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Blistering barnacles! Tintin’s 77!

A very fond birthday wish for one of my dearest childhood heroes - Georges Remi’s comic book reporter and adventurer, Tintin. On January 10, 1929, Tintin’s first adventure, Tintin in the Land of the Soviets, began what would become a thrilling series of adventures that invited millions of children to hold on tight and come along for the ride. My favorite characters were the bumbling detectives Thomson and Thompson - two unrelated yet identical sleuths who always backed their way into whatever success they achieved.

Remi’s classic comic didn’t escape its share of controversy, however. Criticism of his stereotypical portrayal of non-European personalities and hints of anti-Semitism in his earlier work prompted slight changes in later releases of the Tintin series.