Tintin Covers: pastiche, parody, imitation, farce, staire, fake, mockery, pirate, mimic, humorous, joke, spoof, fantasy, lampoon.

1,000+ Tintin Covers: Actual Book, Pastiche, Parody,
Imitation, Farce, Staire, Fake, Mockery, Pirate,
Mimic, Scoff, Joke, Spoof, Fantasy ~ Page 3

by Dave Ahl (aka SwapMeetDave)
More than 1,000 Tintin real, pastiche, imitation and parody covers are on these pages. A pastiche is a work that closely imitates the work of a previous artist, usually distinguished from a parody in the sense that it celebrates rather than mocks the work it imitates. You will find works on these pages that have been described by many names: parody, farce, staire, pirate, fantasy, spoof, fake, lampoon, funny, travesty, mockery, mimic, counterfeit, forgery, false, ridicule, scoff, joke, humorous, foolish, silly, or imitation.

This is Page 3 which shows imitations in which the design, type, and layout is generally similar to a genuine Tintin cover. This category includes covers for other characters (Castafiore, the Duponds) and other unrelated people (Clinton, Dieudonné, etc.).
Page 1 has real covers, imitations and parodies of the first ten Tintin books plus information about the artists. Page 2 includes real covers, pasticles and spoofs of books 11 to 24 plus three videos.
Lastly, on page 4 you'll find covers inspired by Tintin books but with a different style or design. Lots of weird stuff in this group. Some are just sketches and not finished covers at all. I've tried to weed out covers of real books and videos about Hergé and Tintin, magazine covers, and advertisements (like for the Citreon 2CV), but some almost certainly slipped in. Click here for these inspired by Tintin fake covers.
In addition, there is an excellent web site with many covers and illustrations by Rick Flashman of Tintin in Borduria, a fictional fascist country in the Balkans depicted in King Ottokar's Sceptre and The Calculus Affair. I've included a few of his covers here, but I recommend a visit to his site where you can pursue his entire selection.
Page 5 is a CONTEST which challenges YOU to design a Tintin imitation, parody, or fake cover. It has the rules of the contest, downloadable Tintin type font, and images of some other characters to get you started. Budding artists, don't miss this page!

Tintin: Actual Books, Pastiche, Parody
Books 1 to 10 (257 Covers)	Similar Design (307 Covers)
Books 11 to 24+ (269 Covers)	Different Design (253 Covers)	Hergé Cameos All Characters	Hergé & Tintin Philately

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Takeoffs on The Red Sea Sharks and The Land of Black Gold

Two of Hergé's books, The Red Sea Sharks and The Land of Black Gold, have dark backgrounds with the subject in a circle or keyhole. This design appeals to many artists and I've grouped their work here.

By W Vandersteen

Two titles

By Mac McCool

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By Leena Kill

By Bob Garcia

Covers similar to early Tintin books

The early Tintin book covers were generally beige or light tan with the title on top and a framed illustration below. This is a fairly easy design to copy and many artists have chose to do so. Many of these covers are on actual pastiche books. Jason Morrow did a cover of this design for all 24 Tintin books; some are with the cover of the corresponding book, but 12 are here. Other major contributors to these books are those published by Atlier Radock, as well as artists Schrift, Exem, and others.

3 books by Marc Roulin

Next 2 by François Maret

3 by Philippe Sennwald

Next 2 by Gilles Calza

Next 3 by Michael Berger

Next 12 by Jason Morrow

This row by Jason Morrow

Pays-des-mauviettes-by-Jason-Morrow-Tintin

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Pays-de-l'heure-Noire-by-Jason-Morrow-Tintin

This row by Jason Morrow

Next 3 by Exem

Next 2 by bispro

Next 3 by Schrift

Next 2 by von K

By Harry Edwood

Cover has similar typefont, banner, and design

The majority of real Tintin books used a distinctive typefont that is today known as simply, "Tintin." Most of the real books also had a banner at the top. The goup of covers below use a similar typefont, banner across the top, and overall design.

Next 5 by Yves Rodier

Secret-des-Arumbayas-by-Yves-Rodier-Tintin

Chat-de-la-Bonne-Volonte-Tintin-by-Yves-Rodier

Next 10 by Bispro

5 more by Bispro

Next 3 by Grainne Tynan

By Isuru 077

By Glenno

By H. Gerbe

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Prisonniers-de-la-Planete-Rouge-by-Sikoryak

Next 5 by R. Sikoryak

By Exem

By Sakharine

By Brandon Graham

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Next 3 by Harry Edwood

Next 9 by JC Dessins

4 more by JC Dessins

By Martin LeMalin

By Yves Rodier

By Da Lone Groover

By Luc Cornillon

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Next 3 by Dran

By Grimklok

5 by Bruno Marchand

Chasse-en-Hautemer-Tintin-by-Bruno-Marchand

By Gary Hallgren

By Von K

By Monsieur Steel

By Donosti

By Harry Edwood

By Ralph Edenbag

By Nares

Cover has similar typefont and design

This goup of covers use the "Tintin" typefont or something similar and have an overall design more-or-less resembling a genuine Tintin book. Most imitation covers fall in this category or the one above.