List of Tintin parodies and pastiches

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There have been many unofficial Tintin books created. Some are 'parodies', i.e. they try to take the mickey out of the books. Others are 'pastiches', i.e. they try to imitate Herge's works.

Some grotesque and others rather good. There are a variety of opinions on them. Some say they would never care to read them. Others say they can't wait to read them. It just depends what your tastes happen to be.

Tintin parodies are technically illegal. Moulinsart own the copyright and can slam you a good fine if they catch you. Eric Jenot's Tintin Parodies site was closed down by Moulinsart in 2004 for displaying Tintin parodies/pastiches/pirates.

1 Parodies
- 1.1 Political
- 1.2 Pornographic
2 Pastiches
- 2.1 "Objectif Monde" (Destination World)
- 2.2 "Reporter Pigiste" (Freelance Reporter)
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Parodies

They generally fall into one of two sub-sections:

[edit] 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'Ènigme 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 terrorist fighting to re-unite Ireland, after the British government kidnaps Calculus in an attempt to blame the IRA.

[edit] Pornographic

Tintin in Thailand. In it, Tintin goes to Thailand on a sex holiday.
La vie sexuelle de Tintin (The Sexual 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

[edit] 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 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 de 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. Incomplete.
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. Status unknown.
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.[edit]

[edit] "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 "Destination World". The big surprise was that 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, tells the adventures of Le Monde’s young reporter Wzkxy, nicknamed Tintin because of his passion for the character, with multiple allusions to the adventures of Tintin. Wzkxy, the hero, is so obsessed with the character of Tintin (and we can see that from the start) that he thinks that Snowy is really at his side!! This Tintin-clone inquires into the existence of a new story by Hergé whose roots are in Tintin in the Land of the Soviets. This story was much more than a comic book! It was the real purpose of a secret agent! Hergé himself was in the know and his stories were secret messages sent by the USA to the Soviet bloc! Many characters from the adventures of Tintin appear. Castafiore owns the newspaper “Le Monde”, the Thompsons keep their role as police officers, Calculus emerges from his shark-sub, etc... Even Rastapopoulos appears at the center of the plot. In 2003 on the site "Naufrageur.com" there was a color version of David Savard’s famous parody published in the world "Destination World". This color application with shading was made by 3 people in 4 weeks at the rate of several hours per page. Virtually at the same time the talented Icelandic Bjarki presented a splendid "solo" color version.

This book was translated into English by Vlipvlop (pseudonym) in early 2006. Though the translation has, unfortunately, not been widely distributed.

[edit] "Reporter Pigiste" (Freelance Reporter)

This short 3-page (6 half-pages) story was made in autumn 1992 by Yves Rodier. A comic book fanzine organized a contest and Rodier started by asking whether he was allowed to make a story with an already-existing character. The answer was no. So he drew this story telling of Tintin’s first "scoop", based rather vaguely on a scenario suggested in issue No. 1027 of the magazine “Spirou” from December 19th, 1957 (for another comic book contest!).

There’s no need to say that he didn’t win the contest. He was even disqualified because he’d used a character that didn’t belong to him! And then, he had to scramble hand over foot to recover his original boards, which, as by chance, had been found in the magazine CROC’s editor’s personal collection, a big Tintin fan ... Today, only some lucky collectors have this short adventure in their hands. The others who have this adventure have to download it on the Internet.

The story explains how Tintin solves a bank robbery and gets his job with Le Petit Vingtiéme. At the end of the story it announces Tintin in the Land of the Soviets ... Yves Rodier sticks quite closely to Hergé’s initial universe. The scenario is to some extent a prelude to Hergé’s first story.

The color version of this story gives it more depth! The original format of the story is that of the traditional A4 sheets. They are presented in the form of 3 or 4 images each strip. Two strips are presented per page. The format 21 cm x 29,7 cm was not necessary.

This pastiche has been translated into English by Chris Owens.