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Tag Archives: tintin
Opening the closet – was Tintin gay?
From the department of overreaching readings comes an article by Hugh Rifkind in the Times titled “Of Course Tintin’s gay. Ask Snowy” which trots out some ‘evidence’ that he was gay. It is sloppy writing and research by somebody either … Continue reading
Fairy tales and cultural meanings
The Boston Globe has a quick article on the sanitisation of fairy tales in Disney films. Its not a new idea but as I begin thinking about Tintin and Asterix, I realise how like fairy tales they both are, in … Continue reading
Reimagining occupation – Tintin and Asterix
I’ve been reading Matthew Screech’s Master of the Ninth Art and he makes a valid point about Tintin and Asterix. Hergé engaged with the rise of Fascism in The Black Isle and mainly in King Ottakar’s Sceptre. Screech argues that … Continue reading