@flipper@mastodonapp.uk "they knew what they were doing" Yes and no. Father Wallez, the editorial director of young Hergé, certainly knew what he was doing. Hergé was 22 years old and not very wise nor traveled when he started drawing Tintin, and he obeyed Wallez about the themes he used for Tintin's adventures, getting (IIRC) his documentation from him. It's only from "Le lotus bleu" onward that he started to be his own man (or at least get better influence : Tchang was a Maoist). @aSweetGentleman@mstdn.social @blogdiva@mastodon.social