If you’re a US noder like me, you might not have ever heard of
Tintin, the boy reporter who gets into scrapes all over the world. But I guarantee that most non-US noders have heard of the creation of
Belgian cartoonist
Hergé, especially in
French speaking countries where he’s taken on iconic status, much like that of
Mickey Mouse or
Superman.
So you can imagine what happened when Belgian authorities were confronted with "Tintin in
Thailand", an
X-rated romp in the
Asian sex paradise. Tintin and his fellow cartoon characters
Captain Haddock and
Professor Calculus are off for
one night in Bangkok and visit a bar and get
lap dances. Tintin visits a gay bar called Sexy Boy and gets propositioned by male prostitutes. Even Tintin’s faithful little dog
Snowy gets in on the action and is
violated by another character. Is nothing sacred?
The Belgians, who take their art as seriously as the
French do apparently, arrested three men in
Torunai and seized 1000 copies of the bootleg comic, which was printed in Thailand. Ironically, another ring of forgers ripped off the original trio and is producing better quality copies of the comic.
Source: http://www.salon.com/sex/world/2001/02/26/tintin/index.html
8/14: I've just been told that it's available for sale as a
Word or
PDF download at http://www.tintin-in-thailand.com/. Enjoy!