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If a modern Tintin adaptation were to go forward, would you rather have a creative team adapt Hergé's 24 books or alternatively let them make new Tintin adventures?

I can see the potential in both, since I wouldn't shut down an entire suggestion surrounding a new Tintin series comprised of all new stories.

But I'll always lean to the adaptations of Hergé's work, first and foremost.

The fact we've only had one writer try to make a new Tintin story, which faithfully used Hergé's notes for Alph-Art is a testament to why Herge's work is so revered and subsequently untouchable.

It's an interesting subject, but I think that it would help if you maybe gave a little more detail, and set some terms in advance?

An adaptation, structly speaking, has to adapt something, some source, so there is very little choice but to adapt the Hergé books we have, unless you were to include some new presentation of the few original stories for other projects completed in Hergé's lifetime, but as collaborations or by other hands: for the two live-action films Tintin and the Mystery of the Golden Fleece, and Tintin and the Blue Oranges; the animated feature Tintin and the Lake of Sharks, or the stage shows Tintin aux Indes - Le Mystère du Diamant Bleu and M. Boullock a disparu.
Further options might include uncompleted material, such as Alph-art itself, or Le ThermoZèro, or possibly the Tintin-less Dupont et Dupond - Détectives.

Alph-art and the two movies have recieved adaptations of sorts in the form of the two work-in-progress versions of Alph-art, and the story-books with photos for the films. Likewise, Lake of Sharks exists in slightly differing forms as strip- and book-adaptations.

It's also not true to say that only one writer has attempted to create "new" Tintin – I am presuming here that you are refering to the completed version of Alph-Art by Rodier? – there have been many, many such works. While we can acknowledge that they exist, we won't be discussing them here (other than very generally), to avoid copyright issues.

And finally, are you thinking along the lines of books, or adaptations for screen or stage?

I think that there's probably a good discsussion to be had on this, but I'd like for a little bit more clarity from you about the direction you were intending the thread to take.

jock123 , I did not get that discussing something becomes a copyright issue , copyright is about copying something , not discussing. I think copyright discussions at america is effecting the europeans without europeans were understanding whats going on. Copyright fear has became an universal issue because american media is bombarding the email accounts right wing thought and posts. People with B1 english only follows the discussions from headlines and most importantly they think everything in america is worth to care because they want to live in usa ONE DAY.