Destination Moon (comics) Destination Moon (comics) Destination Moon () is the sixteenth volume of "The Adventures of Tintin", the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The story was initially serialised weekly in Belgium's "Tintin" magazine from March to September 1950 before being published in a collected volume by Casterman in 1953. The plot tells of young reporter Tintin and his friend Captain Haddock who receive an invitation from Professor Calculus to come to Syldavia, where Calculus is working on a top-secret project in a secure government facility to plan a manned mission to the Moon. Developed in part through the suggestions of Hergé's
William F. Haddock about his life following his departure from film directing, except that he played the role of an old man in Arthur Penn's 1962 adaptation of "The Miracle Worker". He died on June 30, 1969, in New York City. William F. Haddock William F. Haddock (November 27, 1877 - June 30, 1969) was one of the earliest film directors of the silent film era. Haddock was born William Frederick Haddock in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and directed his first film in 1909, titled "The Boots He Couldn't Lose". His next film was in 1911, when he directed "The Immortal Alamo", which is