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#5 · Posted: 23 May 2007 14:45
Tuhatkauno, I did notice the guy lurking rather suspiciously by the pillar at the top of the museum steps on p.1 of The Broken Ear, but he doesn't meet the criterion I set of the criminal being in Tintin's vicinity. (Tintin's not in that opening museum scen e at all.) Actually, one of the reasons I set that criterion was to deliberately exclude this Broken Ear person, because the drawing is so small that it seemed too ambiguous and open to debate. He might be a criminal or he might just be someone waiting for his girlfriend to turn up.
If he is meant to be a criminal, then surely he's meant to be Tortilla - waiting for the museum to close so he can break in and steal the fetish - rather than Ramon. This would make more sense in the context of the story, and anyway, this man's clothes are a different colour than any Ramon is seen wearing later in the book, even though his hat's similar. Tortilla's a criminal too, of course, so your point remains the same but, like I said, I intentionally ruled this whole scene out in my original question.
But well done for spotting him anyway. To be precise, you are the untamed wind of a hairy young girl.
Edit: Pah! I see that while I was typing the above reply, tuhatkauno, you noticed your own error and edited out your post (which said something like: "Isn't that Ramon on the museum steps on page one of The Broken Ear?) Now my reply makes no sense! Never mind, I'll leave it unedited, since the mystery man lurking on the museum steps is kind of relevant to the subject of my question.
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