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 Beautifully drawn boy
http://travel.guardian.co.uk/activities/culture/story/0,7447,1180560,00.html : The secrets of the Tintin cartoons' extraordinary sense of place are revealed in a new exhibition celebrating Hergé's creation, writes travel editor Gwyn Topham |
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Homage to Tintin's sea scrapes dishes up a fresh Haddock
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1180632,00.html : The distinguished naval officer has a fine ruddy look, as if he might well reach for a whisky bottle in times of stress. There's a grim set to his jaws too, as if they could open to bellow: "Sea gherkins! Baboons! Filibusters! Bagpipes! Gallows fodder!" as Captain Haddock does.
As Captain Haddock repeat edly boasted, his ancestry was noble and |
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Museum to draw crowds with cartoon boy wonder
http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/story/0,11711,1088048,00.html : Tintin to star in exhibition sponsored by lifelong devotee
After 75 years trotting around the world with no more protection than a wire-bound notebook, a small white terrier, and a foul-mouthed drunken old sea captain, Tintin is coming to London. |
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