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Title: African sues Tintin
Post by: mosh on May 05, 2010, 08:33:08 PM

http://www.theage.com.au/world/tintin-to-face-civil-charges-20100505-uadc.html (http://www.theage.com.au/world/tintin-to-face-civil-charges-20100505-uadc.html)

Title: Re: African sues Tintin
Post by: Doormouse on May 05, 2010, 09:27:19 PM

I read it. It is pretty shockingly racist.
But yeah this is just silly.
Herge made an even earlier one called "Tintin in the Land of the Soviets" which was also hilarious.

I should confess that I'm a huge Tintin fan.

EDIT: In retrospect I even translated the original Tintin au Congo because it doesn't exist in English and because I'm actually that much of a Herge nerd. They're truly excellent comics.

Title: Re: African sues Tintin
Post by: FAH-Q on May 05, 2010, 10:27:50 PM

Yeah, they are.

Title: Re: African sues Tintin
Post by: mosh on May 06, 2010, 04:11:05 AM

I wasnt ever a Tintin fan, I liked Asterix better, but there are similar depictions in Asterix comics.

And you know what, it's just more PC bullshit. Just like this was a few years ago: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/queensland/nigger-brown-stand-gone-coon-cheese-next-on-hitlist/2008/09/26/1222217491581.html (http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/queensland/nigger-brown-stand-gone-coon-cheese-next-on-hitlist/2008/09/26/1222217491581.html)

Title: Re: African sues Tintin
Post by: ttfg on May 06, 2010, 06:43:45 AM

That nigger brown thing really annoyed the fuck out me... every couple of months it would pop up in the news... I dont like the outcome but im glad its over.

+1 to Asterix. I also never got into Tintin.

Title: Re: African sues Tintin
Post by: mosh on May 06, 2010, 09:20:00 AM

Yeah, they should have left the stand named as it was.

I remember Starshark and I had a long argument about that stand name. I couldnt see the fuss about it, mostly because even tho we have darkies of our own here, I cant remember ever a time that they were called nigger.

Title: Re: African sues Tintin
Post by: Doormouse on May 06, 2010, 05:42:22 PM

Yeah Asterix was cool too for sure. My Asterix collection isn't complete, though. I need to work on that.

Title: Re: African sues Tintin
Post by: FAH-Q on May 06, 2010, 10:35:14 PM

Title: Re: African sues Tintin
Post by: Doormouse on May 25, 2010, 08:56:03 PM

In my view: Asterix was puns while Tintin was plot.

Title: Re: African sues Tintin
Post by: mosh on May 26, 2010, 01:10:06 AM

The Asterix books written by Goscinny were much better written then the ones written by Uderzo.

Asterix was very formulaic.

Title: Re: African sues Tintin
Post by: Lothar on May 26, 2010, 01:18:27 AM

Those wacky Gauls.

Title: Re: African sues Tintin
Post by: Tru on May 28, 2010, 02:06:34 AM

My German girlfriends nicked me Obelix. God what a great time, I had a dozen women back then.

Title: Re: African sues Tintin
Post by: ttfg on May 28, 2010, 02:30:19 AM

Don't get cocky, it was mandated by the Petersberg Agreement.

Title: Re: African sues Tintin
Post by: Tru on May 28, 2010, 03:44:20 AM

I don't know nothing about any agreement but they were young and so was I.  They loved me. Enough said

Dam I wish I could relive that time. I hated coming back here.

Title: Re: African sues Tintin
Post by: Zoomie on May 28, 2010, 07:33:23 AM

Yeah, welcome to my life in 1992, when I set foot on US soil for the first time in several years...