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Here is a list of brands in Tintin albums, in alphabetical order:

Brands on objects:

-A. Torticolli (Icecream seller)
-Anderso(n) (?)
-Air India (Airways)
-American Chinese Steel Co.
-Beaulieu (?)
-Bostas (?)
-Brol (Detergent or soap)
-Carlton Hotel
-CFF (Chemins de Fer Federaux Suisses-Swiss Federal Railways)
-Chrysler (Automotive)
-Citroen (Automotive)
-Continent Hotel
-Damsam (?)
-(De)Menagements Cracq Fres. (Transport/"Removals Bounce Bros." in English version)
-Fox (Cigarette) see: URL
-Golden Oil
-Habana de Luxe (Cigar)
-Hai(g) (Alcohol drink) see: URL
-Hamburger Tage(n) (Newspaper)
-Hotel Beaujolais
-Hotel Bristol
-Hotel Cornavin
-Hotel Cristobal
-Hotel des Sommets
-Hotel Excelsior
-Hotel Sznorr
-Journal de Geneve (Newspaper)
-Kalo (?)
-Kler (Optic Co./"Bettaspecs" in English version. See post at below)
-Klow Restaurant
-Kodak (Photograpy Co.)
-Lactas (Dairy Co.)
-(Le) Petit Suisse (Newspaper)
-Le Soir (Newspaper)
-L'Echo Illu(stre) (Magazine)
-Liberation Dimanche (Newspaper)
-Life (Magazine)
-Loch Lomond (Alcohol drink) see: URL
-London Magazine (Newspaper)
-Mazedonia (Cigarette) see Italy made brand:URL
-Marie C(laire) (Magazine)
-Mercedes-Benz (Automotive)
-Mitsuhirato (Clothing Shop)
-Mondass (Insurance Co.)
-Ocidental Private Club
-Paris Flash International (Magazine)
-Pen(nz)oi(l) (Petroleum products)
-Qantas (Airways)
-Quick (Magazine)
-Rossini (Alcohol drink)
-Sabena (Airways)
-Sani-Cola (Drink)
-Santaero (Airways)
-Sanzot Butchery
-Sari Airways
-Scanorama (TV programme)
-Simoun (Car Towing Service)
-snakebite (not a brand but a British cocktail) see:http://www.drinknation.com/drink/British-Snakebite]
-Speedol Oil (Petroleum) see: URL
-Stella Filtra (Cigarette) see: URL
-Swissair (Airways)
-Syldair (Airways)
-Tempo di Roma (Magazine)
-The Daily Reporter (Newspaper)
-The Kiltoch Arms (Hotel and pub)
-Ye White Hart (Pub)

Brands in dialogues:

-Bross and Clackwell (pun-see post at below)
-Dunlop (Tyre/Chemistry Co.)
-Opel (Automotive)
-Supavision (TV Channel)
-Tristan Bior (pun-Jewellery)

Carrieadas' hat a Brosse and Clackwell. Pun on Crosse and Blackwell.

Ranko
Carrieadas' hat a Brosse and Clackwell. Pun on Crosse and Blackwell.

Please could you comment this pun and explain to us how you come to the conclusion it is worth mentioning?
Is it also drawn somewhere in the corpus?

Thanks in advance.

Please could you comment this pun and explain to us how you come to the conclusion it is worth mentioning?

If I may answer for Ranko...

Crosse and Blackwell are famous in the UK for their various food brands particularly Branston Pickle. (I love it, especially in a cheese sandwich). Bross and Clackwell is a nice spoonerism on this devised by the English translators.

Why is it worth mentioning? Well, this post so far appears to be a list of brand names, real and made up in the books, so why not?

Is it also drawn somewhere in the corpus?

Carreidas mentions that he has lost his “pre-war Bross and Clackwell” just before he is hypnotsed by Kanrokitoff into believeing he is wearing it.

Another brand name I like is Bettaspecs - “See clearly with Bettaspecs” - from the opticians display sign in the Calculus affair. There's an opticians quite near me in Kentish Town Road called Betterspecs. I've always thought they might have actually got their name from the Tintin book.

"Kler" shows instead of "Bettaspecs" in Turkish translation of 'Calculus Affair' album, translated from French version.

Good explanations about Bross and Clackwell.

Thanks Harrock. Well explained.

Totally agree about the cheese sandwich as well ;-)

Ranko.

I updated brands.

I haven't French version of Castafiore Emerald. Can anyone tell me the original (French) of "REMOVALS BOUNCE BROS." shown on van ? (page 17 last frame)

Can anyone tell me the original (French) of "REMOVALS BOUNCE BROS." shown on van ?

With pleasure Levent, it reads ”(DE)MENAGEMENTS CRACQ FRES.“

Also, I'm interested to know where “snakebite” (in your list) is seen in the books.

Thanks. Updated.

About "snakebite", do you want to find it? Clue: J.W.Muller

Levent
About "snakebite", do you want to find it? Clue: J.W.Muller
I think we should make a difference between the trivia threads, and ones in which we discuss and develop our study of the series. We have over a period of years developed a number of guides and lists to help people reading the books understand them.

Something like this list is really only valuable if it cites the book or books in which they appear, and if they can be explained as Harrock did above for the 714 reference - it seems a little unfair, therefore, after that to turn it into a guessing game.

Let's keep the information flowing, rather than stemming it with spot quizzes, eh?