tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19218379.post115298431731964332..comments2023-09-11T01:08:04.956-07:00Comments on The Blackwing Diaries: Tintin Tonight!Jenny Lerewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06668171465801333811noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19218379.post-1153772976543934802006-07-24T13:29:00.000-07:002006-07-24T13:29:00.000-07:00I think Jude Law looks like Tin-TinI think Jude Law looks like Tin-TinElliot Cowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15952897418341461593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19218379.post-1153332964643049252006-07-19T11:16:00.000-07:002006-07-19T11:16:00.000-07:00The average quality of the Franc-belgian comics is...The average quality of the Franc-belgian comics is very hight.I'm also a big fan of Franquin's work,not only "Spirou&Fantasio" and "Gaston" but,in my opinion,his real master piece is "Les idées noires".Astérix and Lucky Luke are too smart for the "averagem" north american "intelect".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19218379.post-1153202293473264742006-07-17T22:58:00.000-07:002006-07-17T22:58:00.000-07:00I never was all that much into Tintin, but Franqui...I never was all that much into <I>Tintin,</I> but Franquin's <I>Spirou et Fantasio</I> and <I>Gaston LaGaffe</I> were my favourite from that Belgian school of comics. <BR/><BR/>I recently tried to read <I>Asterix</I> and <I>Lucky Luke</I> again and was freaked out by how awfully it's aged... Franquin's stuff has stood the test of time much better, <I>à mon avis.</I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19218379.post-1153194370621751242006-07-17T20:46:00.000-07:002006-07-17T20:46:00.000-07:00My cousins lived in Belgium for a while in the ear...My cousins lived in Belgium for a while in the early 70's, and they sent me several soft cover books featuring Tintin and Asterix & Obelix. I loved 'em all!Major Pepperidgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19218379.post-1153062024168529902006-07-16T08:00:00.000-07:002006-07-16T08:00:00.000-07:00Tintin is the best. I'm a proud tintinologist.Tintin is the best. I'm a proud tintinologist.Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12200158738230958775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19218379.post-1153047945524353492006-07-16T04:05:00.000-07:002006-07-16T04:05:00.000-07:00I also discovered Tintin through an older brother....I also discovered Tintin through an older brother. I loved the way every adventure would take place in a different environment, fully realised, fully coloured and glorious. Makes me want to rush home and dig out all those books again...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19218379.post-1153008983059911622006-07-15T17:16:00.000-07:002006-07-15T17:16:00.000-07:00I discovered Tin-tin when I was seven-years-old an...I discovered Tin-tin when I was seven-years-old and living in a Swiss boarding school.<BR/><BR/>The year was 1956. I'd never seen anything like those big, hard-cover comic books before. I was transfixed.<BR/><BR/>I couldn't read the French dialogue balloons, but it didn't matter. The drawings and color were all I needed.Steve Huletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05537689111433326847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19218379.post-1152999729750405042006-07-15T14:42:00.000-07:002006-07-15T14:42:00.000-07:00the tivo's been programmed. thanks for the remind...the tivo's been programmed. thanks for the reminder!Uncle Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01782789250885810557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19218379.post-1152992347272015872006-07-15T12:39:00.000-07:002006-07-15T12:39:00.000-07:00It's a really great documentary. It only goes slig...It's a really great documentary. It only goes slightly into into his drawing style and the like, but it focusses on his struggles as an artist, how his creative process worked, what things and experiences inspired him to do certain stories or create certain characters, and so on. Definitly worth watching, not in the least for a story-artist.Benjamin De Schrijverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04113326323094548928noreply@blogger.com