Titin grossed me out as a child so much, i would rip out the pages from the Billikéns i used to read as a child.

[mayintoronto@beige.party]

@blogdiva I read Mafalda in Chinese growing up! I was so sad when I came to Canada and no one knew what I was talking about.

[blogdiva@mastodon.social]

I CAN GET MAFALDA IN CHINESE?!?!? i need to get my hands on one.

@mayintoronto

[mayintoronto@beige.party]

@blogdiva I haven't seen it in recent decades. I actually remember this exact comic from my childhood.
https://photocdn.sohu.com/20071213/Img254061059.jpg

[mayintoronto@beige.party]

@blogdiva I just looked, and it's all just collectors items now.

[asweetgentleman@mstdn.social]

@blogdiva They re-published it and tried to make it acceptable by changing a few lines and adding a foreword explaining "it was a different time bla bla bla..."
The usual BS.

The Hergé Foundation, that owns the copyrights, is well-known for its conservative *cough* white supremacist *cough* views.
They sue anyone who dares question Hergé's blatant racism or simply mock his work.
They're assholes and they're assholes with a LOT of money.

Accès restreint - Le Monde

(www.lemonde.fr)

[burnoutqueen@todon.nl]

@blogdiva

I never actually read tintin
I just kind of appreciated the aesthetic of the cartoon character.

[burnoutqueen@todon.nl]

@blogdiva the last time I seen tintin, it was basically a fanfic of a trans tintin. Which in retrospect is against the bigoted vibe of the OG comic.

[kerrymitchell@mastodon.social]

@blogdiva Tintin in the Congo was omitted from the books available in the English editions available when I was a kid for very obvious reasons. Strange to find this just lying around in a waiting room somewhere. Like, that Seinfeld episode with Jerry finding a Penthouse magazine in his dentist’s waiting room weird.

[vfrmedia@social.tchncs.de]

@aSweetGentleman @blogdiva

I prefer the Franquin comics (Gaston Lagaffe etc), at least Franquin moved on from those stereotypes in 1980s and started making some very left-wing content (including criticising fossil fuel use and pollution, as well as working with human rights organisations)

Gaston Lagaffe is quite subversive/anarchist to be fair..

[connynasch@mastodon.social]

@blogdiva I never liked Tintin, after reading the comments I now know why. I grew up in S.A. in full apartheid and left in disgust when I turned 21. I used to say I wanted all people to be green (I love Biology)

[blogdiva@mastodon.social]

@mayintoronto LOL the one about Guille sneaking around and partying hard. i should have it in one of my OG booklets. will definitely search for it.

[poisonpunk@mastodon.social]

@aSweetGentleman @blogdiva

[mayintoronto@beige.party]

@blogdiva I don't remember any of the characters names. The Cantonese name for the series was "toddlers look at the world".

[mxchara@seattle.pink]

@blogdiva oh, Peter Jackson was involved in that? gosh what a surprise /s

[blogdiva@mastodon.social]

@mayintoronto fascinating. they weren’t all toddlers, only Guille. here’s a chart with el corillo:

[mayintoronto@beige.party]

@blogdiva My Chinese slang isn't that good, so maybe that term can also be used for kids?

[blogdiva@mastodon.social]

@mxchara yeah. i gave him a slight pass because the Orcs were Tolkien’s concoction, BUT! Tintin crosses a line.

[em0nm4stodon@infosec.exchange]

@blogdiva Same. TinTin is horrible, and same for the Smurfs.