Cartoons - A wonderful combination of language and art. Some classics:
Tarzan by Edgar Rice BurroughsTarzan originated in Burroughs' short story "Tarzan of the Apes," published in 1912. And since 1912 Tarzan has been swinging through the trees.
Asterix and Obelix by Goscinny and UderzoThe year is 50 BC, and a Gaulish village in the west of France is still holding out against the Roman conqueror. Thanks to the druid's magic potion, the little group of dauntless Gauls succeeds - among other things - in irritating Caesar and his proud legions to the utmost degree! Their only fear is that the sky may fall on their heads.
Les Gaulois.
Tintin by HergeCreated by Hergé in 1929, Tintin is one of the great international comic strips of all time. The Belgian Hergé (Georges Rémi) is among the best known, and most influential, of the European artists. Tintin is a teenage reporter who travels the world in search of adventure with his faithful fox-terrior Snowy (Milou). Along the way, Tintin meets the twin, and bumbling, detectives Thomson and Thompson, the rum-guzzling Captain Haddock, and, the absent-minded Professor Calculus.
Modesty Blaise by Peter O'DonnellEven to this day it is reprinted as a daily comic strip in "
Mumbai Samachar", the oldest newspaper in India founded in 1822.
Who is Modesty Blaise?
# posted by SV @ 7/25/2003 09:30:00 AM