Science fiction films as Tintin covers

Cartoonist Dan Hipp has done a series of notional Tintin covers that depict classic science fiction and adventure films as if they had been Tintin comics. The art is great, the titles even better. Shown here is I SHOT FIRST (Star Wars), but also noteworthy are CLUE TO THE GRID (Tron) and THE HUGGED FACE (Alien). Go look while you can: the British lawyer who married Herge's widow is notorious for his legal harassment of Tintin fans.

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El Mariachi

Obviously Haddock should be Solo, and Tintin Luke.
Anonymous

Small point, but Tintin is one word, not two.
I also think they’d have looked a lot better if he’d been drawn more like the comic character.
Brilliant idea though.
Anonymous

Please, please — it’s Tintin, NOT Tin Tin. Perhaps you’re thinking of a dog …
Brook

Yikes, it’s Tintin, not Tin Tin. Please update the post – it gives me a nookular headache seeing it spelled so.
Brook

I should have said “great snakes” or “crumbs” or “billions of blue blistering barnacles”, not “yikes”.
TokenFrenchDude

Right, it’s “Tintin”, in one word.
The Alien one is amazing !
spejic

I don’t know if it’s a parody of Tintin, but it is a parody of Star Wars. Han didn’t shoot first.
Tristan Eldtritch

That “I Shot First” cover kinda nails the American zeitgeist at the moment. If they put BO in there instead of Tintin, it could be the “Hope” image for the 2012 election.
guillaume_remy

“Go look while you can: the British lawyer who married Herge’s widow is notorious for his legal harassment of Tin Tin fans”. I’ve seen a case in France of a french cartoonist who won is trial against Moulinsart S.A. The court said it was legal to make covers of Tintin Album. They invoke in their judgement the right to parody. If things turn bad, maybe Dan Hipp can put his publication on an internet site with the “.fr” domain, maybe…
Mujokan

His Ben 10 comics also don’t look anything like the Cartoon Network Ben 10. Kids must have loved them or hated them. I’m surprised a big franchise let him go so far off-model.
Anonymous

Whether or not these look like the original Tintin drawing style is irrelevant. Hipp appears to be performing an exercise of modifying his style to be more Herge-like, but ultimately its still his style. These covers are great! The Alien one is actually pretty hilarious. Come on, guys, the execution isn’t everything!
Anonymous

They’re cool designs and all… but they really don’t capture the look and feel of Tintin.
- holtt
  
  Agreed – if you removed the Capt. Haddoc and blatant “HergÃ©” and “TinTin” text, I’d have not thought that’s what it is. TinTin style? Hardly. TinTin inspired? Sure I suppose.
jerwin

I think Hipp should have experimented with ” ligne claire”– his Tintin looks too angry for a boy detective.
Anonymous

ThereÂ´s even a Tintin in Teheran album – http://www.iranian.com/main/albums/tintin-tehran
CH

Um, well… the covers don’t look that much like Tintin covers, do they? And there sure isn’t the feel of Tintin either.
Laina Lain

Lmao @ “You’ll be careful? You’ll be dead!” Did the dog say that I wonder?…
Anonymous

Not very Tintin-y if you ask me. But I saw some Tintin Lovecraft covers that were fantastic a while back…wonder if they are still around?
red_artifice

Australian newspaper cartoonist Bill Leak got ordered to stop depicting former Australian PM Kevin Rudd as Tintin

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/rudds-tin-tin-no-no/story-e6frf7l6-1111113649532
Ty Myrick

Damn George Lucas. I’m assuming spejic’s comment is straight and he/she is too young to have seen A New Hope the way it was originally filmed. Damn revisionist history.
Kimmo

Here’s a gift for Tintin fans – I put 300 hours into making this poster.

Making of

The Adventures of Tintin (6MB)

Moulinsart can get stuffed, the hungry bastards.
Anonymous

The art is remarkable. Dan Hipp is one of the better known artists in comics who never fails to surprise and delight his fans. Both his GYAKUSHU! and Amazing Joy Buzzards are solid works. Support the artist and pick up a copy. Who knows, he may need the cash to pay for legal fees.
czaravm

Love this! I featured it on my typography blog: http://prettyfac.es/post/5467983228