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

Re:Tintin, Hergé and Chang – A Friendship That Changed the W... by signal11 on Sunday June 25, 2023 @08:38PM (#36474245)

Tintin and Asterix are pretty popular in the UK and India. Easily found in most bookshops. Beyond those, it’s much more scarce.

India has local language translations of Tintin and Asterix as well, example[1].

[1] https://duckduckgo.com/?q=tintin+bengali&t=fpas&iax=images&i...

Anecdotally the quality of the Asterix translations are pretty good, too, complete with the funny character names.

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Re:Tintin, Hergé and Chang – A Friendship That Changed the W... by chris_wot on Sunday June 25, 2023 @09:41PM (#36474724)

Definitely NOT scarce in Australia, though you won't find Tintin in Congo anywhere... in fact, even in the 1990s you couldn't find it.

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Re:Tintin, Hergé and Chang – A Friendship That Changed the W... by signal11 on Sunday June 25, 2023 @10:39PM (#36475098)

Sorry, by “beyond those two” I meant “beyond Tintin and Asterix”, not “beyond the UK and India”. I’ve reworded my comment.

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Re:Tintin, Hergé and Chang – A Friendship That Changed the W... by z3phyr on Monday June 26, 2023 @12:44AM (#36475808)

I spent my recess in the school library reading Tintin and Asterix!

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Re:Tintin, Hergé and Chang – A Friendship That Changed the W... by wiether on Monday June 26, 2023 @01:53PM (#36483256)

I was born in northern France, spent my childhood reading "comics", visited the "comics museum" in Bruxelles multiple times and never heard of the Adventures of Jo and Zette before your comment. So I can understand why it's not well known in anglosaxon's countries.

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