This is a list of parodies and

pastiches A pastiche is a work of visual art, literature, theatre, music, or architecture that imitates the style or character of the work of one or more other artists. Unlike parody, pastiche pays homage to the work it imitates, rather than mocking it ...

satirising ''

The Adventures of Tintin ''The Adventures of Tintin'' (french: Les Aventures de Tintin ) is a series of 24 bande dessinée#Formats, ''bande dessinée'' albums created by Belgians, Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi, who wrote under the pen name Hergé. The series was one ...

'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. In addition to the twenty-four official comic albums written by Hergé, several unofficial parodies and pastiches of ''

'' have been published over the years by various authors. While some consist in entirely new drawings made to resemble the original art, others were created by splicing together strips from the original albums and rewriting the dialogue. The copyright owner of the original comics, Moulinsart, has taken legal steps to stop publication of some of the unofficial material. Eric Jenot's Tintin Parodies site was closed down by Moulinsart in 2004 for displaying Tintin parodies and pastiches. Other material has remained available, for instance the anarchist/communist comic '' Breaking Free''.

Parodies and satire

Some parodies of Tintin feature the actual Tintin characters with their original identities and personalities, some feature the original characters but with wildly modified personalities, and some simply reuse the appearance of the characters but give them completely different names and identities. They generally fall into one of two sub-sections:

Political

* Tintin au pays de nazis ("Tintin in the Land of the Nazis"), the short and crudely drawn strip lampoons Hergé for working for a Nazi-run newspaper during the occupation. Published in September 1944. * '' Breaking Free'' by

J. Daniels ''J. The Jewish News of Northern California'', formerly known as ''Jweekly'', is a weekly print newspaper in Northern California, with its online edition updated daily. It is owned and operated by San Francisco Jewish Community Publications In ...

—

Anarchist Anarchism is a political philosophy and movement that is skeptical of all justifications for authority and seeks to abolish the institutions it claims maintain unnecessary coercion and hierarchy, typically including, though not neces ...

Communist Communism (from Latin la, communis, lit=common, universal, label=none) is a far-left sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology and current within the socialist movement whose goal is the establishment of a communist society, a s ...

book about Tintin growing up in a poor working class area of

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

and about how he joins the revolution. * ''Tintin in Lebanon'' — Tintin gets drawn into Middle eastern conflicts while in

Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus li ...

. This comic was published in '' National Lampoon'', an American humour magazine, mocking the foreign policies of the Ronald Reagan administration. * ''Tintin en Irak'' (''Tintin in

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

'') — published shortly after the

2003 invasion of Iraq The 2003 invasion of Iraq was a United States-led invasion of the Republic of Iraq and the first stage of the Iraq War. The invasion phase began on 19 March 2003 (air) and 20 March 2003 (ground) and lasted just over one month, including 26 ...

, this comic uses actual panels from previous Tintin comics—with new text—to make a cynical statement about the events leading up to the war. * ''Tintin au Salvador'' (''Tintin in

El Salvador El Salvador (; , meaning " The Saviour"), officially the Republic of El Salvador ( es, República de El Salvador), is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south b ...

'') — Tintin battles the corrupt government of El Salvador. * ''L'Énigme du 3ième message'' (''The Enigma of the 3rd Message'') — Tintin battles an international evil conspiracy involving the

Pope The pope ( la, papa, from el, πάππας, translit=pappas, 'father'), also known as supreme pontiff ( or ), Roman pontiff () or sovereign pontiff, is the bishop of Rome (or historically the patriarch of Rome), head of the worldwide Cathol ...

. * ''Tintin dans le Golfe'' (''Tintin in the Gulf'') * ''Juquin rénovateur du vingtième siècle au Pays de Soviets'' — This is a re-hash of ''

Tintin in the Land of the Soviets ''Tintin in the Land of the Soviets'' (french: link=no, Tintin au pays des Soviets) is the first volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Commissioned by the conservative Belgian newspaper as ant ...

'' with French political leader

Pierre Juquin Pierre Juquin (born 22 February 1930 in Clermont-Ferrand) is a French communist politician and trade unionist. Early life and PCF politics The son of an SNCF employee, he is a graduate of the École Normale Supérieure (ENS), and was a teacher ...

being drawn instead of Tintin. It was published in the book ''Élysez-les tous'' by Jalons. * ''Tintin in

Fallujah Fallujah ( ar, ٱلْفَلُّوجَة, al-Fallūjah, Iraqi pronunciation: ) is a city in the Iraqi province of Al Anbar, located roughly west of Baghdad on the Euphrates. Fallujah dates from Babylonian times and was host to important Jew ...

'' — featured in '' MAD'' magazine * ''Les Harpes de Greenmore'' (''The Harps of Greenmore'') — Tintin is a

Provisional IRA The Irish Republican Army (IRA; ), also known as the Provisional Irish Republican Army, and informally as the Provos, was an Irish republicanism, Irish republican paramilitary organisation that sought to end British rule in Northern Ireland, fa ...

guerrilla fighting to re-unite

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

, after the British government kidnaps Calculus in an attempt to blame the IRA. * Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, then opposition leader, was portrayed as Tintin for at least 6 months in 2007 by political cartoonist Bill Leak. Moulinsart threatened legal action and demanded payment for past sales of the Rudd-Tintin likeness. Leak refused to give undertakings to cease using the character in future cartoons on the basis of the fair dealing exception for the purposes of parody and satire. Moulinsart conceded this point but continued to insist that Leak not profit commercially from publication of the cartoons.

Pornographic

* ''

Tintin in Thailand ''Tintin in Thailand'' (French: ''Tintin en Thaïlande'') is a parody of ''The Adventures of Tintin'' books by Hergé, released in 1999. It is written and designed to emulate a volume of the Tintin books, but is the author's own story. It was writ ...

'' — Tintin goes to Thailand on a sex holiday. * ''La vie sexuelle de Tintin'' (''The Sex Life of Tintin'') * ''Tintin en Suisse'' (''Tintin in

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

'') * ''Tintin à Paris'' (''Tintin in

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

'') * ''Tientein en Bordélie'' (''Tintin in Brotheland'') * ''Dindin et le secret de Moulinsal'' * ''Tintin pour les dames'' (''Tintin for Ladies'')

Pastiches

Yves Rodier Yves Rodier (born June 5, 1967) is a Québécois comic strip creator known for his many pastiches of ''The Adventures of Tintin''.Tintin and Alph-Art'' — A "completed" version of Hergé's unfinished book. Available in colour and in French and English. ** ''The Lake of the Sorcerer'' — Tintin uncovers the mystery of a monster in a lake. ** ''A Day at the Airport'' — Rodier planned to complete the album debuted by Hergé as soon as his own version of the ''Alph-Art'' was completed. However, due to harsh reactions from the Moulinsart Foundation, Rodier decided to leave the project, though he did produce one page from the ''Airport'' album. ** ''Reporter Pigiste'' (''Freelance Reporter'') — Three-page story, made in autumn 1992, loosely based on a scenario suggested in issue No. 1027 of Spirou from December 19, 1957: 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''. ** ''Tintin and the Thermozéro'' — This page is an inking of page 4 from a leftover project of Hergé's. * ''Tintin et l'Alph-art'' (''Tintin and Alph-art'') by " Ramo Nash" (pseudonym) — This is a "completed" version of Hergé's unfinished '' Tintin and Alph-art''. It is only available in black-and-white, and in French. * '' Tintin in the New World'' by

Frederic Tuten Frederic Tuten (born December 2, 1936) is an American novelist, short story writer and essayist. He has written five novels – ''The Adventures of Mao on the Long March'' (1971), ''Tallien: A Brief Romance'' (1988), ''Tintin in the New World: A ...

— A prose novel, not illustrated, that got Hergé's permission shortly before his death. Tintin gets bored of adventures and falls in love. * ''Tintin and the Flute of the Wendigo'' and ''Tintin in Australia'' by

Conlan Conlan is a surname of Irish origin, meaning hero. In its original Gaelic form it was spelt a number of different ways, resulting in many English-language versions, such as Conlon, Connellan, etc. The O'Connellans were chiefs of Crioch Tullach, i ...

. * ''

Teen Titans The Teen Titans are a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, frequently in eponymous monthly series. As the group's name indicates, the members are teenage superheroes, many of whom have acted as sidekicks to DC ...

Spotlight'' #11,

DC Comics DC Comics, Inc. (doing business as DC) is an American comic book publisher and the flagship unit of DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, with thei ...

, 1987, "The Brotherhood is Dead", written by

Jean-Marc Lofficier Jean-Marc Lofficier (; born June 22, 1954) is a French author of books about films and television programs, as well as numerous comics and translations of a number of animation screenplays. He usually collaborates with his wife, Randy Lofficier ( ...

, art by

Joe Orlando Joseph Orlando (April 4, 1927 – December 23, 1998) was an Italian American illustrator, writer, editor and cartoonist during a lengthy career spanning six decades. He was the associate publisher of '' Mad'' and the vice president of DC Comics, ...

* ''Tum Tum and the Forged Expenses'' — At the height of its popularity in 1988, the ''

Spitting Image ''Spitting Image'' is a British satirical television puppet show, created by Peter Fluck, Roger Law and Martin Lambie-Nairn. First broadcast in 1984, the series was produced by 'Spitting Image Productions' for Central Independent Television ov ...

'' television show produced a tie-in comic book featuring a Tintin spoof where Tum Tum, an alcoholic

Fleet Street Fleet Street is a major street mostly in the City of London. It runs west to east from Temple Bar at the boundary with the City of Westminster to Ludgate Circus at the site of the London Wall and the River Fleet from which the street was na ...

journalist A journalist is an individual that collects/gathers information in form of text, audio, or pictures, processes them into a news-worthy form, and disseminates it to the public. The act or process mainly done by the journalist is called journalism ...

, follows a false lead to a drugs-smuggling operation at a

Soho Soho is an area of the City of Westminster, part of the West End of London. Originally a fashionable district for the aristocracy, it has been one of the main entertainment districts in the capital since the 19th century. The area was develop ...

S&M bar. Captain Haddock is portrayed as 'Captain Haddit', a leather-clad predatory homosexual. The Thomppson Twins (note the double ''p'') turn up at the end of the story to arrest Tum Tum for his forged expenses claims. Snowy is renamed 'Spewy', and ends up being run over by a car. The story makes numerous references to real Tintin adventures (most notably '' The Blue Lotus'') as well as fictional non-canonical ones (such as ''Tum Tum and the Cross-Eyed Vivisectionist''). * ''Objectif Monde'' (''Destination World'') by Didier Savard — Released in ''

Le Monde ''Le Monde'' (; ) is a French daily afternoon newspaper. It is the main publication of Le Monde Group and reported an average circulation of 323,039 copies per issue in 2009, about 40,000 of which were sold abroad. It has had its own website si ...

'' on January 28, 1999, to celebrate Tintin's 70th birthday and the Comics Festival in

Angoulême Angoulême (; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Engoulaeme''; oc, Engoleime) is a communes of France, commune, the Prefectures of France, prefecture of the Charente Departments of France, department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwestern Franc ...

. 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. The hero, Wzkxy, is a young reporter working in Le Monde. He looks so much like Tintin that everyone prefers to call him "Tintin" rather than "Wzkxy", a completely unpronounceable name. He identifies so much with Tintin that he imagines being accompanied by Snowy. This pseudo-Tintin thus investigates the existence of an unpublished story by Hergé whose origin dates back to Tintin in the land of the Soviets. The stories of Hergé were in fact coded messages sent to the Soviet bloc by the USA. Many characters from the adventures of Tintin appear: la Castafiore is the editor-in-chief of ''Le Monde'', the Thompsons were faithful to their role of policemen, Calculus, etc. * "Tim-Tim: Prisoners of the Red Planet", by

Robert Sikoryak Robert Sikoryak (born 1964) is an American artist whose work is usually signed R. Sikoryak. He specializes in making comic adaptations of literature classics. Under the series title ''Masterpiece Comics'', these include ''Crime and Punishment'' re ...

— A two-page parody of '' Destination Moon'', about "Tim-Tim" on Mars, published in '' Wired'' magazine in July 2001.Cover
an
page
a
Sikoryak's site
* Tintin, Snowy, and Haddock all briefly appear in the comic ''

Scarlet Traces ''Scarlet Traces'' is a Steampunk comic series written by Ian Edginton and illustrated by D'Israeli. It was originally published online before being serialised in 2002, in the British anthology ''Judge Dredd Megazine''. A sequel, ''Scarlet Traces: ...

'', by

Ian Edginton Ian Edginton is a British comic book writer, known for his work on such titles as ''X-Force'', '' Scarlet Traces'', '' H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds'' and ''Leviathan''. Career Ian Edginton is known for his steampunk/ alternate history wor ...

and D'Israeli. * In Kim Newman's novel '' Dracula Cha-Cha-Cha'', Tintin and Bianca Castafiore both appear, in chapters 8 and 11 respectively. In his short story "Angels of Music", Bianca Castafiore is implied to be the descendant of the character Carlotta from '' The Phantom of the Opera''. *

Jan Bucquoy Jan Bucquoy (; Harelbeke, 16 November 1945) is a Belgian anarchist who has worked in various media (film, comics writing, painting, sculptures, museums). He gained fame for his controversial anti-establishment works and media stunts, which caus ...

made a pornographic parodic comic book album named ''La Vie Sexuelle de Tintin'' (''The Sexual Life of Tintin''). The story is set during The Castafiore Emerald, and features most of Tintin's main cast along with many returning characters engaging in sexual activities, such as Tintin and Castafiore, Haddock and Calculus, and Nestor and Irma. Many scenes depict sexual acts perceived to be unethical, with instances of bestiality (such as Snowy performing fellatio on Tintin), and series villain Rastapopoulos is shown to engage in pedophilic acts. The story also takes liberties with series canon, such as revealing Thomson to be a woman wearing a disguise. In the comics conclusion, it is revealed that the events of the story were an elaborate porn film directed by original character "Bastapoglandos", who closely resembles Rastapopoulos. * In the film ''

Camping Cosmos ''Camping Cosmos'' is a 1996 Belgian satirical comedy film and a sequel to ''La Vie sexuelle des Belges 1950-1978'', directed by the same director: Jan Bucquoy. It stars Claude Semal, Lolo Ferrari (Miss Vandeputte), Noël Godin (Pierre Mertens), H ...

'' a lookalike of Tintin is one of the main characters. Despite having a different name, his quiff, outfit and little white fox terrier are obviously referencing Tintin.

Other

*English filmmakers Nick Donnelly and Andrew Stebulitis created a

YouTube YouTube is a global online video platform, online video sharing and social media, social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. It was launched on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. It is owned by ...

series in 2006, ''Teesside Tintin'', which would become a viral hit in the site's early days. By 2015, the videos had collectively accumulated 25 millions views. It involved re-editing the Nelvana animated series with new audio tracks, laced with profanity and references to Middlesbrough, England, where the pair came from. It would spawn a website, ''Dubtoons'', which would host other redubs of children's cartoons.

References

External links

Tintin in Irak

Tintin est Vivant!
— (French) * {{Tintin and Hergé Parodies

Tintin Tintin or Tin Tin may refer to: ''The Adventures of Tintin'' * ''The Adventures of Tintin'', a comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé ** Tintin (character), a fictional character in the series ** ''The Adventures of Tintin'' (film), 2011, ...

Tintin parodies and pastiches