Tintin Linkage

A quick round-up of Tintin related activity on the net.

Its as much us as a chocolate tintin! The WhyTravelToFrance blog found this edible boy-reporter in Boulogne-sur-mer. - Chocolate Tintin

Pop singer Mika appears to be a bit of a Tintin fan… “Then, the next day, I’ll be in Brussels, go to the Tintin shop and buy 15 cases of Tintin toys and make each member of my family carry one on the Eurostar.” - Brit Award Winner Mika: I’m Obsessed With Plastic Toys

Egmont, UK publisher of Tintin and numerous children books such as Thomas the Tank Engine, Shaun the Sheep and Mr Men, have a new group sales director in the form of Gillian Laskier. Isn’t it amazing what you can find out by reading trade journals. Egmont UK Appoints New Group Sales Director

What can you learn from writing comics? Possibly quite a lot according to an article in the Times Education Supplement. “In the old Tintin books, for example, the first part of the dialogue is always on the left of the picture and any action moves with the eye line from left to right, even going out of the frame sometimes.” - Class comics (The article reads like a press release for www.toondoo.com).

Madkinbeard’s blog has a write up of Tintin in the Land of the Soviets and Tintin and Alpha-art in celebration of their US publication. “I should state right off that neither book is for the casual fan. Neither would stand up to scrutiny as an individual work, rather, each best serves to stand in the good company of the other volumes as contrast to the many masterworks of the series.” - Tintin: First and Last. Check out the rest of his blog for some good analysis and reviews of comics and Madkinbeard’s own web comic, Things Change.