Tintin, Hergé and Chang – A Friendship That Changed the World

Re:Tintin, Hergé and Chang – A Friendship That Changed the W... by radicalbyte on Sunday June 25, 2023 @02:40PM (#36471319)

I grew up reading Asterix and Tintin in the UK. Plus a lot of other French/Belgian comics which I've since forgotten. And of course British classics like Dandy and Beano.

The thing with the French/Belgian comics is that the stories weren't just short skits but real stories. Self-contained in the case of Asterix and Tintin.

As an adult I discovered manga and have never looked back. I've been reading one series for 20 years now (One Piece) and have finished countless others.

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Re:Tintin, Hergé and Chang – A Friendship That Changed the W... by hereonout2 on Sunday June 25, 2023 @04:11PM (#36472110)

Also British, and old to boot. I read Tintin extensively as a child and a bit of Asterix. Strangely I never really thought of them as comics before this discussion here, precisely because they were a single long form story per book. I actually remember most Tintins I read being proper hard back affairs loaned from the library.

I read the Beano weekly which is my understanding of what a comic is, lots of two to three page skits as you say.

I never really got into American comics such as Marvel, I guess they fit somewhere in the middle in terms of being a periodical but with a substantial storyline?

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