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THE intrepid boy reporter Tintin, or at least his publishers, have been charged with racism over the portrayal of Africans in the cartoon book Tintin In The Congo, a spokesman said on Tuesday.
The civil case is being brought by a Brussels-based Congolese man who has for years tried to get the offending cartoon strip, created in the 1930s, pulled off the shelves.
In his sights is the Herge foundation Moulinsart, whom the plaintiff, Bienvenu Mbutu Mondondo, has been pursuing in the criminal court for three years. Frustrated at the lack of progress, he began a parallel civil case and announced on Tuesday that he was including in that action the comic book publishers Casterman.
'We will appear in court on May 12 after having been named both as editor and distributor,' of the offending comic strip book, said Valerie Constant, spokesman for the Casterman, the publisher which can trace its roots back to the 18th century.
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The civil case is being brought by a Brussels-based Congolese man who has for years tried to get the offending cartoon strip, created in the 1930s, pulled off the shelves.
In his sights is the Herge foundation Moulinsart, whom the plaintiff, Bienvenu Mbutu Mondondo, has been pursuing in the criminal court for three years. Frustrated at the lack of progress, he began a parallel civil case and announced on Tuesday that he was including in that action the comic book publishers Casterman.
'We will appear in court on May 12 after having been named both as editor and distributor,' of the offending comic strip book, said Valerie Constant, spokesman for the Casterman, the publisher which can trace its roots back to the 18th century.
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