Tintin : 2010

 

Sausalito Ferry Co

Joe, in a striped suit, was sharp-eyed and inquisitive. He pointed to my lapel 'What's the badge?'

'Captain Haddock'

'I didn't know you were a Tintin fan. Why?'

'Because Captain Haddock drinks like a fish, smokes like a chimney, swears like a trooper and is always losing his rage. He's a mess, but he gets there in the end. What a great message to all children everywhere'

Joe smiled 'Yeah, never trust a grown-up'

Johnny Green and Joe Strummer excerpt from 'A Riot of our Own - Night & Day with the Clash' Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1997