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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