Original Tintin Art Fetches $1.2 Million at Auction
Two pages from one of Herge’s Tintin comics sold at auction at Artcurial yesterday for €1.05 million ($1.2 million).…
The UK Has Its Very First Professor of Comics
There are many university-level art and literature courses that revolve around the history and creation of comic…
This Artist Is Redrawing a Tintin Book With Tintin Buck Naked
This isn’t the first anti-colonialist reworking of Tintin, but it certainly has the most penises.
9 Scientific Breakthroughs That Killed Science Fiction Subgenres
Science fiction looks to the future — but sometimes the future catches up to you. Sometimes, an idea generates tons of…
The way we measure box office success is completely broken
A ticket to a 3D movie can cost $15. Tickets to a Friday night showing cost $10.50 at one theater and $12 at the…
Tintin on the Moon, as Recreated by Weta's Greg Broadmore
This is one of our all-time favorite Tintin scenes — Professor Calculus nearly getting run over by Captain Haddock's…
What would Spielberg's Tintin movie look like in 2D?
We enjoyed Steven Spielberg's 3D Tintin movie, but plenty of people were vehemently opposed to any Tintin work that…
What was Steven Spielberg's last great genre movie?
We really liked The Adventures of Tintin, but we've heard lots of people saying it's not Steven Spielberg's best movie.…
The Power List: 23 Movers and Shakers in Science Fiction and Fantasy
Science fiction and fantasy devoured our hearts and minds in 2011. The year's hit movies, bestselling books and…
In The Adventures of Tintin, Spielberg nukes the fridge the right way
Despite boasting internationally lauded source material, the most famous populist auteur in film history, and lavish…
What's it like playing Tintin's klutzy buddy? Nick Frost gives us the scoop
io9 recently caught up with actor Nick Frost (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz), who plays the pratfall-prone Inspector…
What if Tintin author Hergé wrote X-Men comics?
We've seen many a bizarre Tintin homage in our day, but this comic strip by the illustrator Yop! over at French comics…
Why was Tintin creator Hergé accused of being a Nazi Collaborator?
Why do the Tintin stories have such enduring appeal? Tintinologist Michael Farr recently sat down with The Browser's…
Why Tintin won't transform into a giant whiskey bottle in his new Steven Spielberg movie
Hergé's classic Tintin comics have many a zany visual, so how did Steven Spielberg and his team render the hero's 2D…
If Tintin starred in Blade Runner, Daryl Hannah would play Captain Haddock
Or at least that's the implication of Dan Hipp's latest fake Tintin graphic novel. Haddock's seen things you people…
Tintin with a tauntaun. That is all.
If we're going to place Benjamin Rivers' illustration of Hergé's boy adventurer in canon, then the Himalayas must be…
In this week's comics, the Hulk fights sharks (and other thrilling mishaps)
What's in your neighborhood comic shop tomorrow? Haunted cowboys, The Walking Dead, a whole lot of Bone, the adventures…
What to expect from Rise of the Planet of the Apes 2, Clash of the Titans 3, and Tintin 3!
Another key Dark Knight Rises cast member is spotted in New York. George R.R. Martin's other famous series gets a movie…
Four Images That Prove Tintin Could Be an Unforgettably Beautiful Movie
The Adventures of Tintin: the Secret of the Unicorn is one of the most ambitious movie adaptations ever created —…
The New Tintin Movie Needs to Use This Sweet Animation Video
James Curran, an animator and fan of the Tintins, cleverly created a title sequence that incorporates all 24 Tintin…