tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816075755902555378.post1505991710042076146..comments2024-02-20T06:58:37.061+00:00Comments on Cloud 109: Drawing From SourcePeter Richardsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15566601617123798061noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816075755902555378.post-67235893412120507592009-11-08T17:20:54.870+00:002009-11-08T17:20:54.870+00:00Btw Peter thanks for the kind words about Mirabili...Btw Peter thanks for the kind words about Mirabilis :-)Dave Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14468228790874490693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816075755902555378.post-54427540281441840402009-11-08T17:20:11.678+00:002009-11-08T17:20:11.678+00:00The change of direction on the bridge is an odd ch...The change of direction on the bridge is an odd choice. Obviously he wanted the train going consistently from left to right. But he could have had Tintin running parallel to the train, then had the steps lead up in the same direction. That way he'd keep the momentum of Tintin running and only have needed to switch to viewing from the other side of the bridge (flipping the view through about 120 degrees) when Tintin is getting ready to jump. But even the pose in that jump isn't as vibrant as the original, so I guess he was just sitting there cursing the British publisher for wasting his time.Dave Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14468228790874490693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816075755902555378.post-9517121193308791662009-11-08T16:43:03.432+00:002009-11-08T16:43:03.432+00:00Yes I'd definitely agree with you Hound about ...Yes I'd definitely agree with you Hound about the change of direction when Tintin is ascending the bridge the original panel is just cracking with energy.<br /><br />It's a bit like the difference between going to a Clash gig as opposed to an evening with Eric Clapton.Peter Richardsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15566601617123798061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816075755902555378.post-10859664659624952322009-11-08T16:35:14.601+00:002009-11-08T16:35:14.601+00:00Greatto hear from you Dave, in fact I've just ...Greatto hear from you Dave, in fact I've just been on the Mirablis site reading all the episodes you've got up there again (I'd already been hooked into them when they appeared in the DFC) but I've got to say that they way they look on the site is even more electrifying than in the DFC - awesome stuff you guys!<br /><br />Regarding "Lile Noir"; I think that Herge was going through the usual mid life re-assessment thing. Ironically for a man producing stories about a globe trotting reporter he really hadn't travelled that much until later in his life, his twenty five year marriage had fallen apart after he'd had a fling with one of his assistants,he then went through an extremely painful separation and suffered from recurring nightmares where his dreams were filled with whiteness. He wrote "Tintin in Tibet" and it proved a catharsis. The money that he was by then earning allowed him to slow down and take more time over the stuff he wanted to do. He definitely would have regarded a redraw as an imposition on his time and as he was well into production of "Flight 714" he delegated the whole tiresome affair to Bob De Moor.Peter Richardsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15566601617123798061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816075755902555378.post-38280672462700220872009-11-08T16:22:18.779+00:002009-11-08T16:22:18.779+00:00In the original, Tintin's sweating buckets as ...In the original, Tintin's sweating buckets as he continues his pursuit through the panels. The character poses all have a strong line of action through them. And then, in the new version, there's that change of direction , as Tintin mounts the railway bridge that removes the impetus for the reader... Well... It does for me, at least... What a great post this is, Peter. Thanks for putting this up!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816075755902555378.post-91259883641666296692009-11-08T16:02:40.422+00:002009-11-08T16:02:40.422+00:00It's really interesting comparing those. Obvio...It's really interesting comparing those. Obviously hitching a ride is less dramatic than jumping on the truck anyway, but even allowing for that the UK version looks tired. Eg panel 9 in the original where we get the sense of Tintin barely running fast enough by just entering the frame, which is entirely lacking in the UK version.<br /><br />Do you think that Herge was just bored at having to cover the same ground twice, so to speak? Or maybe he left the UK version to an assistant who simply wasn't as good.Dave Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14468228790874490693noreply@blogger.com