Tintin and the Captain

<p>If you are French, or a lover of all things French, your eyes are immediately drawn to the mural over my shoulder in this avatar selfie and you might be a bit shocked.</p> <p>Even if you are not French, you might recognize Tintin from the serialized comic strips and cartoon novels that have been translated into many languages.</p> <p>It would be difficult to overstate the iconic status of Tintin in France and much of European popular culture in the 20th century.</p> <p>He is a young person without a clear backstory who approaches life heroically and idealistically. Non-Stop. Never Wavers.</p> <p>An investigator, journalist, adventurer facing new challenges in every episode. Not a complex and fully drawn character, but something more like the personification of our ideals.</p> <p><a href="https://tomnickel.medium.com/tintin-and-the-captain-d76cfb08ac3"><strong>Website</strong></a></p>