Tintin in Tibet is the twentieth volume of The Adventures of Tintin, the
comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The cartoonist considered it
his favourite Tintin adventure and an emotional effort, as he created it
while suffering from traumatic nightmares and a personal conflict while
deciding to leave his wife of three decades for a younger woman. The
comic, serialised from 1958–59 in Tintin magazine, tells of the young
reporter Tintin in search of his friend Chang Chong-Chen, whom the
authorities claim has died in a plane crash in the Himalayas. Convinced
that Chang has survived, Tintin leads his companions across the
Himalayas to the plateau of Tibet, along the way encountering the
mysterious Yeti. Themes in Hergé's story include extrasensory
perception, the mysticism of Tibetan Buddhism (Tibetan monastery
pictured), and friendship. Tintin in Tibet has been translated into 32
languages, is highly regarded by critics, and has been praised by the
Dalai Lama, who awarded it the Light of Truth Award. The story was a
commercial success and was published in book form in 1960; the series
itself became a defining part of the Franco-Belgian comics tradition.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tintin_in_Tibet>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
456:
Magister militum Ricimer defeated Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and
became master of the Western Roman Empire.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricimer>
1834:
Most of the Palace of Westminster in London was destroyed in a
fire.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_of_Parliament>
1923:
Roy and Walt Disney founded the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio
in Hollywood that eventually grew to become one of the largest media and
entertainment corporations in the world.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Walt_Disney_Company>
1934:
Surrounded by Kuomintang troops, Zhou Enlai, Bo Gu, and Otto
Braun led 130,000 Red Army soldiers and civilians on a "Long March" from
Jiangxi.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_March>
1984:
The Bill debuted on ITV, eventually becoming the longest-
running police procedural in British television history.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bill>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
sparge:
1. To sprinkle or spray
2. To introduce bubbles into a liquid.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sparge>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Supposing I was to tell you that it's just Beauty that's calling
me, the beauty of the far off and unknown, the mystery and spell of the
East which lures me in the books I've read, the need of the freedom of
great wide spaces, the joy of wandering on and on — in quest of the
secret which is hidden over there, beyond the horizon?
--Eugene O'Neill
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Eugene_O%27Neill>