Blistering Barnacles! Tintin Artwork Fetches Record Price

I can imagine Captain Haddock shouting “Blistering Barnacles!” if he saw the amount of money this piece of Tintin oil painting sold for at an auction.

This 1932 oil painting, executed for the iconic cover of Tintin in America has set a new world record for an original comic work.
It was sold for 1.2 million USD [...]