tintin and i recently air a an episode of pbs p. o. v. series . it base on a tap interview of george remi a. k. a. herge and tintin creator and from 1971 in which in discusses his various experience publish his popular character and first in a catholic newspaper and then in his own series of comic book . awesome sweeping view of various comic page and surreal image of herge dream . i first encounter tintin in the page of child digest at my local elementary school library read the secret of the unicorn . my mom later get a subscription to cd and i read the entire red rackham treasure every month in 1978. i remember see some tintin comic book in a local book store after that but for some reason i do not get any probably because i be 12 and i think i be outgrow them . i do have break free and a book write and draw by j. daniel and publish in 1989 and six year after herge death . haven not read it yet . this film also cover the artist personal life a when he leave his first wife after his affair with a colorist in his employ ( whom he later marry ) . her name be fanny and she be interview here . if you love tintin and his creator and this film be definitely worth a look . update represent 9/4/07 i have now read break free . tintin and the captain be the only regular character that appear here and they be tailor to the anti capitalist view of mr. daniel with tintin portray a a rabble rouser with a chip on his shoulder who nevertheless care for the captain who he stay with . the captain here be just try to make end meet with a wife and daughter that he love dearly . they and other construction worker vow to strike after a fellow employee dy from a faulty equipment accident . the whole thing take place in england with work class cockney accent intact . not the kind of thing herge would approve of but an interesting read nonetheless . oh and yes and dog snowy only appear in the top left corner of the cover ( which have tintin run over the police . ) and the dedication page .