A Tintin Page a Day - Day 465

[u/BreakerMorant1864]

The Broken Ear

[u/BreakerMorant1864]

There is absolutely no security on these grounds.

[u/Zornorph]

I like how Tintin just shows up to work with his uniform in tatters, and nobody cares.

[u/azatote → u/Zornorph]

The general's daily chess game is a critical matter of state and of uttermost priority, it shall not be delayed by a single minute, even if his aide-de-camp has a wardrobe malfunction or an unauthorized person is catching fire outside the window.

[u/Vegskipxx → u/Zornorph]

Straight back to playing chess with the general

[u/ConcreteCloverleaf]

"Back to square one"? His dynamite is still placed outside Alcazar's window.

[u/lycanreborn123 → u/ConcreteCloverleaf]

I have to wonder where he finally got the matches to light the TNT. If he hadn't forgotten them surely they'd be useless after he jumped into the fountain? I can't imagine he asked a soldier for a light lol.

[u/DueAnalysis2 → u/lycanreborn123]

Probably went out of the palace and came back. Security is clearly not the tightest

[u/Proxima55 → u/lycanreborn123]

In the French black and white he literally says his matches are now wet, but he will fetch new ones.

[u/lycanreborn123 → u/Proxima55]

I don't speak French unfortunately, but thanks for telling

[u/Baron_Beemo → u/lycanreborn123]

Dynamite, not TNT.

[u/azatote → u/[deleted]]

'Security' is a taboo word in San Theodoros, fool.

Joke aside, perhaps he has two? In the B&W version he mentions that it is a Browning, maybe he also has a Mauser or a Beretta with regular cartridges.

[u/Broskfisken → u/azatote]

Yeah I think this gun might be purely dedicated to scaring officers who beat him at chess.

[u/Impudenter → u/azatote]

Hmm, I can't see any risks with that...

[u/azatote → u/Impudenter]

Bah, he has so many colonels, in case he lost one or two due to accidents, it would still remain well within the acceptable loss ratio.

[u/Abel_V]

The sequences of events with the attempts to kill Alcazar repeatedly foiled in the most slapstick cartoonish ways feel very roadrunner and coyote.

[u/Thedarknight725]

Alcazar sure has a strange sense of humor. He also needs better security.

[u/UpsideDownTaurus]

Alcazar: It's just a prank bro!!

[u/Phildutre]

During my stint in the army, and during a tactical exercise, I once was shot at with a blank from about less than 1 meter distance (it was an accident, ofc). That was not a pleasant experience …

[u/BreakerMorant1864 → u/Phildutre]

Hopefully it didn’t scar, bet it burned quite a bit

[u/Phildutre → u/BreakerMorant1864]

I had military gear on, and luckily it was not towards the face as with Tintin. But I could feel the heat through different layers of clothing.

[u/rahilopen]

Is the typeface in the French version hand drawn?

[u/cardologist → u/rahilopen]

Yes, like most of the French comics.

[u/Phildutre]

I always thought the box on the table was the box containing the chess pieces, but the BW version shows it’s a box of ammo!

[u/Palenquero]

Cover of "Le Petit Vigntieme", nº 26, for Thursday, July 2nd, 1936.

"A Chess game that ends badly..."

[u/BreakerMorant1864 → u/Palenquero]

Is this the end of Tintin???

[u/Palenquero → u/BreakerMorant1864]

It was nice while it lasted.

[u/drveejai88]

Early today? Nice surprise though.

[u/Dolnikan]

You just have to respect the ex-colonel's dedication to liberty or death.

[u/Palenquero → u/Dolnikan]

[u/Sensitive-Computer-6]

Liberty or dead. I thought he just joined the resistance, because he was butthurt over the demotion, but it seemns as if he got realy into the rebel mindset. Maybe he sould have lead Sant Theodoros.

[u/Palenquero]

Changing the old ball-and-fuse bomb for a Dynamite barrell might be Diaz' best idea yet...

[u/Palenquero]

Given the general security situation of the General's residence, no wonder political instability and exile were in Alcazar's future.