Moulinsart, who owns and controls the work of Herge, dropped a couple of interesting posts on Facebook recently.

The first one was the idea that eventually a new a official Tintin boom would appear. This would be because eventually, the copyright would run out, and they'd lose the exclusivity to the characters, so eventually a new book would be necessary.

Then, this week, they dropped another one - they mentioned Thermozero - a story not written by Herge, but by Greg (a contemporary of his), but the story was not used. It was letter considered as a Jo, Zette and Jocko story (another Herge series), and later as a third live action Tintin film.

The story has never been used, but the more recent post served to remind us that it's there.

Which gets me thinking - are they working on this story? There are clearly people working at Moulinsart who draw in the correct style.

I know this is about the book, but I did really enjoy the film.

Mark

I did read an argument for new Tintin stories following the film to show that Tintin was not a dead character from the 20th century. The notion that new stories would keep the character alive in the minds of those just discovering him (i.e. Americans), as well as distancing the stories form the colonial attitudes of earlier stories seemed quite compelling.

I’ll remind you all that Hergé said there should be no new Tintin stories following his death, and up to now, this has been a standpoint that has been closely adhered to - even down to the final unfinished story.

However, it’s worth noting that characters started by contemporaries of Hergé have continues following their creators’ deaths - Blake and Mortimer, and Asterix are examples.

The new Asterix set in Scotland is pretty good and really close to Goscinny and Uderzo style
I was never keen on Blake and Mortimer personally, too wordy.
If you're into Bandes dessinees, the museums in Brussels and Angouleme are worth visiting

Blake and Mortimer is far, far too wordy. Considering that 2000 AD’s style requires 25 words max per speech bubble (which feels about right), and let the artwork to the rest, even some Tintin frames seem cramped. The ligne clair style is pretty rampant in Euroland, even today, so there should be no problem matching artists.

I have been to the comic museum in Brussels (both of us here want another trip to that city - we’ve not been in a couple of years) many times - Art Nouveau fans should pay it a visit too. I have also visited the Hergé museum in Louvain-la-Neuve - http://www.museeherge.com/en .

Tintin tin in Bruges

You want to go the Brussels and look for
a) The giant mural on the side of a building (note - there are a lot of murals from various cartoon strips there)
b) Find the building with the mahoosive Tintin sign on it (that used to be where Studios Hergé was based, as well as the publisher Editions Lombard - it’s a protected landmark)
c) Get on a train to Louvain la Neuve and visit the Hergé museum.

If I go to Brussels I would have to see family and not sure I'm ready for that. Quite happy for there to be a bit of water between us.