This Tintin story, along with Red Rackham’s Treasure, is my favourite because we had in Spain a large number of Tintin comics, but only these two in English. I read a lot of comics in Spanish but Tintin in Spanish felt more tortuous than it needed to be, so I gravitated towards the English editions. My uncle had bought them in the UK from the 60s and I read them obsessively. The pages were worn and the spines falling apart and I wouldn’t have it any other way.


A friend, not knowing the above, sent me this card along with a host of others from New Zealand. To New Zealand and a different friend this card returns. Fly!

sent from: London, UK. destination: Wellington, New Zealand

This may be my 200th postcard, but virgin media thinks I am Ms Jaun Louise Sanches. Good job; many people have made a mistake on one of my names, but no one has failed to get my first and last name wrong AND my gender all at the same time. I dedicate this card to you, Voijin Medoid.

The first 100 cards sometimes seemed to crawl by, the next 100 went by in a flash!


Fun stuff in cards 101-200:


   – A five-part story told over a week of postcards (I, II, III, IV and V)
   – I’m drawing again
   – Had a small meltdown and got the internet equivalent of a hug. Thank you!
   – Started putting photographs on the postcards
   – A small fable about The Girl And The Moon
   – FEARS
   – Took the stairs to the 18th floor
   – Merry Christmas from India

Here are some goals I had set after 100 postcards:


To send a card to any or all of the following countries: China, Russia, Kenya, Nigeria, Japan, Iraq, Afghanistan, Mongolia, Suriname 
– really, I don’t know anyone in any of these countries?


To send five cards out to complete strangers 
– It would be so great to get more recipients into the mix, and get reactions from people who don’t know have any context for what I’m rambling about.


To receive as a gift someone’s old unused postcard collection to add to my own 
– I’ve received new blank cards from various people (including the one in today’s post), so this goal is at least 50% met, but I’ve had promises from a couple people to send me their old unused postcard collections, but nothing has yet come of it.


To receive postcards in return 
– thank you to A, I, J, J, K for sending me cards! Keep ’em coming.


What’s coming up in the next 100 postcards:

• More drawings
• More (multi-part) stories
• Custom printed designs
• More meltdowns

Leave a comment if you want a postcard or know someone who might (especially if they live in any of the above countries I want to send one to).
Lastly, there are cards going back to November that I don’t know if they arrived to their destinations. Poor cards, I hope they’re not lost in the world. If you have a card from me in the past couple of months and aren’t sure if you’ve let me know, please take a second to do so. Thank you!