Decoding Comic Book Icons

A lot have been talked and said about different comic book characters like when they were created, who they were created, how successful they were, who synicated them and what not. i guess any number of sites like toonopedia and wikipedia and other fan sites will give you all such details. And it is that last of my intentions to do that here. what i want to do here is starting with the next few set of blogs understand the world each character lives in. understand the never tackled issues of subtle similarities and what could have impelled the creators to create that particular character. along with all these why these characters fail and sometimes succeed when they try foray into a different medium.

First Up: Asterix & Tintin