Comments on: Of course Tintin’s gay. Ask Snowy http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/2009/01/07/of-course-tintins-gay-ask-snowy/ • • • Being a journal by artist and designer John Coulthart, cataloguing interests, obsessions and passing enthusiasms. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:04:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: John http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/2009/01/07/of-course-tintins-gay-ask-snowy/comment-page-1/#comment-93302 John Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:36:22 +0000 http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/2009/01/07/of-course-tintins-gay-ask-snowy/#comment-93302 I wouldn't take Parris's piece too seriously, he enjoys being provocative. His comment about Peter Mandelson refers to the time when he stated on TV that Mandelson (a government minister) was gay, something that Mandelson's colleagues and much of the press knew very well but which no one had openly declared. People thinking Tintin is French is a common error, especially in Britain. Very lazy. I wouldn’t take Parris’s piece too seriously, he enjoys being provocative. His comment about Peter Mandelson refers to the time when he stated on TV that Mandelson (a government minister) was gay, something that Mandelson’s colleagues and much of the press knew very well but which no one had openly declared.

People thinking Tintin is French is a common error, especially in Britain. Very lazy.

]]> By: Li-An http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/2009/01/07/of-course-tintins-gay-ask-snowy/comment-page-1/#comment-93295 Li-An Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:37:57 +0000 http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/2009/01/07/of-course-tintins-gay-ask-snowy/#comment-93295 Well, after reading the comment again, I must admit it's not obvious is says "French are naturally gays". Maybe it says "French people behave strangely" :-) Well, after reading the comment again, I must admit it’s not obvious is says “French are naturally gays”. Maybe it says “French people behave strangely” :-)

]]> By: Li-An http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/2009/01/07/of-course-tintins-gay-ask-snowy/comment-page-1/#comment-93294 Li-An Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:35:25 +0000 http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/2009/01/07/of-course-tintins-gay-ask-snowy/#comment-93294 Well, the comments of the post of Parris show it's more an intellectual game than a solid theory. The big problem of his "proofs" is that he does not know anything about the history of children litterature in Europe in the XIX and beginning of the XX. In this case, most of Jules Vernes heroes are gay... and the totality of the first comics characters in Europe. I saw a comment saying: "He is french, so it's not surprising he is gay". Well, Tintin is Belgium... Well, the comments of the post of Parris show it’s more an intellectual game than a solid theory. The big problem of his “proofs” is that he does not know anything about the history of children litterature in Europe in the XIX and beginning of the XX. In this case, most of Jules Vernes heroes are gay… and the totality of the first comics characters in Europe.
I saw a comment saying: “He is french, so it’s not surprising he is gay”. Well, Tintin is Belgium…

]]> By: Yvonne http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/2009/01/07/of-course-tintins-gay-ask-snowy/comment-page-1/#comment-93037 Yvonne Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:23:13 +0000 http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/2009/01/07/of-course-tintins-gay-ask-snowy/#comment-93037 Awesome! Awesome!

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