Monthly Archives: October 2009

Signed Roy Lichtenstein print of Tintin at auction

Posted on October 10, 2009 | 1 Comment

Further evidence of the rising value of Tintin merchandise, the site ArtBrokerage.com is selling a signed lithograph by famed American artist Roy Lichtenstein for $6,700.

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Posted in Art, merchandise

Examiner link round up

Posted on October 8, 2009 | 1 Comment

I just posted a couple of entries over at my Examiner.com/Tintin blog.

The first is on Paramount Pictures and how movie franchises like Tintin are supposed to save their financial rear ends. Read about it here.

The second is about a cool event the Hergé museum is doing on China, The Blue Lotus and the relationship of Hergé and Chang. Find out about it here.

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Posted in Herge studies, news, tintin movie, Tintin Museum

New Tintin t-shirts, linens, socks and pajamas

Posted on October 4, 2009 | 9 Comments

We JUST ordered a line of Tintin textiles previously available ONLY in Europe. These shirts, socks, towels, and sheets are all made in the EU and are of the highest quality. BONUS: they are priced very well. We expect to take delivery in the next month or so. We will update this blog, Facebook page, twitter feed, and our online newsletter as soon as we take possession of the items. You can preview the group below. Please excuse the image quality. These snaps were provided to us by our Moulinsart contact and are the only images of this line available. When we get the product we will provide better images.

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Posted in merchandise

Tintin not the inspiration for Indiana Jones?

Posted on October 4, 2009 | 1 Comment

incasIt has been a long held belief that Indiana Jones and the “Raiders” franchise was inspired by the Tintin adventures. But now there is a growing chorus questioning this position, caused in large part by this movie by Charlton Heston released in the 1950′s: Secret of the Incas.

The general plot revolves around the character Harry Steele (Charlton Heston) who is a tough young American soldier of fortune, eking out a living as a tour guide in Cuzco, Peru. He has heard the legend of the Inca treasure, a fabulous golden Sunburst which has been missing for centuries, and his intention, when he can get hold of a private plane, is to head for the long lost Inca city of Machu Picchu.

View the movie here.

Certainly sounds more like Indiana Jones than Tintin to me.

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Posted in news, spielberg, tintin movie

Tintin around the world…

Posted on October 2, 2009 | 1 Comment

I woke this morning to an email from the owner of creativeworld.com, who has spent months on an educational project involving Tintin and Milou. According to the site:

My unconditional gratitude to all the people whose photos from the Internet I have used to accomplish this huge and beautiful project (8 Months of work) about Tintin & Milou, with the sole purpose of helping children learn about the countries of the world and their capital cities.

A noble project (I just wish there was an option to view the page without music).

Check out the site here and a screenshot from one of the countries below:

Tintin in Columbia

Tintin in Columbia

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Posted in spot tintin, Travel

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