The Adventures of Tintin conjunction with Casterman, Tintin's publishers, and starts by describing Tintin as "a French boy". Snowy was called by his French name "Milou". The process of translating Tintin into British English was then commissioned in 1958 by Methuen, Hergé's British publishers. It was a joint operation, headed by Leslie Lonsdale-Cooper and Michael Turner, working closely with Hergé to attain an accurate translation as true as possible to the original work. Due in part to the large amount of language-specific word play (such as punning) in the series, especially the jokes which played on Professor Calculus' partial deafness, it was always the
Willoughby the Dog animated characters scared when Casper appears at the funeral. Willoughby the Dog Willoughby is a minor animated cartoon fictional character in the Warner Bros. "Looney Tunes" series of cartoons. He is a hound dog who is characterized by his below-average intelligence and overall gullibility. Willoughby first appeared in the 1940 cartoon "Of Fox and Hounds". He was created and voiced by Tex Avery. According to Chuck Jones, the character was based on Lennie, from "Of Mice and Men" (of which the title of "Of Fox and Hounds" is a knockoff). Critic Steven Hartley described this short as lacking in creativity,