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March 8, 2005


Tintin Fails to Make Anniversary Cut?

imageHere's one of those odd stories that kind of floats about in an uncongealed manner from various sources. Apparently, a civic celebration of the 175th anniversary of Belgium will not include Herge's Tintin the way other important artists and works of national identity are likely to be featured. It seems there was some sort of conflict between the caretakers of the character and the organization planning the celebration as to what items might be included in the major displays and who would make them. It looks like at some point the celebration simply walked away.
 
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