The second Tintin is the first in colour. It was not seen in English speaking editions for ages due to its extreme political incorrectness: the local Africans have massive lubra lips and golliwog hair, Tintin is worshipped as a God on two occasions and Snowy is worshipped as a god once, Tintin goes game hunting and kills a swag of local wildlife, a medicine man tries to kill Tintin to keep his hold over the tribe. It's not terribly accurate, either: Tintin fights American gangsters involved in diamond smuggling. Although it was colourised and re-drawn this is a bit more offensive than Tintin in the Land of the Soviets.
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Comic review - Tintin # 2 - "Tintin in the Congo" by Herge
The second Tintin is the first in colour. It was not seen in English speaking editions for ages due to its extreme political incorrectness: the local Africans have massive lubra lips and golliwog hair, Tintin is worshipped as a God on two occasions and Snowy is worshipped as a god once, Tintin goes game hunting and kills a swag of local wildlife, a medicine man tries to kill Tintin to keep his hold over the tribe. It's not terribly accurate, either: Tintin fights American gangsters involved in diamond smuggling. Although it was colourised and re-drawn this is a bit more offensive than Tintin in the Land of the Soviets.
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