed in comic heroes, ranging from Tintin over Batman to Donald Duck. Check out the Making Of here.
It would seem that somebody went and photographed each and every character on the Tintin mural in Brussels Stockel metro station. So you don’t have to go (although you still should…).
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