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As a primary school boy I bugged the librarian for the latest release of TinTin. I think I even had a little orange TinTin badge, which made me a member of some magical international TinTin club...my childhood Harry Potter. Was the dog's name Sooty? best Clayton Will Fox wrote: > Asterix was never really my cup of tea. I credit Tintin with teaching me > writing etiquette, what with his puritanical and essentially androgynous > dialogue. Furthermore, Herge's constant historical references were > fascinating and downright educational. I remember reading a novel based on > the Tintin characters (by Frederic Tuten) which placed Tintin in a more > rebellious context; he had an affair with a Peruvian woman and Captain > Haddock became a washed-up old man. Great read. > > Will %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%