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Tintin without Haddock
Oct. 11th, 2011 09:33 pmA few days ago I finished The Broken Ear, the first of the pre-Haddock Tintin comics I've read. Looping back to it after reading Tintin and the Picaros really highlights how much Hergé's art and storytelling matured over the years.
I tried not to hold The Broken Ear's Haddocklessness against it, but the story still felt a little bit lacking. And Tintin's life--early to bed, early to rise and do calisthenics with Milou--seemed lonely in comparison to what he'll have later. Not that Tintin seemed lonely. It's more like he's in an invisible box (only, um, without the implied mime) and never really contacts other people except in the most glancing fashion.
Before starting the album I was nervous lest my story On a Darkling Plain might have done Alcazar an injustice. Having read The Broken Ear, I can say that ( spoilers for The Broken Ear )
I tried not to hold The Broken Ear's Haddocklessness against it, but the story still felt a little bit lacking. And Tintin's life--early to bed, early to rise and do calisthenics with Milou--seemed lonely in comparison to what he'll have later. Not that Tintin seemed lonely. It's more like he's in an invisible box (only, um, without the implied mime) and never really contacts other people except in the most glancing fashion.
Before starting the album I was nervous lest my story On a Darkling Plain might have done Alcazar an injustice. Having read The Broken Ear, I can say that ( spoilers for The Broken Ear )
