A few odds and sods of Tintin news.

Garen Ewing, who’s book Rainbow Orchid we featured a couple of days ago, writes about having his artwork mistaken for Herge’s. Highly flattering for any Tintin fan / artist.

The Tintinologist forum picked up on a new book about Tintin coming out later this year. Herge: The Man Who Created Tintin will be out in the UK in October and in the US in November.

The Toronto Star has a reasonable piece about Herge & Tintin.

A couple of choice quotes from the a LA Times article about the Tintin Movie.

“The actors have green dots on their faces and wear a kind of wetsuit, and the computer reads every movement and every facial expression.” He said computers can also manipulate facial appearance. “It means we can freeze the age,” he said. “Tintin will never age.”

Source: ‘Tintin’ project brings moguls together

From: He’s a Journalist, Still.

One dedicated Tintin fan has started a Channel on Youtube (basically a collection of videos) all about Herge. I’ve only had a quick look so far but it seems that most are interviews with or programs about Herge and Tintin.

Check it out: Quiestce88

Source: Tintin on YouTube

Remember a few days ago I posted about the comic wirter Lucy Knisley? This morning she posted this great picture of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost in Shaun of the Dead. Frost and Pegg are going to be playing the Thompson twins in the Tintin Movie and I hope we will see a suitable portrait of them in 2011.

Update: Just spotted this other Simon Pegg reference in Lucy’s comics. I think she might have a thing for him.

Just noticed on Tintinologist a good biography of Georges Remi, A.K.A. Herge.

1907 – Georges Remi born in Etterbeek (Rue Cranz, 25) on 22 May, at 7:30 in the morning.

1914–1918 – Attends primary school at the District School No. 3 in Ixelles.

1918–1919 – Attends School No. 11, preparatory for the Athénée (secondary school).

1920–1925 – Attends Saint Boniface school. Excels in all subjects, except art.

1925 – Joins the subscriptions department of the newspaper, Le XXe Siècle. Creates his first strip, Totor, for The Belgian Boy Scout.

1926 – Studies art at Saint-Luc school.

Source: Hergé – Creator of Tintin

The Aquila Theatre Company are touring with a production of a Comedy of Errors. The set and costume design were inspired by Tintin.

The unusual setting was inspired by Belgian artist Herge’s cartoon “Tintin.” Tintin is a 1930s Western character who, accompanied by his faithful wire fox terrier, solves mysteries in exotic locations.

“I love that color palette, I love the cartoonishness of it, I love the sophistication of it as well,” Meineck said. “It has a beautiful aesthetic.”

Source: Classic humor at Caltech

This has nothing to do with Tintin other than it was created using Mocap (motion capture) similar that being used for the Tintin movie and it is very funny. Thinking about it, Tintin and the Nanobots could be a great adventure.

(Via Boing Boing)

It is not as cool looking as Professor Calculus’ shark submarine but it is more functional than this real shark submersible.

Lucy Knisley is a wonderfully talented comic artist who uses Herge’s ligne claire (clear line) to create bright and colourful comics that have unexpected depth to them. Such as this strange exploration of the artistic drive through conversations with, amongst other things, a fridge.

From Heart Seed Snow Circuit (and thanks to Drawn! The Illustration & Cartooning Blog.)