Belvision Tintin Guide

History has not been kind to Belvision’s Tintin . It is rarely reissued, often mocked by purists, and dismissed as a "curio." But this dismissal misses the point.

Belvision’s animators faced an impossible task: how to make those diagrams walk, talk, and punch. Their solution was pragmatic but brutal. They simplified Hergé’s intricate character models into rubbery, malleable shapes. Tintin’s iconic quiff became a stiff plastic wedge. Captain Haddock’s beard was reduced to a scribble. The backgrounds, once dense with architectural precision, became watercolor washes. belvision tintin

Animation History Hergé Tintin Original Production Drawing 1959 Belvision Studio Artwork for Early Television Adaptation Tintin Comic Drawing History has not been kind to Belvision’s Tintin