THE WORLD OF TINTIN!!!
sábado, 28 de enero de 2012
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.
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!
THOMSON & THOMPSON
Thomson & Thompson, the world’s clumsiest policemen, make their first appearance in Cigars of the Pharaoh. Apart from Tintin and Snowy, they are the longest-running characters in the series, appearing in 20 of the 24 Tintin books.
Despite the fact that they spend most of their time failing to solve crimes, dressing up in hopeless disguises and falling flat on their faces, Thomson and Thompson always end up on Tintin’s side, even if they do have to arrest him first!
Real-life inspiration
Hergé’s father, Alexis Remi, had a twin brother named Léon. The brothers sometimes dressed in similar hats and suits when they went out together with walking sticks in hand.
The Belgian surrealist painter René Magritte painted bowler-hatted men bearing a striking resemblance to Thomson & Thompson in some of his most famous paintings.
PROFESSOR CALCULUS
In Red Rackham’s Treasure, Hergé introduces an endearing character who becomes close friends with Tintin and Captain Haddock for the rest of the adventures: Professor Calculus.
Professor Calculus is an eccentric scientist, engineer and inventor who is as clever as he is absentminded.
Professor Calculus is an eccentric scientist, engineer and inventor who is as clever as he is absentminded.
Hergé’s model for Professor Calculus was a Swiss scientist named Auguste Piccard, who was a professor of physics at the University of Brussels from 1922 to 1954
Calculus is a secret romantic and pursues opera star Bianca Castafiore.
Calculus is a secret romantic and pursues opera star Bianca Castafiore.
Professor Calculus invents a rocket that can fly to the moon, but he has never learned to drive a car...
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