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Tintin the Belgium boy detective is going to be put on the big screen and introduced to a wider audience the question to ask is who is Tintin? Tintin is a young Belgian reporter who through heroic action solves mysteries that are presented at the start of each comic book. Tintin was first introduced to the world in Tintin in the Land of the Soviets. Tintin was first introduced to the world in a Belgium paper in 1929-1930 by his creator George Remi.

Tintin and the Land of the Soviets was a political satire that poked fun at the Soviets claims to having a thriving economy and found an audience due to many people’s unease with the Soviet Empire. Remi himself had distrust for the Soviet Empire.

The Tintin comic series have an almost formulaic feel about it. Most of the books deal with Tintin having to solve a mystery of some kind whilst also having to write a story for his paper.

Tintin and the Black Island is a fine reference point on to understanding how Herge created such a succesful character. In The Black Island Tinitn sees a plane make an emergency landing and goes to try and help. Tintin tries to help the pilot but the pilot attempts to shoot him instead. Tintin then recovers in hospitable where he finds out that a similar plane crashed in a field in Sussex from the detectives Thompson and Thompson.

Tintin as a result decides to unravel the mystery for himself. The adventure thus starts leading Tintin to be accused of assault and theft of a fellow passenger on a train journey and later kidnapped and forced to jump off a cliff (saved by his dog snowy before he is made too). Tintin follows the trail that leads to an Island off Scotland and to tales of a monster who lives on the Island and is said to kill humans. Tintin discovers the Island to be the hideout of forgers and cleverly captures them and holds them till the police arrive.

Tintin is always able to solve the mysteries that are put before him although some are set over two books such as Destination Moon and Explorers on the Moon. Tintin may solve these mysteries but funnily enough he not often seen handing in a article. Most Tintin books will finish with the reader witnessing our hero recieving a hero’s reception with his pals Snowy and Captain Haddock.

Tintin is a heroic young man but lacks the color of many of the other characters that appear in the comic books. Tintin’s character is a very neutral which allows him to be understood easier by the target audience.

Tintin is going to become even more popular culminating with the first of three Tintin movies being released most likely early 2010. The Tintin movie will be directed by Steven Spielberg andto find out more please visit the website Le Tintin Movie.