Going on a tangent: Did you read Tintin while living in America? Because from what I've understood, those comics are almost unheard of there. Is that not true?

I don't know about the rest of America, but they were pretty well known in Cambridge, where I first discovered them.

I've seen many volumes of Tintin at the bookstores in NYC, both independent shops and Barnes & Noble. I also remember them from youth, but wasn't a big fan. I don't think they are super popular, but have been available.

Last summer, I went through the whole series with my kids as bedtime stories (minus Tintin in the Congo and Tintin in America, which are a little beyond my PC threshold). We loved them! I have no idea why every kid in America doesn't slurp them up like candy.

Blisterin' barnacles! I was introduced to Tintin with the animated series on Nickelodeon. Probably watched too much TV when I was a lad