Brandon's Impotent Rage
31st May 2013, 23:44
One of the best works on working class revolution I've ever read....and it's a graphic novel. (http://tintinrevolution.free.fr/pages/image001.html)
The story has virtually no relation to Herge's work other than the appearance and names of some characters. Tintin looks like and is called Tintin, and the Captain looks like and is called Captain, but that's it. For all intents and purposes they are completely different characters.
Produced in Britain during the Thatcher era, the conservatives and fascists HATED this thing when it was published, but it was a best-seller regardless, and its a testament to the work itself that it seems absolutely timeless.
It's ideology isn't really clear, although its revolutionary socialism is pretty obvious. It's more or less anarcho-syndicalist, very much reminiscent of the Wobblies.
It's also probably the best expression of blue collar rage I've ever read. If you've ever worked a job where the penny-pinching and corporate incompetence was so nakedly obvious that you wished you could just say 'fuck it' and walk off the job.....this is pretty much the ultimate revenge fantasy ever.
The story has virtually no relation to Herge's work other than the appearance and names of some characters. Tintin looks like and is called Tintin, and the Captain looks like and is called Captain, but that's it. For all intents and purposes they are completely different characters.
Produced in Britain during the Thatcher era, the conservatives and fascists HATED this thing when it was published, but it was a best-seller regardless, and its a testament to the work itself that it seems absolutely timeless.
It's ideology isn't really clear, although its revolutionary socialism is pretty obvious. It's more or less anarcho-syndicalist, very much reminiscent of the Wobblies.
It's also probably the best expression of blue collar rage I've ever read. If you've ever worked a job where the penny-pinching and corporate incompetence was so nakedly obvious that you wished you could just say 'fuck it' and walk off the job.....this is pretty much the ultimate revenge fantasy ever.