French comic-book character Asterix turns 50 this year, but birthday celebrations have been marred by an argument over the whereabouts of his home village, with a number of towns in the general vicinity of its purported location claiming to be the abode of the warrior and his friends.
The map on the first page of [...]
Asterix lived in Gaul but where exactly was his village?
Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 19 October, 2009 to the design and art subset
Tintin in America, but will Tintin be famous in America?
Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 14 May, 2009 to the comment subset
Though one of his earliest adventures played out in America, the Tintin stories have never really caught on in the US. It is thought the release of an eight volume, 21 story edition of the classic comic book series may change this though.
Now to be fair, Tintin was a fixture in parts of the Anglo-Saxon [...]
The ten thousand thundering curses of Captain Haddock
Posted by John Lampard on Tuesday, 12 May, 2009 to the comment subset
A bookmark for fans of the Tintin comic books, the complete list of Captain Haddock’s curses.
There are certainly quite a few of them…
