Tintin Round-up

Tintin Inspiration – The Ephemerist has been collecting popular reference to Tintin in the media. Tintin Inspires, part two, part three. I like the Elvis / Blue Lotus remix.

The is an information-light write up of the 3D technology due in cinemas next year. It is said that the Tintin Movies will in 3D but there is no confirmation of that yet.

Remember how in the Calculus Affair, Tintin and Captain Haddock are going through Calculas’ things to find clues to his disappearance and they find a book on German WII technology with a photograph of two large parabolic dishes? Not surprisingly for Herge, the book and photograph are absolutely real. The Stalker blog has a post on Tintin and Infrasound with more information on the book and photograph. Anauel, a non-english blog picks up on this and also highlights appearance of acoustic radar in King Ottakar’s Scepture. To wrap it up, the Stalker also has information on infrasound weapons of the type Calculus was trying to develop.

Finally a short but interesting look at the role of race in Tintin following the Herge / Tintin / Racism from a south asian perspective.

Who is that mystery man? Tintinologists discuss a rather shaggy haired man with glasses, a black bow-tie and a brown suit who appears in several books.