Tintin: Tompson & Thompson test

[Dudley]

From this week's Private Eye:

"Tompson & Thompson are different in appearance; the difference is visible wherever they are portrayed.  In one frame of one Tintin book it becomes apparent which is which.  Go to it, anoraks..."

So what's the answer?

[Rex Banner]

I don't know if it counts as 'appearance' but I think it's one of them is left handed and one is right handed.

Geek mode off.

[johnnystress]

You're right about the left/right hand thing!http://www.drawger.com/robd/images/tintin.jpg">

[Dudley]

Ah, but which is which?

[johnnystress]

I'm beginning to care too much about this!

Wikipedia says:

Although unrelated, the two clumsy detectives look like twins and can only be told apart by the shape of their moustaches.

[johnnystress]

and, according to Wikipedia, Thompson is the one without the twirls on the end of his moustache

which i also never noticed before

[Proudhuff]

so there are two differences, but which is which?

[johnnystress]

Thompson is right handed one and hasn't got a twirly moustache. In the centre panel he's lighting a cigar


...right?

[TordelBack]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the right-handed Thomson always drawn as the taller of the two?  Never noticed the moustache thing, and am a bit dubious about it.  

[johnnystress]

Link: http://tintin.eugraph.com/tqsect/feature/tvst/index.html" target="_blank">How to tell a thompson..

[TordelBack]

Well I never!  Now, how does the girl in dungarees fit into all this?

[Proudhuff]

Damn you!! another webpage with a timeportal where I've lost an hour.... or two

Huffhuff