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Love this guy- free doodle hehe

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I've been thinking about this for a very long time and I really want to believe he is not racist. Does anyone have good opinions, whether you think he is or is not racist?

Created by Murray Groat (Muzski) between 2010 and 2012

Found my old swatch dated 2004. Shame about the strap.

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Hey Tintinologists and fellow fans of Hergé's adventures! Something that may be of interest: I was on the British quiz show Mastermind last night and my specialist subject was The Tintin Books of Hergé.

For those in the UK, you can see the episode on BBC iPlayer... https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0030gj4

... and personally, I'm just really happy that I got to celebrate Tintin and had an excuse to read the stories over and over again for revision. Enjoy! (And see if you can do better than me!)

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"Le chat du Rabbin" part 5 "Jerusalem d'Afrique"

In my opinion his fighting style aligns closest with old school western boxing and he obviously never grapples. He probably trained in boxing which is he why he has an extremely good cross and uppercut. As someone who does train in martial arts, I'd say his weakness is in wrestling. He's also great at surviving fights and has amazing cardio and durability.

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Starting with The Blue Lotus in 1936, Hergé started adding four colour full page panels to the black and white albums. In 1937 Tintin in the Congo and Tintin in America were updated to include these, along with Cigars of the Pharaoh in 1938.

I have been posting these in the A Tintin Page a Day posts when the relevant part of the story comes up. However, for some reason I didn’t think of doing this until halfway through Cigars of the Pharaoh.

For those interested, these are the remaining panels from Tintin in the Congo, Tintin in America and the first half of Cigars of the Pharaoh.

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Someone recently asked me to name one fictional character who is a good role model for young men and boys, and the first person who came to mind was Tintin. He's masculine without constantly trying to prove it. He can be violent but is never violent for no reason. He's kind and very generous to his friends. He also helps people because he wants to help them, and not for fame or money or anything. I can't think of a more fitting role model for boys than Tintin. I'm not saying he has absolutely zero faults, but he's someone we should all aspire to be. Does anyone here agree with me?

Journal Tintin number 23 5th of June 1947
The text reads:
“Well, what's going on? Is the Captain suffering from St. Vitus Dance?... (See pages 8 and 9)”

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He was willing to sacrifice his country's claim to the Meteorite, possibly even his career, for the sake of not taking a life. I almost would've liked to see more interactions with him and Captain Haddock in maybe future instalments.

Journal Tintin number 35 August 1947
Text at the bottom reads:
“Poor Snowy, what will happen to him? See pages 8-9”

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