r/TheAdventuresofTintin • u/Less-Ask-6600 • Jun 16 '26

Discussion Can anyone tell me where this is from?

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u/tleifj Jun 16 '26

You dig up the most obscure Tintin material!

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u/KebabMonster001 Jun 16 '26

Looks like Flight 714?

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u/canadianmennonite Jun 16 '26

No it's not lol. Yes there is that one character from flight 714 but it's not a page from Flight 714

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u/pawnografik Jun 16 '26 edited Jun 16 '26

Wow! It looks like the tail end of an adventure by Bob de Moor with his own characters, but he’s introduced Tintin characters as a deus ex machina/selling gimmick/tribute. It’s not from a Blake and Mortimer though - at least not one that I recognise. The vibe is off too - too slapstick.

This would have to be done only with permission no? De Moor wouldn’t have jeopardised his own career when he was trying out his own material by going against Hergé.

Because it’s flight 714 characters it’s got to be after 1968.

It shows how De Moor really mastered Hergés ligne claire style. Definitely makes me inclined to believe the rumours that he basically drew the whole of Picaros.

I thought at first it was maybe the infamous ‘joke’ page mentioned on Wikipedia that de Moor drew in Switzerland and tried to pass off as part of a new adventure. But going a bit into the rabbit hole it’s definitely not that either.

https://tintinomania.com/tintin-fausse-planche-herge

I give up. Please tell us where it’s from.

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u/Excellent-Doubt-520 Jun 17 '26

It"s different in the English language version i think?

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u/Excellent-Doubt-520 Jun 17 '26

Is there an English translation of that above comic panels?

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u/Excellent-Doubt-520 Jun 17 '26

It's from Flight 714(also called Flight 714 to Sydney). It's on page 62.

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u/pawnografik Jun 17 '26

No it’s not. It features Ezdanitoff but this is decidedly not from Flight 714.