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Flight 714
''Flight 714 to Sydney'' (french: link=no, Vol 714 pour Sydney; originally published in English as ''Flight 714'') is the twenty-second volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. It was serialised weekly from September 1966 to November 1967 in ''Tintin'' magazine. The title refers to a flight that Tintin and his friends fail to catch, as they become embroiled in their arch-nemesis Rastapopoulos' plot to kidnap an eccentric millionaire from a supersonic business jet on a Sondonesian island. Hergé started work on ''Flight 714 to Sydney'' four years after the completion of his previous ''Adventure'', ''The Castafiore Emerald''. At this point in his life, he was increasingly uninterested in the series, and used the story to explore the paranormal phenomena that deeply fascinated him. After its serialisation in ''Tintin'' magazine, the story was collected for publication in book form by Casterman in 1968. Although noted for its highly-d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casterman
Casterman is a publisher of Franco-Belgian comics, specializing in comic books and children's literature. The company is based in Brussels, Belgium. History The company was founded in 1780 by Donat-Joseph Casterman, an editor and bookseller originally from Tournai.Bocquet, José-Louis, and Fromental, Jean-Luc. ''The Adventures of Hergé'' (Drawn and Quarterly, 2011). Casterman was originally a printing company and publishing house. In 1934, Casterman took over the ''Le Petit Vingtième'' editions for the publication of the albums of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', from the fourth album of the series, ''Cigars of the Pharaoh''. From 1942, Casterman published reworked versions and colored versions of the previous Tintin albums. Strengthened by the success of Hergé's comics, shortly after, Casterman proposed new series with new authors such as Jacques Martin (comics), Jacques Martin, François Craenhals and C. & V. Hansen. From 1954 on, Casterman published children's books, as well ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kemajoran Airport
Kemayoran Airport also spelled Kemajoran Airport, was the principal airport for Jakarta, Indonesia, from 8 July 1940 until 31 March 1985, when it was replaced by Soekarno–Hatta International Airport. During World War II it was used by the Royal Air Force and became RAF Kemajoran. They used it during the invasion by the Japanese. Starting operation in 1985, Soekarno-Hatta airport replaced Kemayoran airport in Central Jakarta and Halim Perdanakusuma airport in East Jakarta. Kemayoran Airport replaced Jakarta's first airport at Cililitan. What was Kemayoran Airport is now located in two subdistricts: the southern part is located in the Kemayoran Subdistrict, (Central Jakarta) and the northern part is in Pademangan Subdistrict, (North Jakarta). Douglas DC-8 jetliners flown by Garuda Indonesia, KLM, Japan Airlines, UTA French Airlines, Air Ceylon and Thai Airways operated to Kemayoran in the 1960s and early 1970s, as did Cathay Pacific Convair 880 jets. Paris-based Transports A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allan Thompson (comics)
This is the list of fictional characters in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The characters are listed alphabetically, grouped by the Main characters, the Antagonists, and the Supporting characters. Before the list, there is an Index of characters for each of the 24 albums. The supporting characters Hergé created for his series have been described as far more developed than the central character, each imbued with a strength of character and depth of personality that has been compared with that of the characters of Charles Dickens. Hergé used the supporting characters to create a realism (arts), realistic world in which to set his protagonists' adventures. To further the realism and continuity, characters recur throughout the series. During the German occupation of Belgium during World War II, German occupation of Belgium during World War II, and the subsequent restrictions this imposed, Hergé was forced to focus on characterisatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
