The adventure of TinTin

I was shown with a small red rocket (identical to the rocket in the picture on the left) by my colleague. It looks familar but i can't seems to recall where i used to saw it. Then he told me it was a collectable from the Tintin comic, which he bought in Belgium.

Abit about the comic, Tintin was a boy reporter, which travels around the world. First appeared in 1929 in a children's section for a Belgian daily newspaper. The author Herge (real name Georges Remi), with no formal art training, draw the first Tintin at the age of twenty-two.

The Tintin comic was actually quite popular during my primary school days. I did not really have much chances to read it, as it was hard to find in the school library.

After being "re-introduced" to Tintin again, i decided to pick up some from the national library. I am surprised that it is not like those children comic (such as Doraemon), which contain short and simple stories for the children.

More reading (of comics) for me during weekends.... heee... :)