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IN FEBRUARY...

THE WORLD OF TINTIN!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TINTIN!!!

On 10 January marked the 83rd anniversary of Tintin’s first appearance, in Le Petit Vingtième magazine, in 1929. Happy Birthday Tintin!!

TINTIN

Hergé drew inspiration for his star character from the career of the French foreign correspondent Albert Londres. A pioneer of investigative journalism, Londres traveled the world to uncover the truth behind business, politics, governments and the criminal underworld. Tintin represented the reporter that Hergé himself would have liked to be.

Tintin didn’t always have a quiff on his head. During a car chase in his first adventure, Tintin in the Land of the Soviets, the wind blows his hair up, and it stays that way forever after!
The Tintin books have been translated into over 100 languages. In German he is called Tim, in Turkish he is called Tenten and in Latin he is known as Titinus.

SNOWY

Snowy is Tintin’s faithful companion, traversing continents with his adventurous master and saving his life on numerous occasions. Throughout all 24 Tintin adventures, reporter and dog are inseparable.

Snowy proves his bravery on numerous occasions, but Snowy is afraid of only one thing: spiders.

Hergé named Tintin’s faithful companion after his first girlfriend, whose nickname was “Milou” (Snowy’s name in the French-language versions of Tintin).

CAPTAIN HADDOCK

When Captain Haddock makes his debut in The Crab with the Golden Claws, he goes on to become Tintin’s closest friend.

As the stories progress, Captain Haddock proves himself to be much more than a clumsy, hotheaded sea captain with a colorful vocabulary. He is clearly a highly competent mariner and navigator, and his years of experience on the high seas prove invaluable in numerous adventures.

Captain Haddock is famous for his imaginative and educational insults. Captain Haddock is constantly voted the most popular character in The Adventures of Tintin.
Tintin fans have counted Captain Haddock’s insults, claiming that he has over 200 different variations!