Hello loyal followers! It has been quite some time since my last comic blog update, and I apologies for the delay. Not too long ago, I was fortunate to catch a bit of a break with scholarly duties, but in the process of finding some rest in my comfort and relaxation, I found myself starting to slack in my duties to provide a good review for all those who follow and want some good comic reading recommendations. With all that said and done, I would like to talk about one comic that many people are well in doubt familiar with from our childhoods. No, I'm not talking about a superhero comic (be patient, those will come later). What I am referring to is the classic Hergé series of "The Adventures of Tintin" (more specifically) in... Explorers on the Moon.

This story follows our beloved boy adventurer Tintin, his dog Snowy and the rest of his pals in an adventure unlike anything on Earth, because this time their adventure takes place.. on the moon! Yes, that's correct (as if you couldn't already guess by looking at the title) the moon. Tintin and his faithful companions embark on a dangerous mission to explore the deepest parts of the moon and explore the mysterious caves that rotate above earth, to see if there could be any signs of suitable life sources (such as ice or water) to see if the moon could be a suitable place to colonize some day. Upon their launch and arrival on the moon, they detect that someone among the crew is trying to sabotage the mission. It's up to Tintin and his adventurous crew to find out who is trying to sabotage their mission and return to earth in one piece, or suffer an unimaginable fate in space.

Well, I hope this is enough to capture everyones attention. I know this may not sound much like a review and more like a trailer advertisement for the story, but that's pretty much what happens when you try not to spoil anything for the readers. But in a formal review style, I will say that this story of Tintin may not be as "adventurous" as a lot of Hergé's work of Tintin in the past (or even some after this one) but it does open the minds of those who back then thought that the ideas of concurring space travel and exploration to such places (such as the moon) seemed to really capture the minds, attention and imaginations of readers back then. In many cases it's really quite interesting seeing how one author thought what many people believed in and adapted it in a creative story. With that said, I would recommend reading this story (to see if anyone would see the fascination of what the author and we as a society imagined what space travel and exploration would be like) and to check out Hergé's other amusing stories of the Adventures of Tintin.