Animation
Welcome to the new Animation section. Here you can find my favourite animation collection.
Tintin in America |
Author: Hergé In Tintin in America (1932), Tintin will confirm his reputation of righter of wrongs. He will face Al Capone and his goons as well as all villains of all sorts. Hergé shows his generous vision of the world as he offers a very well documented depiction of the sad plight of the Native Americans. Tintin’s fame extends beyond the Atlantic Ocean. So, when he arrives in Chicago in the middle of the Prohibition, all the bandits of the city have gathered to make sure that he gets the most uncomfortable reception. Tintin will need to use all his determination and intelligence to survive ! Source: www.tintin.com
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Cigars of the Pharaoh |
Author: Hergé In Cigars of the Pharaoh (1934), Tintin finds himself – by chance – entangled in a drugs traffickers’ ring which will take him all the way to India. In the meantime, he will have met Thomson and Thompson, two clumsy policemen whose role will progressively become more important throughout the series. Tintin, fighting against the drug traffickers of Egypt and India, meets with a few characters he will encounter again soon: villains such as Allan Thomson or the mysterious Rastapopoulos but also some of his future companions like Señor Oliveira but, above all, the indescribable Thomson and Thompson. Source: www.tintin.com
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The Blue Lotus |
Author: Hergé In The Blue Lotus (1936), as he chases drug traffickers all the way to China, Tintin meets a young Chinese boy who will help him get rid of all his prejudices. Rastapopoulos will reveal himself as a ferocious enemy and Tintin will in fact meet him again later… Hergé, constantly improving his story telling and drawing techniques, will give primary importance to scenario and documentation. His quest for authenticity shows throughout, and he judges without any complacency the expansionist politics of Japan in its devastating conflict with China. Tintin’s ongoing battle against the traffickers takes him to China where he meets Chang. Chang is Hergé’s friend in real life. This is he who helped Hergé to prepare this adventure where Tintin will need determination, audacity and intelligence to evade all the traps set on his road. Source: www.tintin.com
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The Broken Ear |
Author: Hergé The Broken Ear (1937) is the story of a thrilling pursuit. Tintin sets off to South America to retrieve a stolen fetish. There, all sorts of interests are in conflict: military, economic and the war of the Gran Chaco which had been opposing Bolivia and Paraguay for the past three years. A small Arumbaya statue has been stolen in a museum, then returned. One little detail though will tell Tintin that instead of the original, a mere replica was returned. There must be a secret hiding behind this small statue since its robbery was carefully concealed. This is in South America that Tintin will find the key to this enigma. Source: www.tintin.com
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The Black Island |
Author: Hergé This is in the current events that Hergé finds his most interesting themes. At the time, the press was giving extensive accounts on a ring of currency counterfeiters, and it will give us The Black Island (1938). Tintin rushes to Scotland where he will confront a gorilla haunting a manor on a rocky island. This is a mysterious airplane which sets Tintin, for the first time, on the trail of Doctor Müller. The latter runs a strange kind of mental asylum: he who enters is not necessarily deranged. As he pursues Müller, Tintin will end up on the Black Island where he will discover an even stranger activity… Source: www.tintin.com
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