The Cult of Tintin History

1995
The Cult of Tintin is established by Australian Tintin fan, Andrew McGee.
1996
McGee retires, and 'the keys' to the site are given to Jesper Jühne, a Danish computer scientist. Jühne introduces The Cult of Tintin Discussion List.
1998
Jühne invites his friends Morten Christensen (Denmark) and Irene Mar (Australia) to co-manage the The Cult of Tintin, which is now the world's largest English-based Tintin fan site.
2000
Moulinsart issues a cease and desist letter to Christensen, who owns the domain name, cultoftintin.com. The Cult of Tintin e-group is relocated to Yahoo Groups.
2001
The Cult of Tintin closes for re-development. Its domain name, cultoftintin.com, is lost to a domain squatter.
2002
Jühne and Christensen announce their retirement. Irene Mar becomes the new owner of The Cult of Tintin. A new core team is formed: Irene Mar (Webmaster), Anders Karlsson (Sweden Correspondent since 1998), Rob Winkels (Holland Correspondent since 1999). Phil Hardaker receives the honorary title of UK Correspondent for his generous donation of free hosting.
2003
The Cult of Tintin re-development site moves to a UNIX host. New domain names registered: tintinologist.org/com/net. The Cult of Tintin's long-time supporter, Richard Wainman (UK), joins the staff.
2004
The Cult of Tintin at Tintinologist.org web site re-opens. Paul Durdin (Australia), Chris Owens (UK), Oliver Battrick (UK), and Etienne Chevalier (Belgium) join the staff.
2005
Simon Doyle (UK) joins the staff.
2006
Paul Durdin announces his semi-retirement. Ed Adams (UK) joins the staff.
2007 onwards
Today, The Cult of Tintin is still going strong.