Tintin News Archive: 1999
New Tintin stamps
Royal Dutch Post releases limited edition Tintin stamps and memorabilia
Items include: First day covers (two designs); telephone card (mounted in an envelope); écu-letter (first day covers with Tintin coin mounted); booklet of four stamps featuring Tintin and Snowy in space gear; booklet of two stamps featuring Tintin and Haddock in the lunar reconnaissance tank; and limited edition Tintin bookmarks which come free with the purchase of any Tintin stamp booklets.
The World of Tintin Exhibition moves to Newcastle
Exhibition will be on until 5 September 1999.
Venue: Discovery Museum,
Blandford Square, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
Tel: 0191 230 4220
Opening hours: Mon - Sat 10:00 - 17:00; Sunday 14:00 - 17:00
Entry: Free.
Related events
There will also be a number of Tintin events around the time of the exhibition including screenings of the videos and showings of Moi Tintin, subtitled for an exclusive UK showing. Phone hotline for further details. The major evening events are:
Tintin and the Big Debate: Hergé vs. Georges Remi 20 July, 18:30–20:00.
Journalist Michael Farr, author of the forthcoming biography of Tintin "The Tintin Adventures: From Moscow to the Moon", sets the scene for a lively debate about the relationship between the life and work of Tintin's creator. With Jane Taylor, founder of The Tintin Shop concept and representative of Fondation Herge in the UK; Nigel Todd, author and historian, and Simon Puttock, children's author, editor and bookseller.
Tintin and the Translation Affair: The English Connection 27 July, 18:30–20:00.
Leslie Lonsdale-Cooper and Michael Turner, as translators, worked closely with Herge to enable Tintin to achieve the international following he has today. They provide an entertaining and illuminating illustrated guide to the translation of a Tintin strip which tackles such questions as: How do you find the equivalent of a Belgian joke in English? What do you do when your characters speak patois? How do you remain true to Hergé's original intentions?
[Information courtesy of Tim Jones of Egmont Children's Books, London. Egmont is the publisher of Tintin books in the UK.]
Piracy jeopardises Tintin's entry to China
The China Times reports the latest piracy scandal prompted Casterman to withdraw permission granting Chinese publisher rights to release official Chinese language Tintin books. Read more
English edition Tintin in the Land of the Soviets
The long-awaited album is soon to be reprinted.
The World of Tintin Exhibition opens in London
The exhibition will be on until 11 July 1999.
Venue: Science Museum,
Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London.
Tel: 0171 938 8000/8080/8008
Web site: www.nmsi.ac.uk/visitors/tintin.html [URL no longer working]
Opening hours: Daily 10:00 - 18:00
Entry: adults £6.50, Children, Pensioners and unemployed £3.50 - gives entry to entire museum. Free entry after 4.30pm.
Review of The World of Tintin exhibition in London.
French researcher links Tintin to real-life adventurer
The Australian - The uncanny coicidences between a real-life reporter's life and that of his fictional rival. Read more
Tintin Theme Park due to open in Belgium
Paul Chapman of the UK reports that a Tintin theme park is due to open in Belgium some time in the not so distant future. There is some information on the Bande Dessinee site: http://www.imaginet.fr/universbd/herge/parctintin/moulinsart.html, in French.
French National Assembly celebrates Tintin's birthday by debating his political leaning
Does Tintin hold the views of his NAZI collaborating creator Hergé? The debate was not intended to produce firm conclusions, thus there was no vote on the matter. Full story from BBC News: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/271249.stm
French Communists breaks taboo by reprinting Tintin in the Land of the Soviets
L'Humanite, the French Communist Party's newspaper is to bring out a special report asking whether Tintin may have been right about Stalinism. The report will feature extracts from Tintin's adventure in the Soviet Union - a fiercely anticommunist story showing the excesses of Stalinism.
Tintin turns 70 - The Land of the Soviets: Hergé's Black Sheep
Have you noticed that to mark the 70th anniversary of Tintin's first mission abroad, bar the Casterman's reprint of Tintin in the Land of the Soviets, there is almost no sign of other commemoration merchandise or souvenir produced? Read more.
BBC news article 'Tintin celebrates his 70th birthday' links to The Cult of Tintin
View BBC page: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/252196.stm