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Join Sneaky Dragon and Compleatly Beatles hosts Ian Boothby and David Dedrick as they affectionately and humorously examine and celebrate Tintin and the work of Hergé one book at a time.

Ian Boothby and David Dedrick

  • Sep 16, 2015 LATEST EPISODE
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  • 26 EPISODES


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Tintin and the End

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2015


This week on Totally Tintin, the final episode of the series: Ian and Dave answer your questions, give us their final thoughts and give out some well-earned thanks. And let us just say here: thanks to all of you who have listened to the show and who have added their thoughts and comments (here and […]

Tintin at the Movies

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2015


This week on Totally Tintin, David and Ian postpone the inevitable and take a look at Tintin in the movies. Some are pretty good and some are pretty bad and some are TERRIBLE. Want to know which? Well, give us a listen. If you’re curious and you’d like to check out some of the movies […]

Tintin and Alph-Art

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2015


  This week on Totally Tintin we’re getting near the end as we take a look at Herge’s final, incomplete Tintin story, Tintin and Alph-Art. Ian and Dave have some fun with the book before getting down to business, but we know you’ll forgive their high spirits and hope you’ll enjoy this week’s unusual presentation. […]

Tintin and the Picaros

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2015


This week on Totally Tintin, it’s a revolution with involuntary abstinence and terrible trousers as Ian and David take a very long look at Tintin and the Picaros. Will they enjoy the last, finished Tintin book? As we head into our last shows, Ian and Dave would like to hear if you have any questions […]

Flight 714

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2015


This week on Totally Tintin, Ian and Dave discuss Flight 714 (to Sydney) – the Tintin book where things go coo-coo bananas: ESP, aliens and pink cowboy shirts??? Dave has some real objections to this book. Listen and find out why.

The Castafiore Emerald

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2015


This week on Totally Tintin, Ian and Dave are stuck at home…just like Tintin. That’s right! We’re looking at The Castafiore Emerald! A broken step, a noisy owl, a stolen emerald…er, that’ it…

TIntin in Tibet

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2015


This week Ian and Dave go to great heights to discuss Hergé’s most personal work, the fantastic Tintin in Tibet. Get ready for snow, lamas, snow, mountains, snow, and a walking snowman who isn’t Frosty!

The Red Sea Sharks

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2015


This week on Totally Tintin, Ian and Dave take a look at The Red Sea Sharks – slavery, a cast of thousands (of characters we’ve seen before), and not very many sharks. We’re still basking in glow this late period hot streak!  

The Calculus Affair

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2015


This week on Totally Tintin, Ian and Dave take a look at Hergé’s exciting The Calculus Affair. Secret agents, superweapons and shattering glass!

Explorers on the Moon

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2015


This week on Totally Tintin: it’s high fives all round as Tintin and company finally get to the moon to find intrigue, betrayal, treachery and silliness.

Destination Moon

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2015


This week on Totally Tintin: everyone is going to the moon…or making devious plans – except for Ian and Dave, they’re just playing the goat. Let’s take a look at Destination Moon!

Land of Black Gold

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2015


This week on Totally Tintin, Hergé goes back and starts again, and so do Ian and Dave as they examine the history of Land of Black Gold – exploding cars, exploding cigars and the brattiest brat that has ever been bratty in the history of comic strips. If you’re curious, here is a link to […]

Prisoners of the Sun

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2015


This week on Totally Tintin, things go South…American! As Tintin and Captain Haddock race off to Peru to rescue Professor Calculus. Ian and Dave are along for the very enjoyable ride as we look at Prisoners of the Sun.

The Seven Crystal Balls

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2015


Spooky mummies! A mysterious sickness? Pesky glass fragments all over the floor! It’s The Seven Crystal Balls. Join Ian and Dave for an intense and extensive look at Hergé’s longest story! (Seriously, clean up that glass, it’s a hazard.)

Red Rackham’s Treasure

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2015


This week on Totally Tintin, Ian and Dave go on a treasure hunt and find the delightful Red Rackham’s Treasure. Undersea adventures, shark submarines, and the first appearance by Professor Calculus – what’s not to love! Yo ho ho and a bottle of two hundred and fifty year old rum! Here is a sample page […]

The Secret of the Unicorn

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2015


This week on Totally Tintin, Ian and David take a look at The Secret of the Unicorn, in which Hergé finally breaks off all contact with reality and seeks a place for Captain Haddock in Tintin’s world.

The Shooting Star

Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2015


This week on Totally Tintin, it’s life during wartime. Is it about the conflict between science and religion; is it a metaphor for war and life during occupation; an escapist fantasy; or is it all a dream? We don’t know either, but join us as we try to figure out The Shooting Star!

The Crab with the Golden Claws

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2015


We promised change last week and here we have it: the end of Hergé’s pre-war period and the end of political satire. In The Crab with the Golden Claws the political gives way to the personal and the fantastical as Hergé fights to create in occupied Brussels. Most importantly: Haddock!

King Ottokar’s Sceptre

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2015


This week on Totally Tintin, we travel to the magical country of Syladavia to find King Ottokar’s Sceptre. Let’s join Ian and Dave as they take a look at Hergé’s last pre-war book.

The Black Island

Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2015


This week on Totally Tintin, Dave is really excited to be talking about The Black Island – one of his favourite Tintin stories! Ian thinks it’s pretty good too and that’s because it is! Forgers, a mysterious German doctor and more airplanes than you can shake a stick at; Tintin travels the length of Great […]

The Broken Ear

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2015


Welcome back to another episode of Totally Tintin! This week Ian and Dave take a look at Tintin’s first adventure in South America, his first adventure that starts and ends in Brussels and his last adventure as a “reporter” – The Broken Ear. Dave loves it, as usual, but Ian thinks it’s repeating some material […]

The Blue Lotus

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2015


This week on Totally Tintin, Hergé takes a huge step forward as an artist – and Ian and Dave take it with him as they discuss The Blue Lotus.

The Cigars of the Pharaoh

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2015


This week on Totally Tintin, Ian Boothby and Dave Dedrick from Sneaky Dragon take an admiring look at Hergé’s fourth adventure of Tintin, The Cigars of the Pharaoh.

Tintin In America

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2015


This week on Totally Tintin, Sneaky Dragon’s Ian Boothby and David Dedrick take a look at Hergé’s third book Tintin In America. Finally, a book they can really get behind.

Tintin in the Congo

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2015


On this episode of Totally Tintin, Ian and Dave take a look at what is probably the most controversial and problematic of Hergé’s books – Tintin in the Congo.

In the Land of the Soviets

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2015


Welcome to Totally Tintin. This week we begin at the beginning and take a look at Hergé’s most unusual book The Adventures of Tintin Reporter for “Le Petit Vingtième ” in the Land of the Soviets. There is no other book quite like it in the canon, but its rambunctious joie de vivre is enough […]

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