Hearing The Adults Argue Late At Night

If I'm reading it correctly, a piece at ActuaBD.com hypes a forthcoming Nick Rodwell interview in the magazine Trends-Tendances about the relatively choppy waters in which rests the relationship between publisher Casterman and the organization that looks after the interests of Herge and his great creation Tintin, Moulinsart. Not only do I not have a dog in this fight, it's always hard to tell with certain ActuaBD.com articles who exactly believes what and what's exactly at stake -- the prose tends to get weirdly elliptical. Still, I think it's worth noting for a couple of reasons: someone believes there's a publishing arrangement which lasts until 2053, which I like because that's The Future, I'm mentally bookmarking the notion that Tintin hasn't enjoyed enough success in the international markets it's pursued, and I imagine you're going to see an increasing number of fissures between companies and rights-holders like this as the potency of certain licenses fades.
 
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