https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Rackham's_Treasure

As a general fan of reductionism, I love Hergé's ligne claire so... so much. <3

I mean, the ability to both simplify the drawing style, yet at the same time fill the panel with all kinds of interesting, and usually artistically-placed elements, as well. People sometimes call comics like Tintin and Astérix (etc) 'just for teenagers' at best, but to my mind, there's a great deal of subtle artistry and artistic choices going on, on top of everything else.

Oh yeah this was the book in which they first met Prof Calculus/Tournesol. Come to think of it, this probably shaped my idea of what a scientist/engineer was like. He was kinda eccentric, true, but also persistent, imaginative, open to crazy ideas and most importantly: his stuff worked! He actually came thru with the shark-submarine and the rocket to the moon and the sound-machine.

Oh yeah in the collections there's usually at least once scene where Herge breaks out of the "small box" sequence and gives us a scene that takes up half a page. Those are almost always gorgeous, worthy of being on a poster and hanging on the wall.

Hell yeah, that's right!

Umm... not to pry too much, but... are you indeed in a STEM profession, Sergio? (sorry in advance for my rudeness)

Yeah, I did STEM, tho I took a bit of time off and now not sure if I wanna get back into it.

You're at least younger than me, aren't you? (I'm WELL in to "middle age," haha, D:)

So, um... Are you happy with what you're doing, and how do you see the future proceeding for you? (again, I'm terribly sorry for my rude bluntness)

I think we're about the same age, but idk. If I had a solid idea about the future, I'd tell ya, but idk that either.