Posted by David N.Chorley on June 24, 1999 at 00:43:26 from 1Cust113.tnt2.broken-arrow.ok.da.uu.net:
In Reply to: Tintin - was "Re: slightly different "favorite"" posted by David Brooks on June 23, 1999 at 13:57:47:
Ah, another similarity between Herge and Ransome: characters actually adopted wholesale from life: Roger, of course, and Herge used Tim Brooke-Taylor (Yes _The_ Tim Brooke-Taylor; how he chose him, I'm Sorry, I Haven't A Clue)....
This posting guaranteed to leave transatlantic types in the dark.
David