Oh yeah this was the book in which they first met Prof Calculus/Tournesol. Come to think of it, this probably shaped my idea of what a scientist/engineer was like. He was kinda eccentric, true, but also persistent, imaginative, open to crazy ideas and most importantly: his stuff worked! He actually came thru with the shark-submarine and the rocket to the moon and the sound-machine.
Hell yeah, that’s right!
Umm… not to pry too much, but… are you indeed in a STEM profession, Sergio? (sorry in advance for my rudeness)
Yeah, I did STEM, tho I took a bit of time off and now not sure if I wanna get back into it.
You’re at least younger than me, aren’t you? (I’m WELL in to “middle age,” haha, D:)
So, um… Are you happy with what you’re doing, and how do you see the future proceeding for you? (again, I’m terribly sorry for my rude bluntness)
I think we’re about the same age, but idk. If I had a solid idea about the future, I’d tell ya, but idk that either.
As a general fan of reductionism, I love Hergé’s ligne claire so… so much. <3
I mean, the ability to both simplify the drawing style, yet at the same time fill the panel with all kinds of interesting, and usually artistically-placed elements, as well. People sometimes call comics like Tintin and Astérix (etc) ‘just for teenagers’ at best, but to my mind, there’s a great deal of subtle artistry and artistic choices going on, on top of everything else.
Oh yeah in the collections there’s usually at least once scene where Herge breaks out of the “small box” sequence and gives us a scene that takes up half a page. Those are almost always gorgeous, worthy of being on a poster and hanging on the wall.
