Coming up soon: 30 days of Tintin trivia.
After following every single little detail for year after year after year…it’s almost impossible for me to believe it has been almost an entire year since The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the...
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Tintin in America: Outside of Hergé and some cameo appearances of his colleagues (such as the last piece of trivia), Al Capone is the only real person to appear in any of the Tintin albums. In the...
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Cigars of the Pharaoh: in the original black-and-white edition, there is an extra section that didn’t make the color cut. When Tintin finds the secret lair, he finds a bunch of snakes inside he has to...
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The Blue Lotus: The Japanese invasion of China is based on the historical events of the sabotage at Moukden that Japan used in Sepember 18th, 1938 to justify an invasion.
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The Broken Ear: The Arumbaya fetish is copied from a pre-Columbian Peruvian idol. In 1979, the original and several copies were exhibited in Brussels as part of a Tintin exhibit. Ironically, the main...
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In “Land of Black Gold,” the letter sent to inform Ben Kalish Ezab of Abdullah’s kidnapping literally says: ”To Mohammad Ibm Khalil. If you want to see your son alive, you should sign the contract...
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Meryl Streep was considered for Bianca Castafiore. So, tell me. What, if anything, will you do to celebrate the first anniversary of the Tintin Movie? Will you at least watch the movie? Have you...
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