Tag Archives: Tintin

Tintin’s flying submarine

Posted on March 17, 2015 by Wim Lockefeer

Belgian air carrier Brussels Airlines unveiled a new (?) plane this week. The Airbus has been christened the Rackham, and has been completely decorated so as to call up the famous shark submarine from Red Rackham’s Treasure, down to little fishes across … Continue reading →

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Quick loves chocolate

Posted on March 7, 2015 by Wim Lockefeer

Back when he was still slaving away to fill Le Petit Vingtième with comics, stories and pictures, Hergé also produced the odd advertisement for a whole host of clients. This ad for the Belgian chocolatier Côte d’Or was made in … Continue reading →

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Captain Haddock eats ice cream

Posted on January 30, 2015 by Wim Lockefeer

There used to be a time when Tintin was hot enough with the general public that he (and his fellow Hergé creations) were used to peddle anything from cars to cigars to ice cream, as seen here. And there used … Continue reading →

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Tintin salutes Cadel

Posted on January 27, 2015 by Wim Lockefeer

On the occasion of Cadel Evans‘ impending retirement, team BMC presented him with a custom made and decorated Team Machine SLR01, chronicling the story of his life and successful career as one of the most succesful Australian professional racing cyclists ever. … Continue reading →

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Troll Hunters

Posted on January 3, 2015 by Wim Lockefeer

This month’s cover for the MIT Technology Review was created by parody genius R. Sikoryak, narrowly skirting the line between homage and tracing. (Via Mark and coverjunkie)

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Putintin

Posted on January 1, 2015 by Wim Lockefeer

What better way to reboot this blog than with a picture combining Tintin and silly word play? This clever mashup is one of the many available on Buffalo Bill Gates, along with Spockahontas, Mickey Maozedong, Quentin Tarantina Turner and many … Continue reading →

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Paul Hetherington loves comics and Lego

Posted on October 15, 2014 by Wim Lockefeer

The excellent Lego blog Brothers Brick recently reported on master builder Paul Hetherington winning the Best In Show award at this year’s BrickCon with an hommage to David Petersen’s wonderful graphic novel series, Mouse Guard. This must be my personal favorite Lego … Continue reading →

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Tintin in Indonesia

Posted on September 23, 2014 by Wim Lockefeer

The Belgian Post Office has issued two exclusive stamps for the Indonesian embassy, featuring a panel from the Tintin album, Vol 714 Pour Sidney. In good Belgian tradition, they went for one stamp in French and one In Dutch. They’re not … Continue reading →

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Styles and characters

Posted on September 22, 2014 by Wim Lockefeer

Finnish cartoonist Jaakko Seppälä created this overview of ten iconic comic characters as drawn in each of their typical styles. Left to right, we see Albert Uderzo (Astérix), Bill Watterson (Calvin), Carl Barks (or another Donald Duck artist), Hergé (Haddock), … Continue reading →

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Brecht Evens Paints Tintin

Posted on September 4, 2014 by Wim Lockefeer

In their literary supplement, the Flemish daily De Morgen is currently running a weekly series of short essays on literary figures that were based on actual people. Each time Brecht Evens provided a fantastic piece of art to go with … Continue reading →

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