Archive for the 'Tintin' Tag
Friday, February 29th, 2008
In case you were wondering what the Thompson Twins (or Jansen & Janssen, as they are called in Dutch) have been up to since 1983, when Hergé died, here’s your answer. They’re in real estate and doing pretty well for themselves, with six offices across the country, and Snowy endorsing their activities.
Their website is “all rights reserved”, but even in their impressive disclaimer there’s not a trace of Moulinsart or any other property statement. Strange… I’d even say, “Strange”.
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Thursday, February 28th, 2008
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Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
Over the years, Ever Meulen has done a zillion covers for Humo magazine. Some of them are plainly recognizable, for others you need to know it’s actually him. Here is an example of a hidden Meulen somewhere in the eighties, adding all kinds of details to a picture of television presenter Paul Muys. Including a Tintin quiff.
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Friday, February 22nd, 2008
Two legends of Belgian comics united in one photo - what are the odds of that. Inspired by the revolving Star sign on the Mercedes-Benz headquarters building (read more about that here), the Tintin sign has graced the Lombard building in Brussels for decades. The literally blown-up Plunk was last seen in Angoulème, Turnhout and loads of other gatherings of the comics tribes…
(from PlunkBlog)
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Sunday, January 20th, 2008
Here’s a final set of examples on how Tintin and related elements are used as a cultural icon in journalism and topical cartooning. Above, the front page of the april 3, 1987 edition of the Flemish daily De Morgen. It shows La Castafiore singing her famous aria, only now it’s not seeing her beauty that makes her laugh, but the scandals, shennanigans and goings-on that plagued the National Opera at that time.
Below, the Thompson twins (who, in fact, are not even brothers) are used by Flemish cartoonist Gerard Alsteens to comment on the Mexican elections somewhere in the mid-80’s, where everybody claimed they had one.
“I win”
“I would even state, ‘I win’”
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Friday, January 18th, 2008
Here are two more Tintin references from the 1980’s. Above is a cartoon from pop music magazine Fabiola (from 1985 or 1986, I think, since Fabiola didn’t have that long a run). It shows Elvis and Richard Nixon in a Blue Lotus pose, probably giving drug users, the Beatles, left wing activists and hippies the evil eye.
Below is one from a later date, commenting on the first war in Iraq, which was directed as if it was a movie (remember the embedded journalists ?). I think it is by Jan de Maesschalck, but I’m not sure.
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Friday, January 18th, 2008
Over the years, Tintin has inspired Belgian magazine cover designers to come up with references, parodies or paraphrasings of almost iconic images from his adventures. In this post, one from a Pourquoi Pas issue from 1988 and three Humo covers from 1985 and 1992. Pourquoi Paswas running an article on the difficulties of living as a Chinese in Belgium, and this take on the Blue Lotus cover, with a rather stereotypical Chinaman replacing Tintin, and a Belgian lion instead of the dragon, was a nice evocation of that subject.
The Humo images after the break are by Ever Meulen and Jan Bosschaert.
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Thursday, January 3rd, 2008
While waiting to post some christmas cards, I picked up these new Duostamps from my local post office. Duostamps are typically standard value stamps that have a second stamp attached with a certain topical image. In this case, from left to right, the following themes are used :
- The smurfs, with elements from several Smurfs albums (rather shoddily cropped, if you ask me). It would seem that these stamps were issued just in time for the 50th anniversary of Peyo’s characters, which will be celebrated this year.
- A set of five stamps with characters by Hergé, branded with the “Une Vie, Un Oeuvre” logo. These stamps feature Totor, Leo et Lea, Quick et Flupke, Jo et Zette and Tintin, respectively.
- A second set of stamps with Hergé art (featuring Tintin and a portrait of Hergé himself. This set too is branded with the “Une Vie, Un Oeuvre” logo.
These stamps are available from Belgian post offices, and (most probably) also on the De Post Eshop. (Smurfs © Peyo; Totor, Leo et Lea, Quick et Flupke, Jo et Zette and Tintin © Moulinsart)
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Wednesday, December 19th, 2007
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Monday, December 10th, 2007
From Balthazar B, really the only sensible thing to say in the debate on whether or not Hergé was racist or not. True.
At the request of Barry, here’s an attempt to a translation. I’m not really sure about this semi-patois caricature, so if somebody can review this translation, be my guest :
Black boy : “It too late, my friends. Him Hergé him already dead ! We no can kill him !”
Chinese boy (Tchang) : “I did tell you so.”
Jewish man : “Ooh ! Him starting to blow me up, that Chinook !”
Black man : “Him lemonface only claim him so clever because him be on picture with him Tintin !”
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