Early Tintin was produced by a far right fascist journal, that’s why the early tintin used to be racist & pro-colonialism. Funnily enough, after the Nazi invasion of Belgium, the Nazis ordered the closing down of said journal, which forced / allowed the author to move to a different production, and make non-political comics (the political nature of the early comics were directions given by the fascist journal)
Early Tintin was produced by a far right fascist journal, that’s why the early tintin used to be racist & pro-colonialism. Funnily enough, after the Nazi invasion of Belgium, the Nazis ordered the closing down of said journal, which forced / allowed the author to move to a different production, and make non-political comics (the political nature of the early comics were directions given by the fascist journal)
20th century Europe huh
I didn’t know that. Thanks for the insights.
Is this why he was described as anti-Semitic when the film came out?
Well, herge did write comics during the belgian occupation, and he unfortunately did not refrain from making despicable depictions of jewish people
I found this (long) article on the subject; i I admitedly did not read it all but it does provide some documentation & translation on the subject