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I used to read him!

Tintin! Yay!

Never read it, but watched the cartoon!

Yes. One of my favorites is when Tintin went to the moon.

XPViking

TinTIn was the Shit. Thompson and Thompson,the Professor whats-his-name, Captain Haddock was the man. I used to use that name on the internet years ago. The only thing that got me was the lack of women. The only woman I remember was a fat opera singer.

Didn't read or watch him, but I knew who he was, if that counts for anything.

Watched the cartoon a few times. I thought the eps where they go to moon were pretty cool.

Just a little offtopic question for MKSheppard (something i've been wondering). Are you part german with relatives from the war whose proud of his heritage? Or are you just a Wehrmacht enthusiest interested in German WW2 weapons and history?

Yeah, I read them all several times. Captain Haddock was an absolute favorite.

Edi

Yes along with Mobious Cowboy cartoons, and Asterix (proving I had some Euro comic Background as well.)

read them sometimes but i didnt have any.

asterix on the other hand i had all of them. they were cool.

Asterix is FUNNY! I love his mustasche.

what´s troubadix called in english?

That would be Cacofonix.

TinTin rocked, simple as that really.

I've watched the TinTin cartoon, and my cousin's wife made fun of me because of it

ME

JUST HAVE TO LOVE IT

...Wow..
I remembered a scene from that show completely out of the blue, and was searching my mind for the name of that show..Amazing!

Tintin is fun. I believe I've read every single one (Even the Lake of Sharks, tho I've never watched the show).

Blue Blistering Barnacles!
Flaming Fujiyama!
Seven Thousand Suffering Samurais!

Really good vocabulary-expanding material.

Around the same age I was introduced to Terry and the Pirates.

Hmm, If Tin Tin and Terry ran into each other....

Chances the Captain would make a pass at D.L.?

I've already read ALL Tintin books and I was a big fan of Tintin when I was a kid.

But something really bothers me is the friggin **timeline**. For example, in "Tintin in America" the story is set in 1930s, gangster-esque era. But in "Tintin and Picaros", it was already 70s, and they have color TV, jetplane, etc, etc. I mean, does Tintin never get old????

Uh.. but I guess all comic book timeline is screwed... It also happen in Avengers, X-Men, etc. For example, Avengers was founded in 1958, but the characters are STILL YOUNG in 90s????

Notice that most of Tintin deals with cutting edge science for that time. I mean, why else send a reporter to Syldavia if not to cover the launch of a nuclear-powered rocket?

In Tintin in America, they're in the Al Capone era(?), so it's got to be after the war, somewhere in the 1950s. Of course, being that Tintin and the Blue Lotus takes place sometime BEFORE WW2 (has to be, otherwise why would the japanese be allowed into China peacefully?) this poses BIG continuity problems.

Just suspend disbelief.

And KAN, you have a very loooooong name. You Indian?

Evil Sadistic Bastard wrote:Notice that most of Tintin deals with cutting edge science for that time. I mean, why else send a reporter to Syldavia if not to cover the launch of a nuclear-powered rocket?

And KAN, you have a very loooooong name. You Indian?

Nope, I'm not Indian... I'm Indonesian but my name was derived from ancient Indian book "Mahabharata". "Kreshna" (spelled Krishna) was an avatar of Vishnu, and when he went mad he was transformed to a mountain-sized giant

Evil Sadistic Bastard wrote:In Tintin in America, they're in the Al Capone era(?), so it's got to be after the war, somewhere in the 1950s. Of course, being that Tintin and the Blue Lotus takes place sometime BEFORE WW2 (has to be, otherwise why would the japanese be allowed into China peacefully?) this poses BIG continuity problems.

Just suspend disbelief.

Al Capone's era was before the war, IIRC. Oh, but screw it! Comicbook timeline is really confusing, isn't it?

Marvel made excuses for certain characters that never get old: Captain America was frozen at the end of WW2 and revived AFTER WW2; Nick Fury regularly consumed certain drug (don't remember its name) to keep him young; and Wolverine has healing factor so he never gets old.

Yet Marvel never made explanation on **other** characters. For example, Avenger was founded in 1958 (IIRC). If Tony Stark was 30 at that time, he'll be 74 years old now!!!!