How a Scottish kilt helped Tintin emerge as a comic hero with cultural sensitivity

Tintinologists say 'The Black Island' story marked a 'stylistic and ideological change' for the beloved comic book hero. Photo: Handout

It's the moment experts say that Tintin stopped being quite so racist, and began his long journey towards what we might now call culturally sensitive “wokeness”.

A key drawing of the crime-fighting cub reporter from his British adventure, The Black Island, will go under the hammer in Paris this month.