[DanaC]

Oh, I so totally agree! I never got Tintin. I'll add to the point about the characters being alien, that the artwork seemed cold and impersonal to me as well.

I think the only other continental comics/cartoon characters I recall reading, were the translated Asterix the Gaul comics. Now those I liked. The humour was accessible and the characters were generally endearing.


Most of the comics / cartoons I liked were British or American. Though there are stylistic differences, they seem cut from similar cloth. Mainland European styles seemed very different to me.

Popeye was awesome. I still love spinach and I still prefer it tinned and gloopy.