TINTIN
THE ADVENTURES of TINTIN, are excellent. I'm surprised the comic-book series has not received more global recognition hitherto than it has.Left: Captain Haddock, Tintin's best friend.Herge the author from Belgium, who created Tintin, was with out doubt a genius. The man on the street understands Tintin, but because the comic book cartoon format is generally regarded as trivial amongst literature greats, this notion mitigates his esteem, for Tintin.The man on the street understands nothing of Shakespeare, yet ironically he is always ready to support Shakespeare as a work of genius. It is. But so is Tintin, and it ought to be recognised as such.The Adventures of Tintin is perfect in so many ways. In so far as the work appeals to all age groups young and old child and adult alike, one can draw the comparison with 'The Simpsons", regarding this similarity.For the young boy, growing up raised on Tintin: all the world is put in perspective. The reality of the worlds great dramas is accurately reflected on the page.....In pictures and words.It ought to be compulsory for schools to stock in their' libraries the complete series. The stories should be analysed in High School English Class. Their depth offers many lessons.Tintin has good values. He protects the weak, fights bullies, always does good and never does bad.And how funny the series is! Who can ever in their life forget Captain Haddock's vocabulary of hilarious swear-words!I will always laugh at the sticking plaster incident on the plane, in 'the calculus Affair' Or the time the Llama kept spitting in the captain's face in 'prisoners of the sun', Or the time General Alcazar and General Tapioca are having a 'moment' together in 'Tintin and the Picaros', reminiscing over the good old days when coups were bloody affairs, and their mutual disappointment that Tintin would not allow them to observe Latin American coup De'Etat tradition of executing the fallen leader. Tapioca was just as sad as Alcazar at this interruption of tradition; despite the fact that Tintin had just prevented Alcazar from executing Tapioca! Hilarious stuff, every one should read The Adventures of Tintin.Remember its a work of art to be held in the highest esteem, just like the Mona-Lisa painting, the architectural beauty that is the Empire State Building, and of course Shakespeare.The Tintin Adventures are published in perhaps thirty-five countries world-wide.