The Adventures of Tintin in Hollywood

***The Adventures of Tintin in Hollywood*** (French: ***Les Aventures de Tintin à Hollywood***) is a 1988 fan comic by The Bachi-Bouzouks. The story follows Tintin and Milou as they go to Los Angeles, California to star in a Cosmos Pictures film.

## Synopsis

The story takes place shortly after the events of Hergé's *Cigars of the Pharaoh*. A filmmaker named Don Seymour arranges for Tintin to star in an upcoming film, "Revenge of the Sorcerer". Tintin goes to Los Angeles, California to meet with Edwin Maxwell, the owner of Imperial production company. Maxwell tells Tintin that he was inspired to recruit Tintin after reading his reports from the Congo. He promises Tintin he'll be paid a "comfortable sum"; Tintin isn't interested in money, but he accepts the movie role for the journalistic experience. Tintin and Milou go back to their hotel while Maxwell calls his "boss" to tell him Tintin is now within their grasp.

At his hotel, Tintin puts on a suit and heads down to the street. Two mobsters, Ramon and Rodrigo, try to follow him, but Tintin's taxi drives off in the opposite direction. That night, Tintin and Milou go to see a movie called "The Ottokar's Ghost", while an assassin breaks into Tintin's hotel room and guns down his bed - only to realize Tintin isn't there. Hours later, Tintin and Milou return to their room to find the symbol of the Kih-Oskh Brotherhood painted on the wall. On the floor is a note from "a friend" warning them to get out of Hollywood.

Shooting begins for "Revenge of the Sorcerer". Tintin plays an adventurer boy named White-Beak, and another character named Ms. Porter pushes White-Beak and his bodyguard Snowball off a cliff. After the shoot, the cast is going to Bel-Air for a dinner party. Tintin is visited by one of the "Revenge" producers, Roberto Rastapopoulos, who comes by simply to wish him well. Shortly after this, the Thompson Twins burst into Tintin's dressing room in cowboy costumes, trying to bring him under arrest. The Twins accidentally detonate a prop bomb with a lit cigar, and Tintin is able to escape to the party.

At the dinner party, Mr. Maxwell proposes a toast to Tintin. A giant cake is brought into the room, and before anyone can react, a gun-toting bandit jumps out of the cake. Tintin knocks the man out; he explains he is a paid assassin named Ramon Tortilla, hired by Al Capone and Lucky Luciano to kill Tintin as revenge for the events of *Tintin in America*. The party ends on a victorious note, but Mr. Maxwell is furious. He goes to visit his secret boss, Mr. Georges. When he learns Tintin has not been successfully assassinated, he prepares to shoot Maxwell. However, he's thwarted when Tintin - who followed Maxwell there - bursts into the room with a pistol. Mr. Georges escapes by climbing out the window.

Tintin interrogates Mr. Maxwell. He explains that he was hired by mobsters to arrange for Tintin to come to Hollywood, but he doesn't know any of the bandits. He only knows that the bosses are dealing in opium. Tintin spares his life, and calls the police and the Thompson Twins to fill them in on the night's events.

## Characters

* Tintin
* Milou
* Edwin Maxwell
* Jolyon Wagg (cameo)
* Mary Pikefort
* Rastapopoulos
* The Thompson Twins
* Colonel Olrik (cameo)
* Fantasio (cameo)
* Ramon Tortilla
* Mister Georges

## Format

*Tintin in Hollywood* was published in strips as a horizontally-aligned booklet (also known as "l'italienne" style), a format comparable to the collected editions of 1980s newspaper comic strips, such as *The Far Side*, *Garfield*, or *Footrot Flats*.

Each page has a row of 1-3 panels prefaced with a small title panel. The title panel contains a short summary of the story's most recent events, as if it is a weekly or daily serialized comic.

The booklet opens with a quote from comic studies author Benoît Peeters, saying, "...Pastiche being defined here as a type of playful imitation, seeking to extend a work with humour rather than to aggressively make fun of it." The booklet's final endpaper page contains a disclaimer reading, "Strictly non-commercial work reserved for the friends of "Bachi-Bouzouks"."

## Availability

While the original 1988 printings are rare, physical reproductions frequently come up for sale online. However, as stated in the post-comic disclaimer, the Bachi-Bouzouks prefer fans do not resell the work for profit. These reproductions are often traded among other fans. Free scans are also available to read online on websites such as the Internet Archive.

## References

1. ↑ Les Aventures de Tintin Pastiches & Parodies : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive