Talk:Tintin in the Land of the Soviets

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

	comics Portal This article is in the scope of WikiProject Comics, a collaborative effort to build an encyclopedic guide to comics on Wikipedia. Get involved! Help with current tasks, visit the notice board, edit the attached article or discuss it at the project talk page.
Start	This article has been rated as Start-Class on the quality scale. Please explain the rating here.
Mid	This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the importance scale.
More information: This article has been checked against the following criteria for B-Class status: Referencing and citation: not checked Coverage and accuracy: not checked Structure: not checked Grammar: not checked Supporting materials: not checked To fill out this checklist, please add the following to the template call: <!-- 1. It is suitably referenced, and all major points are appropriately cited. --> |B-Class-1=yes/no <!-- 2. It reasonably covers the topic, and does not contain major omissions or inaccuracies. --> |B-Class-2=yes/no <!-- 3. It has a defined structure, including a lead section and one or more sections of content. --> |B-Class-3=yes/no <!-- 4. It is free from major grammatical errors. --> |B-Class-4=yes/no <!-- 5. It contains appropriate supporting materials, such as an infobox, images, or diagrams. --> |B-Class-5=yes/no

[edit] Citation needed

"The album was strongly criticized at its time for being anti-Soviet and right-wing politically". I have given this a "fact"-tag, as the part "at its time" seems strange to me. I can't recall any reference to criticism of Tintin (favourable or otherwise) before the 1940s (after WWII), and even then it was about Hergé more than about Tintin. Comic criticism only appeared in Europe in the 1960s, AFAIK. So some source for this statement would be appreciated. Fram 14:25, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

It's not like it wasn't realistic. Whoever added that has a Che Guevara t-shirt in his closet. --Green Hill 21:12, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

I would not call it the most realistic thesis about the Soviet Union around. And I personally already heard some criticism about it, so I wouldn't be surprised if there was some when it came out, seems perfectly feasible. I would point to this article from Tintinologist. I personally would like references based on articles from the period it was published, but having book stores as many of the results when searching for information about the subject does not help. Ellamosi 23:53, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Number of pages

The number of pages is given as 62 in the infobox. This can't be correct, it has to be over 100. Does someone know the correct number? I'll try to find it myself as well, but can't do that now. Fram 14:25, 4 September 2006 (UTC)