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What follows are passages and accompanying cited references of the Legacy section of the main article that were removed 16 June 2013. See talk. —Prhartcom (talk) 03:57, 17 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Legacy (passages removed from main article 16 June 2013)[edit]

For music

In music, Tintin has been the inspiration to a number of bands and musicians. A British 1980s pop band took the name Thompson Twins after the Tintin characters.[1] Stephen Duffy, lead singer of Duran Duran before they struck fame, had a UK number 4 hit with "Kiss Me" under the name Stephen "Tintin" Duffy; he had to drop the nickname, however, under pressure of a copyright infringement suit.[2] An Australian psychedelic rock band and an American independent progressive rock band have used the name "Tin Tin", and British electronic dance music duo Tin Tin Out was similarly inspired by the character. South African singer/songwriter Gert Vlok Nel compares Tintin to God in his Afrikaans song "Waarom ek roep na jou vanaand".

For fashion

Scottish singer and actor Jimmy Somerville, as early as 1982, sported a new "look" with very short cut hair, and a kuifje ("small tuft" in Dutch) up-front, in a deliberate move to resemble Tintin character. Following this "breakthrough" in 80's fashions, lots of young gay men around the world adopted this new image for themselves, even to the point of advertising it as a Gay pride public statement.

For politics

Australian cartoonist Bill Leak often portrays Australia's round-faced former prime minister and subsequent foreign minister, Kevin Rudd, as Tintin.[3]

For comic creators and publishers, and collectors

Tintin's legacy includes the establishment of a market for comic strip collections; the "serialisation followed by collection" model has been adopted by creators and publishers in France and Belgium. This system allows for greater financial stability, as creators receive money whilst working. This rivals the American and British model of work for hire. Roger Sabin has argued that this model allowed for "in theory...a better quality product".[4] On 30 May 2010, a life-sized bronze statue of Tintin and Snowy, and more than 200 other Tintin items including many original panels by Hergé, sold for 1.08 million euros ($1.3 million USD) at a Paris auction.[5]

Citations
  1. ^ Wilson 2004.
  2. ^ Oldies.com 2006.
  3. ^ Squires 2007.
  4. ^ Sabin 1996.
  5. ^ CBC News 30 May 2010.
Sources
  • Sabin, Roger (1996). Comics, Comix & Graphic Novels (2005 ed.). Phaidon. ISBN 978-0-7148-3993-6. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Wilson, Dave (2004). Rock Formations: Categorical Answers To How Band Names Were Formed. Cidermill Books. ISBN 978-0-9748483-5-8. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Squires, Nick (1 June 2007). "Blistering Barnacles! Tintin 'parody' threat". The Telegraph. Retrieved 31 May 2013. {{cite news}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • "Tintin auction in Paris fetches .3M". CBC News. 30 May 2010. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
  • "Duffy (British) Biography". Oldies.com. 2006. Retrieved 28 April 2013. Source: The Encyclopedia of Popular Music by Colin Larkin.
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