I can agree on that for sure, there aren't really a whole lot of memorable characters in Spirou. The settings are often more epic in Tintin too. But I think the stories in Spirou are better thought out and flows better, sometimes Tintin-stories just goes off on totally weird directions which while funny kinda takes away from the story as a whole.I like Tintin better than Spirou because of the great gallery of characters in Tintin. Spirou on the other hand, has really good storytelling.