News Archive: 2004
Fans in Australia: Tintin in America (BW facsimile edition) on sale now.
Fans in Australia: Herge the Tintin Collection (BBC radio series) CD boxset - 1 copy spotted at Borders on Pitt Street in Sydney.
Tintin at Sea with Michael Farr
Tintin at Sea with Michael Farr
Date/Time/Venue: 25 October 2004 18:30, Long Gallery, Sheffield Millennium Galleries, Arundel Gate Sheffield S1.
Tickets: Admission £4/£3 (concessions).
Tickets from Sheffield Theatres Box Office - Tel. 0114 2496000.
For adults and children aged over 9 years.
More information: http://www.offtheshelf.org.uk/
News item courtesy of Lesley Wd(?)bster of www.offtheshelf.org.uk.
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Tintin's Influence on World Comics
Reader's Digest Indonesia and Kinokuniya Bookstore presents
Monthly Comics Discussion,
"Tintin's Influence on World Comics"
Keynote speaker: Surjorimba Suroto.
Date / Time: Friday, 24-Sep-2004
18:30–20:30.
Venue: Kinokuniya, Plaza Senayan Store (Level 5, Jalan Asia Afrika No.8, Jakarta Pusat 12070, Indonesia.)
News item courtesy of Surjorimba Suroto.
New English Tintin and Alph-Art released
The new English language edition Tintin Alph-art is now on sale.
Explorers on the Moon 50th Anniversary Coin set
The limited edition coin set will be available from Tintin Shops at the end of this month. The set includes a silver proof Tintin medal, twenty-four 1-Euro cent and 2-Euro cent coins, and a certificate.
'Tintin and I' honoured at film festival
The documentary film, 'Tintin et Moi' received Honourable Mention in Best International Documentary (Feature) at this year's Hot docs, the Canadian International Documentary Festival, which was held in Toronto, last month. Source: Hot Docs http://www.hotdocs.ca/media_press.cfm?media_id=184
Tintin and the Lost Letters CD-ROM
Tintin and the Lost Letters is a self-help tool designed to help young dyslexic learners. Released by the BBC in three languages (English/French/German), this educational CD-ROM is priced at 20 Euros, plus postage, and it can be ordered from Dyslexia International - Tools and Techniques (D.I.T.T).
Tintin fan site closed by Moulinsart
Eric Jenot's Tintin Parodies site closed by Moulinsart.
New site logo
Designed by Garen Ewing of Garen Ewing Design & Illustrations.
The Cult of Tintin returns as Tintinologist.org.
The Cult of Tintin is the largest and the oldest surviving English-based Tintin fan site.
Tintin turns 75
Happy birthday to Tintin!
The Adventures of Tintin at the Sea
A new exhibition at London's National Maritime Museum: The Adventures of Tintin at the Sea.
Highlight: previously unseen (in the UK) original drawings by Hergé
will be on display.
Exhibition dates: 31-Mar-2004 until 05-Sep-2004.
Entry: Kiddies enter for free; adults pay £5.00; Concessions £4.00
Tickets can be booked in advance, online (nifty!) at http://www.nmm.ac.uk
An accompanying booklet/catalogue will be released at the end of March.
Amazon.co.uk prices the Exhbition's catalogue at £7.69 (List Price £10.99); it is a paperback and written by Michael Farr (author of 'Tintin - The Complete Companion').
New Euro coin to mark Tintin's 75th birthday
The ceremonial first minting of the Tintin coin will be overseen by Fanny Rodwell, the widow of Hergé, Nick Rodwell, and Belgium's Finance Minister, Didier Reynders. Full story from EUbusiness.com: http://www.eubusiness.com/afp/031231120822.tbr247q2