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Fun Facts on Tintin
• The Adventures of Tintin is a series of 23 comic series (plus the unfinished Tintin and the Aplha Art)
• The Adventures of Tintin is a series of 23 comic series (plus the unfinished Tintin and the Aplha Art).
• Tintin character was created in 1929 by a Belgian artist named Georges Rémi who is better known by his pen name, Hergé (created from the French pronunciation of R.G, his reversed initials). Born in 1907 in Brussels, Belgium, Hergé died in 1983 before he finished Tintin and the Aplha Art.
• Before being printed in comic form, Tintin first appeared in Le Petit Vingtieme, a children’s supplement to the Belgian newspaper Le Vingtieme Siecle.
• Initially, Tintin was published by the now-defunct Indira publisher. Rizki Jaya owns the first edition of The Black Island – it was the first title of The Adventures of Tintin which published by Indira (published in 1975, with the price tag of Rp700).
• Started 2008, Gramedia, the largest book publisher in Indonesia, publishes Tintin comics — currently, it is sold at Rp45,000 each. Gramedia has launched Tintin and Milo character books by Michael Farr (Rp35,000 each) – there are 12 character books in total.
• Tintin has been translated into more than 70 languages (www.tintin.com).
• According to avid Tintin fans, Tintin: The Complete Companion by Michael Farr is a must-have book.
An invaluable tip from Berthold Sinaulan:
Any avid Tintin fan would surely love to visit Hergé Museum in Brussels, Belgia. However if money is a barrier, you can visit MINT Museum of Toys (Moment of Imagination and Nostalgia with Toys) in Singapore which is located near Raffles Hotel. According to Berthold who has visited it several times, this museum’s Tintin collection is definitely worth-seeing.
Wikipedia on Tintin in Indonesian language:
If you want to introduce Tintin to any Indonesian-speaking person (say, before he read the comics), id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petualangan_Tintin is the right website to click. Its creator, Mokhammad Misdianto, compiled the information from wikipedia on Tintin in several languages: English, French and Dutch. He spent about 3 weeks to complete his labor of love and the result paid off nicely, as his article was chosen as “Article of the Month” by Wikipedia Indonesia.
Dalai Lama honored Tintin in 2006 (Light of Truth Award)
Dianasari (Dina) informs that Tintin is the first comic character that has been honored by Dalai Lama. The Tibetan spiritual leader honored Tintin and Archbishop Desmond Tutu at the same time. Dina is among the 222 people of who owns limited edition Tibetan Buddhist Pack (a fruition of a project that involves Tibetan Buddhist Center, Phuntsok Chö Ling, in the Netherlands). It consists of Tintin Swatch watch, Tintin in Tibet comic, a Buddhist prayer flag and a Buddhist mala (prayer beads).
— Susanna Tjokro
s_tjokro@yahoo.com
