Brilliant Tintin, the last one without Haddock and easily the best - excellent drawings, a first-rate adventure tale with plenty of twists, and terrific atmosphere. It owes a little to The Prisoner of Zenda with its quiet mid European kingdom full of peasants and intrigue, theatrened by invasion from a brutal neighbour. The action sequences are fast and furious, Tintin is in a lot of danger, the Thompson Twins are in good form (I love the way they keep getting assigned to important jobs), and we meet Bianca Castiafore, one of the greatest Tintin support characters. The way the baddies steal the sceptre is genuinely clever - they are an imposing lot of antagonists (clearly inspired by fascists making this the most explicitly anti-fascist Tinin after The Blue Lotus). I particularly loved the history of Syldavia, with its story of Turk invasions and old pictures.
Saturday, April 14, 2007
Comic review - Tintin#8 - "King Ottokar's Sceptre" by Herge
Brilliant Tintin, the last one without Haddock and easily the best - excellent drawings, a first-rate adventure tale with plenty of twists, and terrific atmosphere. It owes a little to The Prisoner of Zenda with its quiet mid European kingdom full of peasants and intrigue, theatrened by invasion from a brutal neighbour. The action sequences are fast and furious, Tintin is in a lot of danger, the Thompson Twins are in good form (I love the way they keep getting assigned to important jobs), and we meet Bianca Castiafore, one of the greatest Tintin support characters. The way the baddies steal the sceptre is genuinely clever - they are an imposing lot of antagonists (clearly inspired by fascists making this the most explicitly anti-fascist Tinin after The Blue Lotus). I particularly loved the history of Syldavia, with its story of Turk invasions and old pictures.
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