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Phantom Music

Hearing film scores as you read comics.

Timpa

An Indian riff on Tintin.

December 28, 2012
By Noah Berlatsky
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Kim Thompson on Tintin in the Congo

Racism and Tintin in the Congo

J’Accuse

[T]hey are lousy comics critics at the Brussels court.

July 11, 2011
By Nadim Damluji
Blog, Columns
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Can The Subaltern Draw?: The Case of the Arab Henchman

Arab stereotypes and arab translations in the Tintin adventure “The Crab with the Golden Claws”

Strange Windows: The Adventures of Tintin in Otherland, Part V: Radio Coda

On Wisconsin Public Radio’s Here on Earth program — moderated by the able Jean Feraca — Gene Kannenberg and I chat about Tintin and field listeners’ calls; you can find a streaming of the show at this link. Enjoy my dulcet tones– or, rather, my robotic stammer. ——————————————— Some have chided me for overlooking the [...]

Strange Windows: The Adventures of Tintin in Otherland, Part 4

After three installments criticising Hergé for rampant racism and xenophobia, I uneasily picture his ghost appearing before me, with a quizzical smile. « So, » says the ghost, « you’ve really dragged me through the mud, eh ? But what about yourself, Alex? Are you a racist?” “No!” I answer. ”No, but…” New York, Washington [...]