Tintin (OT)

Lars Jensen lpj at forfatter.dk
Wed Apr 7 00:13:56 CEST 2004


Shad Z. wrote:

> You do know that eventually the copyrights on the Tin Tin and Asterix
> stories will expire, and the characters will be in the public domain,
> and anyone will be able to do Tin Tin and Asterix stories, no matter
> what Hergé and Uderzo (and their heirs) said?
>
> Of course, these new storries will be unofficial and unauthorised, so
> Hergé and Uderzo probably don't care (from their graves).  They just
> didn't want any new "authorized" stories, I bet...

I don't know Uderzo's attitude on this in detail, but Hergé certainly
*will* care (from the aforementioned grave). Go see the documentary
"Tintin et moi". That movie makes it very clear why nobody but Hergé
should make Tintin stories.

Lars





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