List of Tintin parodies and pastiches

There have been many unofficial parodies and pastiches featuring the character of Tintin.

Tintin parodies are technically illegal, as Moulinsart own the copyright. Eric Jenot's Tintin Parodies site was closed down by Moulinsart in 2004 for displaying Tintin parodies/pastiches/pirates.

Parodies

They GeneRally fall into one of two sub-sections:

Political

• Breaking Free by J. Daniels. It is an anarchist/communist book AbOUT Tintin growing up in a poor working class area of England and how he joins the revolution.
• Tintin in Lebanon. Tintin fights Arabs in Lebanon. This comic was made by the US's National Lampoon, and is strongly anti-Muslim in an ironic sense, as it pretends to support the Reagan administration's supposed policies.
• Tintin en Irak (Tintin in Iraq)
• Tintin au Salvador (Tintin in El Salvador). Tintin battles the corrupt government of El Salvador.
• L'Énigme du 3ieme Messaage (The Enigma of the 3rd Message). Tintin battles an international evil conspiracy involving the Pope.
• Tintin dans le Golfe (Tintin in the Gulf)
• Juquin renovateur du vingtieme siecle au Pays de Soviets. This is a re-hash of "Tintin au pays des soviets" with French Political Leader "Pierre Juquin" being drawn instead of Tintin. It is available in the "Elyséez les tous" book by Jalons.
• Tintin in Basra featured in MAD magazine
• Les Harpes de Greenmore (The Harps of Greenmore). Tintin is an Irish Republican Army [...] fighting to re-unite Ireland, after the British government kidnaps Calculus in an attempt to blame the IRA.

Pornographic

• Tintin in Thailand. In it, Tintin goes to Thailand on a [...] holiday.
• La vie sexuelle de Tintin (The [...] Life of Tintin)
• Tintin en Suisse (Tintin in Switzerland)
• Tintin à Paris (Tintin in Paris)
• Tientein en Bordélie
• Dindin et le secret de Moulinsal (Dindin and the secret of Moulinsal or Marlinspike)
• Tintin pour les dames

Pastiches

• Tintin et Alph-art (Tintin and Alph-art) by Ramo Nash. This is a finished version of Herge's Tintin and Alph-art. It is only available in black and white, and in French.
• Tintin and Alph-art by Yves Rodier. This is a finished version of Herge's book, and probably the most popular pastiche version. It is available in colour and in French and English.
• The Lake of the Sorcerer by Yves Rodier. It is thought of as one of the most akin in style to Herge's drawing style. Tintin uncovers the mystery of a monster in a lake.
• A Day at the Airport by Yves Rodier. An abandoned project. In it, General Alcazar is shot at the airport.
• Tintin and the Thermozéro by Yves Rodier. This page is an inking of a page 4 from a leftover project from Hergé.
• Tintin and the Thermozéro by Ralph Edenbag. Page 3 to 5 (colour) form the same leftover project.
• Tintin in the New World by Frederic Tuten. A novel, that got Herge's permission shortly before his death. Tintin gets bored of adventure and falls in love.
• Tintin and the Flute of the Wendigo by Conlan. Part one
• Tintin in Australia by Conlan. Part two.
• La Menace des Steppes (The Terror of the Steppes) by Sakharine. Tintin and Haddock battle Soviets in Afghanistan.
• Le rocher des kangourous (The Rock of Kangaroos) by Harry Edwood. Incomplete.
• The Voice of the Lagoon by Harry Edwood. On hold.
• Le projet O'light (The O-Light Project) by Harry Edwood. Cover only.
• Escale à Biarritz (Stopover in Biarritz) by Harry Edwood. Cover only.
• Les héros pétrifiés (The Petrified Heroes) by Harry Edwood. Cover only.
• Lampion au Luxembourg (Wagg in Luxembourg) by Harry Edwood. Cover only.
• Le naufrage de la Licorne (The Shipwreck of the Unicorn) by Harry Edwood. Cover only.
• Les Elfes de Moulinsart (The Elves of Marlinspike) by Harry Edwood. On hold.
• '''Teen Titans Spotlight No. 11, DC Comics, 1987, "The Brotherhood is Dead" written by Jean-Marc Lofficier, art by Joe Orlando
• There was a series of adverts for the Citroen 2CV6 involving the Tintin characters which took the form of book covers for non-existent stories. In these, the advertised car appeared prominently as a photograph with the Tintin characters around it.

"Objectif Monde" (Destination World)

This story was released in the newspaper Le Monde on January 28, 1999. To celebrate Tintin’s 70th “anniversary” and the Comics Festival in Angoulême, the Parisian newspaper published a pastiche by David Savard entitled "Objectif Monde". The Hergé Foundation gave its authorization and allowed the publication of this first “official” pastiche, fully approved by Hergé’s beneficiaries. The short story, 26 pages long, makes numerous references to the adventures of Tintin.

The main protagonist is a naive young reporter called Wzkxy, who is embroiled in an unlikely conspiracy theory - supposedly the Tintin books contained encoded messages aimed at the USSR. It has since been reprinted in various forms, and has also been translated into English by Vlipvlop (pseudonym) in early 2006. It can be easily bought in all its variant forms through internet auction sites.

"Reporter Pigiste" (Freelance Reporter)

This short 3-page (6 half-pages) story was made in autumn 1992 by Yves Rodier, based rather vaguely on a scenario suggested in issue No. 1027 of the magazine “Spirou” from December 19th, 1957.

The story details how a young Tintin solves a bank robbery and gets his job with Le Petit Vingtiéme. The end of the story directly leads into Tintin in the Land of the Soviets. Yves Rodier sticks quite closely to Hergé’s initial universe.

The original blak and white strips were later colourised, creating a very effective pastiche of Herge's artwork. It has been translated into English by Chris Owens, and can easily be obtained via internet auctions.

See also

• The Adventures of Tintin

External links

• Tintin est Vivant! - (French)
• The Unknown Tintin