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How Come Tintin Didn't Make The Cut?
Our friends at World Hum have just named their 10 greatest fictional travellers ranging from cutesy Dora the Explorer at number 10 up to Jack Kerouac's uber cool Sal Paradise at number 1.
To my Kiwi eyes, the list is a little United States-centric, and as much as I love On the Road, Sal Paradise didn't really get far on a global basis did he? But I guess he deserves to be there purely for how much inspiration the book's given to those of us afflicted with wanderlust.
A few notable exceptions I'd like to add are Phileas Fogg from Jules Verne's Around the World In 80 Days, the globe-trotting Carmen San Diego, and Belgium's biggest export after Trappist beer, Tintin.
If the T-shirts in the markets of Asia are to be believed, that boy's been everywhere. Even a few places author Herge didn't even write about.
Thanks to Mullenkedheim on Flickr for the pic "proving" Tintin went to Hanoi.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Stuart Aug 24th 2007 1:56PM
Completely agree! Tintin ought to have been #1!
Willy Volk Aug 24th 2007 2:56PM
I was thinking Doc Brown from Back to the Future. And Indiana Jones certainly made me want to investigate far-flung locales!
Brett.Atkinson Aug 24th 2007 3:14PM
I also thought about the Space Family Robinson in Lost in Space, but they never really knew where they were did they? My vote was always with Dr Zachary Smith anyway...
Marilyn Terrell Aug 27th 2007 9:20AM
I vote for Tintin's dog Snowy.