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Two bungling detective who invoke

Thompson & Thomson - Two bungling detective who invoke

Two police officers are twin brothers, but only described the different forms of his mustache only. Both these figures are described by Herge as police that very careless and stupid, so often become a problem instead of solve the problem. Besides that the two figures is portrayed often repeat the words of the sentence of each other only behind-the back and just like to said the word "more precisely" (to be precise .....).

With their ignorance, the album of Tintin's Adventure become a full laughter by see their behavior that is described so clearly by Herge as two idiot policeman. Herge depicts these two figures with a black dress coat, hat Bowler and equipped with a stick.

Similar but not identical and the differences located only on the forms of his mustache where Thompson has a form of a straight mustache while Thomson warped out more. Thomson & Thompson character is taken by Herge's father and his own uncle that is also the identical twin brother, and always wearing a hat Bowler. In the French version of Tintin comics these two figures is called Dupont et Dupond.

Captain Archibald Haddock

Captain Archibald Haddock

With the full name of Captain Archibald Haddock, he is a good friend for Tintin in the various Tintin adventure, and in fact Captain Haddock is a Captain for navy ships that have been retired and enjoying life in the Palace, located in the own Marlinspike Hall. He was first introduced in the Tintin album titled The Crab with The Golden Claws.

Captain Haddock has a very nature-off with the back of Tintin as filthy, often not in the fortunate to do something, like the ill-natured and defame. In fact, this is the indignation that was characteristic of him, and the calculation based on the words indignation has reached as many as 200 words. In addition, Captain Haddock, including people who like to drink whiskey, especially called "Loch Lomond", which itself often lead to loss of control and in addition it also always brought mouthpiece. Throughout the story he often uses the default form of clothing wraps blue or sometimes in combination with the black suit.

Tintin Figure Collection : Professor Calculus

The Eccentric Professor - Man behind the rocket

In the Tintin album, he was described by Herge as a genius Professor and an eccentric inventor at the same time who is often calculated to make the strange invention except his most spectacular and most normally works. It was a rocket which capable of flying to the Moon.

Professor Calcullus is described using a green shirt and an interference hearing and vision disturbances.

As a peculiarity of the Professor who is always using his eccentric genius brain, he is also relying on a Pendulum to determine the direction, this is according to Herge depicts the back-off behavior of Professor Calculus.

With the figures of Professor Calculus, the story revolving colorfull. In French version this eksentrik Professor called Professeur Tryphon Tournesol.

Snowy, The Unusual Fox Terier

Snowy a.k.a Milou

Snowy, in the Tintin comic series is named according to the white dog and in French it is called Milou, which means white. Milou's name is the name that Herge taken from the nickname of a girl named Marie-Louise Van Cutsem. She was Herge's girlfriend during his young.

The Snowy character was Herge created based on the form of a dog diversiform Fox Terier colors such as white color, although this is very rare and usually gray. As a pet dog of Tintin, Snowy always accompany the master wherever he went. Even in some cases, Snowy often become a Tintin's helper although also not rarely the cause of the problems for Tintin.

Tintin, Reporter or Detective?

Tintin, Reporter or Detective?

As a major figure in the Adventure of Tintin, famous comic by Herge, he portrayed as a young Belgium man who has adventurous spirit and have a job as a reporter. However, in fact He more often to the withdrawal of a detective rather than a reporter. In each case and adventure, at the end of the story he always successfully complete the case and become heroes savior.

Who's The First Man Set His Foot on The Moon?

False, if you say Neil Armstrong. Because in 1952, or 17 years before Armstrong, Tintin has walked on the moon with Capt.Haddock and Snowy a.k.a Milou, his dog.

Interestingly, Hergé was accused as a Nazi sympathizer because the adventure of Tintin to the moon. For the episode "Destination Moon" (1950) and "Explorers on the Moon" (1952), a rocket carrying Tintin and his friends (created by Professor Calculus) is very similar to the prototype missile was developed by Nazi Germany. Hergé admitted, the idea came from a Nazi's rocket loaded in an magazine about outer space technology.

January 2004 the world celebrates the 80 years of Tintin's adventure. During 80 years, Tintin comics has printed for millions of copies in various languages. Public from various generations are already familiar with Tintin and many figures in his various adventures, such as dog Snowy, Captain Haddock, Professor Cuthbert Calculus, and the stupid twin detectives, Thomson and Thompson.

During 80 years, with various adventure Tintin has been exist in the world for several generations. Tintin has become not just a comic figure. He has become an icon of universal read by millions of people from many different nations and languages.

Marlinspike Hall - Tintin and Friend HQ

The History of Marlinspike Hall

Marlinspike Hall in the French-Belgium called Le Chateau de Moulinsart, castle house is owned by Captain Haddock in the Tintin adventure serial created by Hergé.

This castle is described mimics the middle of the Chateau de Cheverny (see photo). The name is derived from the French word Sart-Moulin, a village near Braine-l'Alleud in the Walloon Brabant, Belgium.

Marlinspike Hall has a meaning - a tool used to gob lace mine - is a family heritage castle of Captain Haddock seafarer's family since his grandfather father. Marlinspike Hall was first introduced in The Secret of The Unicorn episode, which at that time this castle was a residence of the criminals, Bird Brothers. In the episode Red Rackham's Treasure, this castle was bought by Professor Calculus to represent Captain Haddock, the treasure trove of stories hereditary eventually found in this underground castle.

Marlinspike is a place to stay of Tintin and Captain Haddock while relaxing while of the adventures among them. However, in The Castafiore Emerald episode, Marlinspike Hall is the main location for Tintin's next adventure, where all instances the loss of Bianca Castafiore's Diamond this took place in the castle, castle's yard and its surrounding rural areas.

Marlinspike Hall is described as a residential area and the luxurious, decorated with various works of art, antique furniture, and a gallery of Captain Haddock's family wealth . The yard of the castle consists of a wide garden with big trees, wide open field, and a garden with full of rose. Yard is surrounded by high walls with at least two gates and a small building (which is used by Professor Calculus as a laboratory in The Calculus Affair).

The size of the house and yard at Marlinspike Hall seems need a lot of the household's maid and gardener, but only a faithful servant, Nestor who always looks.

Nestor ; The actual owners of Marlinspike Hall

In the album of Tintin he was a butler who served after the affairs of all households in Marlinspike Hall. Previously he worked to the Marlinspike Hall owner, Bird brothers before the castle belongs to Captain Haddock.

He was described as a servant that patient, taciturn, and still a matter of plain command employer even though sometimes he also often curious and always want to know the issues with the bos.

The Two Idiot Detective

Thomson & Thompson - The Two Idiot Detectives

Two police officers are twin brothers, but only described the different forms of his mustache only. Both these figures are described by Herge as police that very careless and stupid, so often become a problem instead of solve the problem. Besides that, the two figures is portrayed often repeat each other the words of the sentence only behind-the back and just like the word "more precisely" (to be precise .....).

With their ignorance, The Adventures of Tintin become a full laughter by see their behavior that is described so clearly by Herge as idiot detectives. Herge depicts two figures with a black dress coat, hat Bowler and equipped with a stick.

Similar but not identical and the differences located only on the shape their both mustache where Thompson has a form of a straight mustache while Thomson's mustache was warped out more. Thomson & Thompson character is taken by Herge's own father and uncle that is also the identical twin brother, and always wearing a hat Bowler. In the French version of this comic, the two leaders is called Dupont et Dupond.

The last episode of The Adventures of Tintin

Tintin and Alph-Arth - The last episode of Tintin

As the list of Tintin Collections we know that Tintin and Alph-Arth is the last episode of Tintin Adventure series. But unfortunately in the 24-series to this, Herge had not completed his work and died in 1983. So in the book-to 24 this, Tintin and Alph-Art was published only as sketches by Herge.

Besides Tintin, Herge also create another comics such as Jo, and Zette Joko - Adventure in India and many more works of Herge is more outstanding in Europe.

The Short Herge's Biography

Herge has a full name Georges Prosper Remi, born in Etterbeek, Brussels Belgium 1907 years. In his work he always gives the name initials RG, and in French, initials RG Herge read this, this is the origin it has a nickname Herge. After completing school in 1925, Herge began working at a newspaper called "Le XXe Siecle." Then in 1928 he got the opportunity to fill the rubric of children who become the supplement of the newspaper. Rubric children is called Le Petit Vingtieme and published weekly. But early this illustration is based on the author and request the results be not too publicly.

New on the encouragement and leadership, he began to muster up the paper to create a comic strip based on the imagination and apply their own style of American comic speech balloon to use as a field to fill in words. From where the character appears named Tintin, a reporter and a young adventurer who is always accompanied a faithful dog diversiform Fox Terrier, named Snowy. Tintin comic strip is entitled Tintin in the Land of the Soviets, and the pages start to appear in Le Petit Vingtieme dated 10 January 1929 to 8 May 1930.

According to Herge himself, actually inspired this character Tintin's own brother called Paul Remi, a military officer in Belgium. After this first Tintin comic in June and then resumed again in 1930 with both series, that is Tintin in the Congo, Tintin in America and so on up to 24 titles.

All the titles of The Adventures of Tintin have been published which can be seen in Tintin Collections

Specialties of the Tintin Comics

Year 2007 is the year in which Herge, the creator of Tintin, has reached the age of 100 years, if he was still alive of course, but unfortunately in 1983 he died. Nevertheless the world still respect him as a prominent creator of the Tintin comics are very popular in our ears and even the world has. Indeed, this comic Tintin easily accepted because people put more emphasis on the humanitarian side, more so near the real life. Specialties of the Tintin comic this is able to survive for more than 70 years by readers of several generations and has sold more than 200 million copies and was translated into 50 languages, including English.

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