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Destination Moon

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to one of my top-three favourite Tintin books.

In addition to just being a goddamn excellent start to the Moon Adventure two-parter, this particular album is very near and dear to my heart, as it is the one that my brother and I have referenced, quoted and loved more than the rest for as long as I can remember. Yeah, I know, kinda sappy, bro. But there it is.

I don't know if I can even go into every single detail of why I find Destination Moon so brilliant and keep it as brief as the rest of the little reviews I've written so far-- I'd likely end up going scene by scene, page by page, recounting every hysterical exchange of dialogue, every example of perfect slapstick comedy, every lovely bit of scientific technobabble (which is much less babble than one might assume...in fact, Hergé's meticulous research REALLY pays off here, and feeds the inner sci-fi lover that lurks within me), every part that I associate with a various inside joke with my brother, and...see, this list of what I would LIST is getting tedious. I'll try to sum up.

The tone is fantastic. I love the balance between some of the best humour the series has seen thus far and the ominous, tense undercurrents of the espionage plot. There is extremely little action in this story, but as I've stated before, I'm partial to that flavour of Tintin book. The Thom(p)sons provide --IMHO-- their best performance in the series between the two moon books, with one of the highlights in this album being the "skeleton incident". Captain Haddock is more stubbornly passionate than ever, ripping apart chairs with his bare hands when Tintin comes to harm and going to extreme (RIDICULOUS) lengths to restore the Professor's memory. Frank Wolff has more to do in part two of this story, while my brother and I have always had a peculiar obsession with the character of Mr. Baxter (to the point where I recently calculated how much of his "screen time" is spent answering/using/referring to a telephone).

And, of course, Professor Calculus acts the goat.
...It is my favourite scene in the entire series. Are there even words? I mean...of all the things for Calculus to explode over...and the phrase itself is hilarious-sounding...the fact that his horrible fury doesn't abate much throughout the scene...priceless dialogue...the brilliant reveal of the rocket...how poor Haddock reacts during the entire incident...I absolutely love this scene. NATURALLY I drew one of its best moments: tiny Calculus manhandles the massive Chief of Security ("Well, Professor, what's all this about? I hear someone's acting the goat.") and hangs him on a coat hook.

There's MUCH more I could ramble on about, but this is starting to get long already, and I really need to eat dinner. So, suffice it to say, LOVE IT.

I didn't even talk about, for lack of a better term, the radio show I used to do with my stuffed animals...where one of the stories was a blatant rip-off of the Moon Adventures. Yeah.

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The Adventures of Tintin is © HERGE/MOULINSART S.A. estate; I will not be personally profiting from ANY of this art

Description
Destination Moon

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to one of my top-three favourite Tintin books.

In addition to just being a goddamn excellent start to the Moon Adventure two-parter, this particular album is very near and dear to my heart, as it is the one that my brother and I have referenced, quoted and loved more than the rest for as long as I can remember. Yeah, I know, kinda sappy, bro. But there it is.

I don't know if I can even go into every single detail of why I find Destination Moon so brilliant and keep it as brief as the rest of the little reviews I've written so far-- I'd likely end up going scene by scene, page by page, recounting every hysterical exchange of dialogue, every example of perfect slapstick comedy, every lovely bit of scientific technobabble (which is much less babble than one might assume...in fact, Hergé's meticulous research REALLY pays off here, and feeds the inner sci-fi lover that lurks within me), every part that I associate with a various inside joke with my brother, and...see, this list of what I would LIST is getting tedious. I'll try to sum up.

The tone is fantastic. I love the balance between some of the best humour the series has seen thus far and the ominous, tense undercurrents of the espionage plot. There is extremely little action in this story, but as I've stated before, I'm partial to that flavour of Tintin book. The Thom(p)sons provide --IMHO-- their best performance in the series between the two moon books, with one of the highlights in this album being the "skeleton incident". Captain Haddock is more stubbornly passionate than ever, ripping apart chairs with his bare hands when Tintin comes to harm and going to extreme (RIDICULOUS) lengths to restore the Professor's memory. Frank Wolff has more to do in part two of this story, while my brother and I have always had a peculiar obsession with the character of Mr. Baxter (to the point where I recently calculated how much of his "screen time" is spent answering/using/referring to a telephone).

And, of course, Professor Calculus acts the goat.
...It is my favourite scene in the entire series. Are there even words? I mean...of all the things for Calculus to explode over...and the phrase itself is hilarious-sounding...the fact that his horrible fury doesn't abate much throughout the scene...priceless dialogue...the brilliant reveal of the rocket...how poor Haddock reacts during the entire incident...I absolutely love this scene. NATURALLY I drew one of its best moments: tiny Calculus manhandles the massive Chief of Security ("Well, Professor, what's all this about? I hear someone's acting the goat.") and hangs him on a coat hook.

There's MUCH more I could ramble on about, but this is starting to get long already, and I really need to eat dinner. So, suffice it to say, LOVE IT.

I didn't even talk about, for lack of a better term, the radio show I used to do with my stuffed animals...where one of the stories was a blatant rip-off of the Moon Adventures. Yeah.

Promo
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04
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12
13
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15

The Adventures of Tintin is © HERGE/MOULINSART S.A. estate; I will not be personally profiting from ANY of this art