Haha, nah, it’s really more like these:
(hmm… metaphor for Snowy- Hergé himself?)
(evil Tintin alert?)
Eureka! I’ve got… something…?
Meh… so at least it’s back to Peru, via fortunato!
Haha, nah, it’s really more like these:
(hmm… metaphor for Snowy- Hergé himself?)
(evil Tintin alert?)
Eureka! I’ve got… something…?
Meh… so at least it’s back to Peru, via fortunato!
Right, gotcha.
Makes me so sad, and… yeah.
Just… fuck.
(oh god, please tell me I didn’t accidentally trigger the Haiku-bot just there!!)
My old friend “Lil’ Ampton” is an absolute genius about this stuff. Haven’t heard from him for a couple years, unfortunately. Last I remember, he was fast-tracking his archeology doctorate, and didn’t have time for Tintin analysis anymore.
Anyway, here:
https://ampton.wordpress.com/
We love you, Ampton! <3
Come back one day…?
What an impressive blog, with so many well researched and professionally written articles about comic book history! Like this one: https://ampton.wordpress.com/2019/01/10/ampton-reads-tintin-in-the-congo/#more-61
Well, if he does we need to “recruit” him immediately!
Dang, that’s a hell of a Tintin book to cite. In the colorised / updated version, there’s so much charming ligne claire to admire, yet at the same time, so much cringe-worthy stuff to suffer through. It’s hard for me to think of any other Euro comics where I felt the same way.
Well… for example, I guess with some of Gimenez’ stuff in which he’s both writer & artist, I sometimes have no idea what the hell’s going on with the plot and story-telling, but at the same time I’m utterly awestruck by the art. That’s not nearly how conflicted I feel about Congo, but the rough point is made…
Haha, yes. What also blows my mind is that he was in his early-to-mid 20’s when he wrote that series (Btw, he reviewed Asterix, too), while also pursuing his masters / doctorate. Such a super-smart, cool dude.