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Friday, November 25, 2011

quotes on uncles

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He is generally seen as a more modern character, as opposed to the older archetypes (crusty sea captain, absent-minded professor) that inhabit Hergé's earlier works.

quotes on uncles

Jolyon Wagg is based on a salesman who came to Hergé's door and invited himself in, but also on a stereotype of what Hergé called a belgicain (roughly, "an Ugly Belgian", one who is insensitive, for example, when visiting in foreign countries). Wagg appears late in the series, starting with The Calculus Affair, where his self-importance and insensitivity enrage Captain Haddock. Wagg also appears in The Red Sea Sharks, The Castafiore Emerald, Flight 714 and Tintin and the Picaros.

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Wagg appears four times in The Calculus Affair, inviting himself inside Marlinspike Manor, interfering with a critical radio transmission, repeatedly interrupting Haddock's phone call to Nestor, and moving into the Marlinspike Manor with his family for a holiday while Tintin, Haddock, and Calculus are gone. Tintin, who rarely shows anger, is unaffected, however the Captain is goaded into memorable rants, for example: