The often brilliant Belgian comic book series known as the Adventures of Tintin by Herge hasn't released a new album in half a century.
There can't be another one, because the creator left instructions that he didnt want anyone else to draw the characters after his death in 1983. At that time, he left only a few incomplete sketches of a final comics album known as "Tintin and Alph-Art".
No one is allowed to finish it. We'll have to wait until 2054 until all copyright protections expire. (The copyright system is very powerful. We all know how Scientology managed to abuse it for decades.)
And yet, it could be done. A new album should be created, all perfectly legal.
It wouldn't include any of the original characters, while still being set in their universe.
The original characters would be mentioned, and it would reveal many new details about their lives.
For example, the newspaper that Tintin works for, and the detectives' police agency. All kinds of information about previous adventures, like the global reaction to the moon landing, and the investigation of paranormal events.
It would be a logically consistent deconstruction, going outside and beyond all previous stories, without breaking continuity in any way.
In case Moulinsart publishers are interested, I have hundreds of ideas available . . .
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