October, 2007
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
Comment on Tintin in America: Advice for Librarians by Raghav
I thought the reason they hadn’t rereleased Tintin au Congo in color in English was that it was racist and colonialist?
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Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
Tintin in America: Advice for Librarians
Tintin is apparently set to appear in a movie at some time in the unspecified future. I’m indifferent to this myself—the black and white cartoon from the 60’s was good enough for me, and the BBC radio drama adaptations are unsurpassable …
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Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
Tintin and the Waste Vegetable Oil (CBI)
Doesn’t this sound more like a Tintin book than the operations of a publicly listed company? I’m sure the company is doing what it has to but this tells you all you need to know about intellectual property protection in China.
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Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
Comment on Tintin in America: Advice for Librarians by harry b
z and anderson,. well, I basically agree with z and doug k about this (and sk, you’re just being silly). I want to emphasize that I was not endorsing any possible complaint against the book, which (and indeed I said that I would buy it …
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Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
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Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
Comment on Tintin in America: Advice for Librarians by Martin Wisse
I’ve always found Tintin in America to be an effective answer to the charge that Herge was a conscious racist because of Tintin in the Congo. Both are a mixture of stupid cliches and downright ignorance, with the America volume mixing …
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Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
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Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
Tintin in America: Advice for Librarians
Tintin is apparently set to appear in a movie at some time in the unspecified future. I’m indifferent to this myself — the black and white cartoon from the 60’s was good enough for me, and the BBC radio drama adaptations are …
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Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
Comment on Tintin in America: Advice for Librarians by Clayton
So I followed the link to amazon for Tin Tin in America and read the one preview page. I’m dying to know what’s with the boomerang attack on the hired thug? Anyone? Please, please don’t make me order the book just to find out!
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Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
Comment on Tintin in America: Advice for Librarians by Martin
When you raised the question of what the childrens librarian should do with “Tintin in America,” at first I thought you were referring to the novel reviewed below (which apparently has a following as a cult classic): …
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