Yesterday, in my almost unstoppable roaming about the city, I decided to make yet another detour (if you can call it that, as I had no destination, really)- this time, to look at the vinyl records at that place I often go. Do forgive me for not writing down the name of the place, as you know where it is- that place where the classical records are in the back. Well, on the way there, I spotted a flyer with the covers of some Tintin reference books that we have and I stopped to have a look see. It turns out that the fellow Michael Farr, who is the author of those books, was to give a short talk about Tintin. Naturally, I wondered when it was, so looked at the date and time to make sure to go. Looking at my watch, I realized that it was going on right then and there (although I was fifteen minutes late), but was able to catch three quarters of the whole thing (it lasted an hour, you see). Alas, of course I did not bring the books along, hardly knowing he was there, but I decided to wait in line (a short line it was, but each person was a Tintin fan, and one person in fact was a fanatic). I waited just to thank him for the great books which I look at every now and then in wonder, as well as thanks for some new gossip related to Tintin and Herge that I had never heard.
There was one story about the real life King Fasil (my spelling may be totally off here, I am a bit lazy to check at the moment) which was fun but which had a sad ending. Ah, such is the nature of things. Well, I will tell you more about the lecture later on- but in the meantime, do look at some photos I snapped at the talk. You will find, of course, the statue with the Broken Ear...
One last thing, though. He mentioned that he had read the book "hundreds of times"- now, that's loyalty, although with the brilliance of Herge's work, it makes perfect sense.
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