What Ever Happened to Tintin? 

Tintin was how I really got into reading. I always struggled with it as a child, but finding those albums really sparked something. My dad will talk about how I'd always want to "go find Tintin" whenever we went into a new library as a small child. It got me into both reading and drawing. Wanted to be a comic book artist because of Tintin when I was growing up. I owe Tintin a lot from my childhood.

I love Tintin, My brother and I used to read them on the plane, when going on vacations, and whenever we had free time :) I also played Tintin in Tibet, which I remember as an actually good game. Still bumped out about not getting a sequal to the fllm. Great video, keep 'em coming :)

Now do Asterix!

This has really got me in the mood to dig up these books from my house, great video!!

Could've been a sour note to end with, but the Tintin brand tarnished itself by getting involved in the NFT scam

Was thinkin about Tintin lately 😅 Ngl mad still there was never a second movie (Edit, this video is a 10/10)🙌

I know another tintin fan when I see one. Great video!

His hairstyle is pretty cool. ♪

tintin is huge in my country (indonesia) ! it was back in 80-90s when there's a period where almost everyone here knows tintin. i think mostly started because our country featured in the comic (you can see in 4:40 Herge himself had the copy of indonesian edition). Today they still quite popular, merchandise and comic still sell well in my country, the fandom and community also still exist and thriving, and i think they also had exhibition here not so long ago.

I discovered your channel through your Dinotopia video, and man do I love this one too. I was a childhood Tintin fan in the early 90s, and even then I could tell the difference between the early and later books. I was always frustrated back then that some of those earlier books eluded me- specifically, Tintin in the Congo- though now I feel differently about that. The thing I always loved most was the art style, and that's what's really stuck with me all these years, leading me to discovering other artists such as Mœbius. Thank you for another terrific video!

This episode really does Tintin justice, incredible video quality man!

I remember talking to an exchange student from Belgium and asking him about TinTin and he very dismissively said "that's for old people"

Hello Exits Examined! I have just subscribed, and I adore your Tintin and Chronicles Of Prydain videos. I love the Tintin stories, but at the same time I hate the earlier ones for the more offensive portayals [a part of history, sure, but still very offensive], but the later ones really did become better, to the point where I could separate Tintin from his past. Unfortunately, Tintin is not the only Belgian character who failed to make it big in the U.S, there's also Johan and Peewit by Peyo [creator of The Smurfs]. If I could describe Johan and Peewit's stories, it would be Tintin with elements of Chronicles Of Prydain, which makes the fact that Johan and Peewit are obscure even sadder. I'd love to see a video examining why Johan and Peewit couldn't catch on in the US, while also mentioning the growing fandom these characters are beginning to receive. A video on the rise and fall of Will Vinton and his Claymation studio would also be amazing!

Great video! When I was a kid I always read tintin when we visited some friends of the family, but it was a bit weird since they only owned the French versions and the father of their family had translated them himself and placed stickers with his translations over the original text. It would be interesting if you could do a video like this for Spirou and Fantasio, which (sadly) isn’t quite as popular as tintin, but it’s definitely inspired by him since it features many of the same ideas (the eternal boy-hero, the journalist, the adventures into exotic places, the political and social commentary, etc).

Just a quick commentary, but the black and white city footage is not Brussels, but Antwerp.

Tintin entering the public domain will be a sad day, indeed. I sincerely hope they don't write any new stories. And I also hope that they won't make another Steven Spielberg/Peter Jackson travesty, where they pick and choose bits from various Tintin adventures that have nothing to do with each other. And I REALLY hope the Americans don't mess Tintin up. They've never cared for him thus far, so it would be like a slap in the face if they started re-doing Tintin for American audiences now. They've already ruined Asterix with a horrendously bad translation...

I'm Scottish and I love Tintin, it was really cool having The Black Island when I was small. Great hearing Hergés shift from anti-commie to anti-fascist sentiments in his books.

We've still got original French hardbacks bought in the early 80s.

I love Tintin, but lately I feel the books at least here in the U.S. have fallen victim to cancel culture since as you mention they can be pretty political and prejudiced. The one book I don’t fully understand for getting canceled is Tintin in America because while yes the drawings and depictions of the Native Americans are not always flattering in the story you see Herge advocating for them by showing how terribly they are treated when Tintin accidentally finds oil on the reserve suddenly all these businesses men appear offering him millions when Tintin refuses and tells them to deal with the Native Americans the men give them five bucks and kick them out. In middle school when I first read the book I was struck by the candid depiction of the American West.

To say I saw the film is a half-truth. The mocap made me feel ill, so I mostly listened to it. I did try! 😅