File:Tintin-mainCast.png

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Description	The main cast of The Adventures of Tintin, the comics series by Hergé. Pictured are: Professor Calculus, Captain Haddock, Tintin, Thomson and Thompson, Bianca Castafiore, and Snowy. The copyright is believed to belong to the Hergé Foundation.
Author or copyright owner	The Hergé Foundation
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	It is believed that this comics panel can or could be obtained from the publisher, Egmont Group. (This image was cropped and processed from: File:Tintin-mainSupportingCharacters.png).
Date of publication	Likely 1976
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	The Adventures of Tintin
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	The article is a discussion of The Adventures of Tintin, the comics series by Hergé. This is Hergé's illustration of the main characters of The Adventures of Tintin, the topic of discussion. This image illustrates and supports this article.
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	No free use image available. As these are fictional, copyrighted characters, a freely-licensed alternative could not reasonably be obtained.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	The file appears only in the The Adventures of Tintin article; no other article. The file appears in the article in thumbnail size and is not of higher resolution than necessary.
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	The image from the comic is not used in a manner that is likely to replace the original market role of the original copyrighted material.
Other information	This file helps The Adventures of Tintin article deserve its Featured Article status.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of The Adventures of Tintin//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tintin-mainCast.pngtrue

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This image is an illustration of a character or characters in a comic book, video game, or animated television program or film. The copyright for it is most likely held by either the publisher/producer and/or artist(s) producing the work in question. It is believed that the use of low-resolution images of character artwork:

for commentary on the character or characters in question,
where no free equivalent is available or could be created that would adequately give the same information,
on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,

qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content for more information.

This image is from a comic strip, webcomic or from the cover or interior of a comic book. The copyright for this image is most likely owned by either the publisher of the comic or the writer(s) and/or artist(s) which produced the comic in question. It is believed that

the use of low-resolution images of the cover of a comic book to illustrate:
- the issue of the comic book in question;
- the periodical comic book series of which this issue is a part; or
- the copyrighted comic book character(s) or group(s) on the cover of the issue in question;
or the use of low-resolution images of a single panel from a comic strip or an interior page of a comic book to illustrate:
- the scene or storyline depicted, or
- the copyrighted character(s) or group(s) depicted on the excerpted panel in question;
where no free alternative exists or can be created,
on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,

qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content and Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics/copyright for more information.
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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	23:27, 6 January 2018		372 × 267 (176 KB)	DatBot (talk \| contribs)	Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
	15:39, 12 January 2014	No thumbnail	400 × 288 (227 KB)	Prhartcom (talk \| contribs)	Reduce image size.
	00:29, 12 January 2014	No thumbnail	500 × 360 (330 KB)	Prhartcom (talk \| contribs)	Uploading an excerpt from a non-free work using File Upload Wizard

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