Looking for Tin Tin in Indochina

February 23, 2008 3:47 PM

When I was in Vietnam, I saw a poster of Tin Tin - it looked like a cover of a what seems to be non-existent Tin Tin book called "Tin Tin In Indochina" framed and hanging on a wall. I have wanted one ever since, but can find no trace of either a book or poster like this.... help?
posted by Deep Dish to media & arts (7 comments total)

TinTin in Thailand, possibly retitled to throw off the authorities?
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 4:10 PM on February 23

Could it have been "Flight 714", which takes place in part near Indonesia? I have a version in Indonesian from when I lived there as a child in the mid-1970s.
posted by procrastination at 4:15 PM on February 23

I'm not finding any reference to a title like that anywhere, including the Tintinologist forums, where one would expect at least a mention. Doesn't bode well. There's certainly a history of knock-off Tintin books, and apparently a glut of faux TinTin t-shirts in Cambodia, at least, so why not posters too?
posted by mumkin at 4:40 PM on February 23

I was in Vietnam in December, and at the Hao Lo Prison (Hanoi Hilton) gift shop there they sold Tin-Tin in Indochina t-shirts (and maybe posters) there. I know it's not much of a lead, but I can confirm it's being sold in that location. But since you were in Vietnam, you might have seen it there :)
posted by carabiner at 4:48 PM on February 23

I was in Ho Chi Minh in January and saw many of the lacquered Tintin posters. One had the artwork from The Blue Lotus accompanied with the Tintin in Indochine title. The image had Tintin hiding within a large Ming-esque vase. Do any of these look familiar?
posted by squasha at 9:11 PM on February 23

I seen the poster in Can Tho City, Vietnam - I think in the Victoria Hotel.

I seem to recall TinTin wearing a rice hat, maybe with a boat around - with snowy trailing behind.....
posted by Deep Dish at 10:56 PM on February 23

I came back to add this, but it seems it is lacking the key boat element. I do remember seeing this fake, though.
posted by squasha at 11:44 PM on February 23