Tintin Articles
Topics:
Tintin albums
- An Analysis of Herge's Portrayal of Various Racial Groups in The Adventures of Tintin: The Blue Lotus [892KB PDF]
- By Alexander S. Laser-Robinson.
This article was originally published in Euonymous 2005-2006, the e-anthology of first-year writing students at The George Washington University, and is re-hosted here by permission. - Arumbaya Explained
- By Andrew Pilcher
Chief Avakuki: Enefda Arumbayas ket chimdai lavis gutsfa gahtah’z. Nomess in’h! [Translation: And after Arumbayas catch him I'll have his guts for garters, no messing!] My grandpa said this to me a few times when I was a child, but he never actually ended up using my intestines to keep his socks up … - Great Snakes! The Adventures of Tintin: The Blue Lotus—An analytical reading
- By Tara Jacob
- History of The Black Island
- By Garen Ewing
By today's standard, The Black Island album is quite different from the original comic strip that appeared between 1937 and 1938. Find out what's changed. - Red Rackham’s Treasure / Tintin in Tibet—The Unusual Connection
- By Rodney Willis†
- The Adventures of Tintin
- By Russell Towle†. When a Belgian cartoonist first imagined Tintin and his dog Snowy, and sent them off on an adventure to Communist Russia, a cult was born that has since spread across the world.
- Tintin Crosses The Atlantic: The Golden Press Affair
- By Chris Owens
- Tintin in America—A book review in comic strip format
- By Garen Ewing
- Tintin In Tibet: Hergé—His Masterwork
- By Rodney Willis†
Tintin characters
- Ambidextrous Tintin
- By Klas Eriksson and Irene Mar
Two lefthanders’ quest after evidence to prove that Tintin is left-handed. - Robert Sexé: the real-life Tintin?
- By Irene MarFrench writer, Jean-Paul Schulz's research reveals uncanny similiarities between Tintin and a Great War correspondent, Robert Sexé.
- Tintin and the Blue Epilogue: An imaginary coda
- By Mick Sleeper
As a fictional character, Tintin can never really die, but did you wonder what would happen if he aged? - Tintin’s Clothes
- By Jesper Jühne
Jesper examines the changes in Tintin’s wardrobe through the years. - Tintin’s Meals
- By Christopher Weeks
A mostly serious, if tongue-in-cheek, examination of Tintin’s eating habits.
Tintin movie, merchandise and product reviews
- The Adventures of Tintin: Canadian DVD release—A review and comparison
- By Richard Bullivant
- The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (2011)—A review [Tintin movie review]
- By Simon Doyle.
Tintinologist.org senior staff, Simon Doyle, reviews Spielberg’s first Tintin movie at a special charity screening at BAFTA. - Snowy, I Don’t Think We’re in Kansas Anymore
- By Paul Bissex
A review of The New York Times Notable Book of 1995, Tintin in the New World. In this book, the globe-trotting reporter charts the dark, restless geography of his own mind. - Tintin and the Mystery of the Golden Fleece and Tintin and the Blue Oranges – a review of the new DVD releases from the British Film Institute
- By Chris Owens
- Tintin and the World of Stamps
- By Ethan White
- Tintin Stamps From the Royal Dutch Post
- By Rob Winkels
Tintin events
- BAFTA/MediCinema charity screening of The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, London, 2011.—See "The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (2011)—A review" filed under Tintin movie, merchandise and product reviews.
- By Simon Doyle.
- Hergé at the Centre Pompidou (Hergé centennial exhibition 2007)
- By Richard Wainman
- Remembering Tintin’s Museum Exhibition in Stockholm
- By Anders Karlsson
- Tintin: 60 Years of Adventure
- By Chris Owens
Chris recounts his experience working at the special Tintin 60th anniversary exhibition in London. - Tintin in the Far East Exhibition in Haarlem
- By Rob Winkels
- Tintin Festival, 2009
- By Brian Ventham
First hand account of the Tintin Festival, 2009. - Tintin in Welsh Book Launch
- By Oliver Battrick
- The World of Tintin Conference
- By Simon Doyle
Coverage of the conference held at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, UK, Saturday 15th May, 2004. - The World of Tintin Exhibition in London [Review]
- By Andrew Pilcher
- The World of Tintin Study Day
- By Garen Ewing
Coverage of ’The World of Tintin Conference’ held at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, UK, Saturday, 15 May 2004. - The World of Tintin Exhibition in the Hague [Review]
- By Rob Winkels
Interviews
- Interview with Michael Turner and Leslie Lonsdale-Cooper
- Our exclusive interview with the translators of the English edition Tintin books. The translators recall some of the obstacles they encountered, their relationship with Hergé and reveal future projects. By Chris Owens.
Hergé
- All Hergé Did Was Steal
- By Peter Breedveld
- In Defence of Hergé
- By Garen Ewing
Was the creator of Tintin a wartime NAZI collaborator? - A Search for the Inspirational Sources of Hergé
- Examples of contemporary inspiration in Hergé’s Work
By Frank Madsen - Was Hergé a Seer?
- By Tony Tan
Some of Hergé’s books offer an astonishingly prophetic view into the future.
General
- City of Joy Still Waits for Tintin
- By Srinjay Chakravarti
- My Visit to Brussels
- By Andrew Patton
- The Resurgence of an Old Friend
- By Khodadad Rezakhani
- Tintin in Walibi Theme Park
- By Cliff Laureys
Number of articles: 39
Submit an article
We are no longer accepting article submissions.
Article submission Guidelines and Terms (the fine print):
- By submitting an article, you authorise Tintinologist.org the right to edit your work in anyway we see fit.
- You retain all copyrights to your work and are free to publish your article or artwork in other venues as long as it does not conflict with our rights while your article remains on Tintinologist.org. By submitting an article, you are verifying that it is your original work and that you are the legal copyright holder of such work, and that you will hold us harmless of any and all copyright disputes or actions which may result because of copyright infringement issues.
- We are unable to offer monetary compensation for your article; however, we will add you to our Honorary Members list.
- By submitting an article to us, you are indicating you have read, understood and agreed to our Article Submission Guidelines and Terms.
Copyright
Each article is the sole property of its author(s). All rights reserved. No part of any article may be reproduced or transmitted in any form, without written permission from the author(s), except for the inclusion of brief quotations in a review.