A review by franderochefort
Tintin en Amérique by Hergé

2.0

Tintin heads out to the US of A in this wild pastiche of American culture. While it's only somewhat less episodic than the first two albums in the series, Tintin en Amérique is a big improvement in many of its particulars - the satire feels more nuanced and interesting here than the rather cringeworthy efforts of the first two, reflecting a kind of fascination with America while also being quite unsparing in depicting its ills. There's some really quite clever visual gags worked in and a roster of side-characters that actually start to take on some personality rather than being stimuli for Tintin and Milou's adventures only. It's still some way from essential and it begins to spin its wheels in the last third especially but quite fascinating as a document of its time and attitudes and attractively made.