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Reviewer: Zawed (talk · contribs) 23:57, 11 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I will review this one. Comments to follow. Zawed (talk) 23:57, 11 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Lead

Background and research

  • As he did with the first three Tintin stories, did Wallez give some direction to Herge in relation to Broken Ear?
    • No, by this point Wallez had been forced to resign following a scandal. He remained Herge's friend, but was no longer an influence on his work. Midnightblueowl (talk) 12:41, 15 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
      • Would your sources support a sentence to that effect, to be inserted following the mention of Tintin in America? Something like: "The Broken Ear was the first Tintin adventure completed without input from Wallez, who had resigned as editor when Herge started work on the story." The way it presently stands, I think some readers will have the same question I did and by adding the proposed sentence (or a variant), you help head that off. Just a thought. Zawed (talk) 10:36, 17 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • "...due to similarities in the respective ...": ...due to similarities in their respective...? </>

Original publication

  • Any information on the public reception to Broken Ear upon publication?

Second version, 1943

  • "...here the use of colour of more basic than in later volumes...": ...the use of colours was more basic than in later volumes...?

Late publications and legacy

  • Any sales figures for the book?

Critical analysis

  • "a "tintinian" anthropology": I just want to check that this should not be "Tintinian"?

Other stuff

  • No duplicate links.
  • One dab link: The Maltese Falcon.
  • Image tags looks appropriate.
  • External links work OK.

A nice article overall, the issues noted above are pretty minor. The Tintin books were one of my favorites as a kid. I had meant to review the Blue Lotus book when it was put up for GA review, but got beaten to it. I'm glad I got to this one in time! Zawed (talk) 00:30, 12 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Zawed, it is much appreciated. I will endeavor to fix the problems that you have highlighted over the next few days. Midnightblueowl (talk) 11:22, 15 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Looks good, passing as GA. Zawed (talk) 07:31, 23 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]