Rastapopoulos, in cowboy outfit from Flight 714

Roberto Rastapopoulos (Greek: Ροβέρτος Ρασταπόπουλος) is a fictional character in The Adventures of Tintin series of comic books drawn and written by Hergé. The Adventures of Tintin (Les Aventures de Tintin is a series of Comic strips created by Belgian artist Hergé, the pen name of Georges Remi A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a comic paper or comic magazine) is a Magazine or Book of narrative Georges Prosper Remi ( May 22, 1907 - March 3, 1983) better known by the Pen name Hergé, was a Belgian

Fictional character background

Rastapopoulos is a Greek American tycoon also known under the fake name Marquis di Gorgonzola. A Greek American (Ελληνοαμερικανοί Ellinoamerikani) is a citizen of the United States, who is of Greek heritage or origin He is Tintin's arch-nemesis, who first appeared anonymously in Tintin in America at a banquet in Chicago. Tintin and Snowy (original French language names Tintin et Milou) a journalist and his canine companion are a pair of adventurers who travel around the Tintin in America ( Tintin en Amérique) is the third in The Adventures of Tintin, a series of classic comic-strip albums written and illustrated Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. His first major appearance is in Cigars of the Pharaoh (serialized in Le Petit Vingtième from December 8, 1932 to February 8, 1934), initially as a seemingly sympathetic film producer. Cigars of the Pharaoh ( Les Cigares du pharaon) is one of The Adventures of Tintin, a series of classic comic-strip albums written and illustrated Le Petit Vingtième ("The Little Twentieth" was the weekly youth supplement to the Belgian newspaper Le Vingtième Siècle ("The Twentieth Events 1609 - Biblioteca Ambrosiana opens its reading room the second public library of Europe. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 421 - Constantius III becomes co- Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. There are, however, hints within the story to his villainous identity. When the poet Zloty is poisoned he stammers that the leader of the criminal organisation has some connection with "film". At the end of the book a newspaper page displays a photo of the Thompson twins falling over a staircase. Thomson and Thompson ( Dupond et Dupont) are a pair of detectives in Hergé 's classic European comic strip The Adventures To the left of the photo an article can be glimpsed revealing that Rastapopoulos has "gone missing". However, it is not until the dénouement of The Blue Lotus, the follow-up to Cigars of the Pharaoh, that Rastapopoulos is openly revealed to be the head of the sinister opium-cartel against which Tintin has been pitting his wits for two books. The Blue Lotus ( Le Lotus bleu) first published in 1936, is one of The Adventures of Tintin, a series of classic comic-strip Cigars of the Pharaoh ( Les Cigares du pharaon) is one of The Adventures of Tintin, a series of classic comic-strip albums written and illustrated Opium is a Narcotic formed from the Latex (ie sap released by lacerating (or "scoring" the immature seed pods of opium poppies (

Rastapopoulos is the owner of Cosmos Pictures (Production in some titles) a studio house, and a front for many of his illegal activities and a good excuse for moving to various locations. Rastapopoulos subsequently resurfaces in the guise of the Marquis di Gorgonzola, a slave trader in The Red Sea Sharks, and later kidnaps the billionaire Laszlo Carreidas in Flight 714 to gain the password to his multi-billion Swiss Bank account, but he is captured by aliens. The history of slavery uncovers many different forms of human exploitation across many cultures throughout history The Red Sea Sharks is the nineteenth of The Adventures of Tintin, a series of classic comic-strip albums written and illustrated by Hergé See also List of The Adventures of Tintin characters, for a complete list The supporting characters Hergé created for his series The Adventures Flight 714 to Sydney, published for a time under the title Flight 714, first published in 1968, is the twenty-second of The Adventures In the unfinished Tintin and Alph-Art, a character often thought to be Rastapopoulos in disguise -- under the name of Endaddine Akass -- appears. An unfinished work is a Creative work that has not been finished Tintin and Alph-Art ( French: Tintin et l'alph-art) is the twenty-fourth and final book in the Tintin series created Although a page revealing Akass to be Rastapopoulos was started (and printed in the 2004 Egmont edition), as the book was never completed, Rastapopoulos' fate following Flight 714 is unknown.

Rastapopoulos also appears in Tintin and the Lake of Sharks, an album adapted from an animated feature of the same name, and for which Hergé had no creative input. Tintin and the Lake of Sharks (originally known as Tintin et le Lac aux Requins) is a Tintin Animated film, directed by It is not considered to be part of the Tintin canon. This article is not about Literary canons of influential works of fiction but about the concept of a canon which defines the world of a particular fictional series