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Tintin's Adventures on the Internet

In the twenty-four books that Belgian comic artist Georges Remi, under the penname Hergé, wrote about the indefatigable reporter Tintin (who somehow hardly ever got around to reporting), the one-named hero traveled far, all the way to the moon.

As the Internet has grown, so have Tintin's online adventures. If you are not familiar with Tintin (and that should change in the next couple of years, as we get ready for the release of the first of three Tintin movies by Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson), certainly the best way to "meet" him is online. Then, of course, don't forget to read the books.

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Gangsters, Cops, Cowboys, Indians, Tycoons Welcome Tintin to America

Tintin's American Adventures Are Very Adventurous

In Tintin in America, the third Tintin story, Hergé gets so many things right. Tintin has a very specific purpose in this book. Following his encounter with some of Al Capone's henchmen in the previous adventure, Tintin in the Congo, Tintin comes to America, specifically to Chicago, to clean up Capone's operations at home.

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Acquired growth hormone deficiency and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism in a subject with repeated head trauma,

Or Tintin goes to the neurologist

We describe the unique case of a public figure who is well known for having delayed pubertal development and statural growth. We believe we have discovered why Tintin, the young reporter whose stories were published between 1929 and 1975, never grew taller and never needed to shave.

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Why Are There Calls for Tintin's Congo Adventure to Be Banned?

Alleged Racism Still Makes Hergé's Early Story Unpleasant

Ironically, a blogger from Malawi, recently writing to defend Tintin in yet another controversy (here), stated, "Tintin is beloved by many Africans from Malawi, South Africa and all over the world." According to Michael Farr, in his authoritative, Tintin, the Complete Companion (p. 27), Tintin in the Congo is "today the one [of Tintin's adventures] most likely to be encountered in Africa, particularly French-speaking countries where it enjoys special favor."

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Why is Tintin's First Adventure so Controversial?

Politics Can Still Make Hergé's First Story an Uncomfortable Read

Starving children must declare their allegiance to the communist party to be fed, the communists win an election with guns not votes, and English visitors see what appear to be functioning factories which are just puppet shows. In other words, Tintin, who is arrested and taken to a torture chamber, sees exactly what Hergé's editor, a Roman Catholic priest, wanted him to see in the land of the godless communists.

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Tintin's Adventures Have Already Been Filmed

Find Tintin on the Internet Movie Database

These are listed in chronological order, with English titles for consistency.

The Crab with the Golden Claws (1947)
Hergé's Adventures of Tintin (television series; 1958 - 1962)
Tintin and the Mystery of the Golden Fleece (1961)
Tintin and the Blue Oranges (1964)
Tintin and the Temple of the Sun (1969)
Tintin et la SGM (1970) - animated promotional short film (not included in IMDB)
Tintin and the Lake of Sharks (1972)
The Adventures of Tintin (television series; 1991)
The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn (2011)

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Parents, Children: Watch Tintin Films Online for Free

Jackson and Spielberg Aren't the First to Film Tintin's Adventures

While film fans and Tintin fans anxiously await Peter Jackson and Steven Spielberg's 2011 film, The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn, you can get ahead of the crowd by watching for free online a number of older films and television series based on Hergé's classic stories of Tintin, the ageless reporter, and his droll canine buddy Snowy (or Milou, in the original French), including the best films in the most nearly complete Tintin series ever made.

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Yes, they are free!