October 17th, 2015: Tintin & Snowy

[Carruthers]

As a child, I never did 'get' Tintin. All the characters just seemed completely alien to me and from a bygone age.

I knew of no kid who wore 'Plus Fours' or who had such a ridiculous name.

Thomson and Thompson, the two detectives, were portrayed as bowler hatted English twits and generally nothing seemed to 'fit'.

Of course, the stories and characters had been heavily manipulated to cater for an English speaking audience and the net result was a pretty clumsy effort.

Popeye? Now you're talking!