I just got a nifty, nicely bound copy of THREE Poirot mysteries. Jealous? (You‘re jealous.)

Has everything I love about Tintin INCLUDING the introduction of my favorite character, Captain Haddock! ☺️

Has everything I want in a Tintin book (except Captain Haddock).

Definitely getting closer to the more classic era Tintin; the plot and background art are less cartoony (though there is a gorilla that somewhat randomly shows up in Scotland).

Aw, Thompson and Thomson, you keep being you!

Four of twenty-one "core" Tintin books down. This one lacks a lot of the things I enjoy most about Tintin (no Thomson and Thompson, and still no Captain Haddock) but makes up for it with genuine political commentary; there's the constant political upheavals in South America to the American oil company starting a war for oil and their arms dealing partner selling to both sides.

Three down, eighteen to go on my Tintin reread. This one DRASTICALLY tones down the old-timey racism, even going so far as to point out the stereotypes westerners hold against Chinese people. Of course, Thomson and Thompson follow all these in their "disguise".

Welp, Tintin just disguised himself in blackface. Come on, Tintin. GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER.

I'm using my Struggle Bus pass for my Tintin bookmark. ☺️

Book two of twenty-one down. This could probably accurately be described as the first TRUE Tintin story. This takes the cartoony action of the previous installment and adds more believable characters and a truly unifying mystery with lots of intrigue. Still Hergé proves to be rather inept in his depiction of other cultures, though he was still about on par with his Looney Tunes contemporaries. Only real let down was the unnecessary cliffhanger. ?

While the scene is improved (mildly) in the later edition, it's not a whole hell of a lot better. The original even managed to add social commentary to what's otherwise a rather ignorant tableau.

I love Tintin comics, overtop storylines and period racism et al. I've decided to casually reread the core twenty-one books (Tintin in America through Tintin and the Picaros) and I'm finding it amusing to count how many times the plot is dependent on either blind luck or people being knocked unconscious easily.

Pro: Just finished a great comic miniseries

Con: Just finished a great comic miniseries AND NOTHING WILL EVER FEEL GOOD AGAIN!!

Awesome all-ages comic that's like Lumberjanes set in the theatre of an all-boys school. Funny and joyous but also heartfelt and sometimes bittersweet.

Book one of six on my syllabus is done! McCloud's love of the comics medium is as infectious as his knowledge is comprehensive. PS I love that my bookmark (from an event for I Am Not Your Negro) perfectly lines up with the stripe of pull quotes.

I made myself a self-imposed syllabus of things I need to read while begin creating my own webcomic.

Explains too much and is too optimistic for what should be horror novel. I saw the Kubrick film and didn't like it, then I saw the King approved miniseries and hated it, then I read the book and despised it, watched the Kubrick film again and I finally recognized it for the masterpiece of horror cinema it was. So… maybe read it to gain a better appreciation of Kubrick's masterwork?

A slickly cool depiction of the comics industry in the 1960s with probably the best depiction of a polyamorous relationship I've ever seen. Cool politics and hot enough my mom even enjoyed them. No really, my mom fucking loved this graphic novel.

I can't stress enough how beautifully made and enthralling this erotic La Ronde pastiche of children's fantasy is. A triumph of form and enough subtext to interest those not just here for the naughty pictures.

The perfect concordance to the oeuvre of the greatest director to ever live.

The first five or so books I read on my Kindle (my first e-reader) were all about western genocide and terrorism… this was not intentional, but still somewhat amusing.

Re-re-rereading this essential primer on the art and theory that goes into good comics in preparation of writing my own webcomic!