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Hergé
Georges Prosper Remi (; 22 May 1907 – 3 March 1983), known by the pen name Hergé ( ; ), from the French pronunciation of his reversed initials ''RG'', was a Belgian comic strip artist. He is best known for creating ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the series of Franco-Belgian comics#Formats, comic albums that are considered one of the most popular European comics of the 20th century. He was also responsible for two other well-known series, ''Quick & Flupke'' (1930–1940) and ''The Adventures of Jo, Zette and Jocko'' (1936–1957). His works were executed in his distinctive ''ligne claire'' drawing style. Born to a lower-middle-class family in Etterbeek, Brussels, Hergé began his career by contributing illustrations to Scouting magazines, developing his first comic series, ''The Adventures of Totor'', for ''Le Boy-Scout Belge'' in 1926. Working for the conservative Catholic newspaper ''Le Vingtième Siècle'', he created ''The Adventures of Tintin'' in 1929 on the advice o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventures Of Tintin
''The Adventures of Tintin'' ( ) is a series of 24 comic albums created by Belgians, Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi, who wrote under the pen name Hergé. The series was one of the most popular European comics of the 20th century. By 2007, a century after Hergé's birth in 1907, ''Tintin'' had been published in more than 70 languages with sales of more than 200 million copies, and had been adapted for radio, television, theatre, and film. The series first appeared in French on 10 January 1929 in (''The Little Twentieth''), a youth supplement to the Belgian newspaper (''The Twentieth Century''). The success of the series led to serial (literature), serialised strips published in Belgium's leading newspaper (''The Evening'') and spun into a successful Tintin (magazine), ''Tintin'' magazine. In 1950, Hergé created Studios Hergé, which produced the canonical versions of ten ''Tintin'' albums. Following Hergé's death in 1983, the final instalment of the series, ''Tintin and Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tintin (character)
Tintin (; ) is the titular protagonist of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comic series by Belgians, Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The character was created in 1929 and introduced in , a weekly youth supplement to the Belgian newspaper . Appearing as a young man with a round face and quiff hairstyle, Tintin is depicted as a precocious, multitalented reporter who travels the world with his dog Snowy (character), Snowy. Since his inception in the early 20th century, Tintin has remained a popular literary figure with statues and commemorative murals of the character seen throughout Belgium. In addition to the original comic series, Tintin has appeared in numerous plays, radio shows, television shows, and feature films, including the Steven Spielberg-directed film ''The Adventures of Tintin (film), The Adventures of Tintin'' (2011). As of January 1, 2025, Tintin and other characters appearing in the original 1929 French comic strips entered the public domain in the United States. Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Blue Lotus
''The Blue Lotus'' () is the fifth volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Commissioned by the conservative Belgian newspaper for its children's supplement , it was serialised weekly from August 1934 to October 1935 before being published in a collected volume by Casterman in 1936. Continuing where the plot of the previous story, ''Cigars of the Pharaoh'', left off, the story tells of young Belgian reporter Tintin (character), Tintin and his dog Snowy (character), Snowy, who are invited to China in the middle of the 1931 Japanese invasion of Manchuria, Japanese invasion, where Tintin reveals the machinations of Japanese spies and uncovers a drug-smuggling ring. In creating ''The Blue Lotus'', Hergé exhibited a newfound emphasis on accuracy and documentation in his portrayal of foreign societies. He was heavily influenced by his close friend Zhang Chongren, a Chinese student studying in Belgium, and the work both satirises common ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tintin In The Land Of The Soviets
''Tintin in the Land of the Soviets'' () is the first volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Commissioned by the conservative Belgian newspaper as anti-communism, anti-communist satire for its children's supplement , it was serial (literature), serialised weekly from January 1929 to May 1930 before being published in a collected volume by Éditions du Petit Vingtième in 1930. The story tells of young Belgian reporter Tintin (character), Tintin and his dog Snowy (character), Snowy, who are sent to the Soviet Union to report on Joseph Stalin, Stalin's government. Knowing of his intentions, however, the secret police of the Joint State Political Directorate, OGPU are sent to hunt him down. Bolstered by publicity stunts, ''Land of the Soviets'' was a commercial success in Belgium, and also witnessed serialisation in France and Switzerland. Hergé continued ''The Adventures of Tintin'' with ''Tintin in the Congo'', and the series be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tintin In America
''Tintin in America'' () is the third volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Commissioned by the conservative Belgian newspaper for its children's supplement , it was serialized weekly from September 1931 to October 1932 before being published in a collected volume by in 1932. The story tells of young Belgian reporter Tintin and his dog Snowy who travel to the United States, where Tintin reports on organized crime in Chicago. Pursuing a gangster across the country, he encounters a tribe of Blackfoot Native Americans before defeating the Chicago crime syndicate. Following the publication of '' Tintin in the Congo'', Hergé researched a story set in the United States, desiring to reflect his concerns regarding the treatment of American Indian communities by the U.S. government. Bolstered by a publicity stunt, ''Tintin in America'' was a commercial success in Belgium and was soon republished in France. Hergé continued ''The Ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tintin In The Congo
''Tintin in the Congo'' (; ) is the second volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian comic strip artist Hergé. Commissioned by the conservative Belgian newspaper for its children's supplement , it was serialised weekly from May 1930 to June 1931 before being published in a collected volume by Éditions de Petit Vingtième in 1931. The story tells of young Belgian reporter Tintin and his dog Snowy, who are sent to the Belgian Congo to report on events in the country. Amid various encounters with the native Congolese people and wild animals, Tintin unearths a criminal diamond smuggling operation run by the American gangster Al Capone. Following on from ''Tintin in the Land of the Soviets'' and bolstered by publicity stunts, ''Tintin in the Congo'' was a commercial success within Belgium and was also serialised in France. Hergé continued ''The Adventures of Tintin'' with '' Tintin in America'' in 1932, and the series subsequently became a defining p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Studios Hergé
The Studios Hergé () were, between 1950 and 1986, a SARL company consisting of Belgian cartoonist Hergé and his collaborators, who assisted him with the creation of ''The Adventures of Tintin'' and derived products. Over the years, the studios had between 12 and 50 employees, including some prestigious artists like Jacques Martin, Bob de Moor and Roger Leloup. Every creation produced by the studios was attributed to Hergé alone, except for three albums of '' Quick & Flupke'' which are attributed to Studios Hergé on the cover. In 1987, the Studios were disbanded and transformed into the Hergé Foundation by Fanny Rodwell, a former colourist at the Studios and Hergé's widow. History The Studios Hergé were created by Hergé in 1950 to assist him with the production of ''The Adventures of Tintin''. They permitted him to focus on the creation of new stories by handing over some aspects of the artwork, particularly the colouring, which Hergé had never really mastered and w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quick & Flupke
''The exploits of Quick and Flupke'' (, ) was a comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Serialised weekly from January 1930 to 1940 in , the children's supplement of conservative Belgian newspaper ("''The Twentieth Century''"), the series ran alongside Hergé's better known ''The Adventures of Tintin''. It continued for one extra year in ''Le Soir Jeunesse'' until 1941. It revolves around the lives of two misbehaving boys, Quick and Flupke, who live in Brussels, and the conflict that they get into with a local policeman. In 1983, the series provided the basis for an animated television adaptation. History Background Abbé Norbert Wallez appointed Hergé editor of a children's supplement for the Thursday issues of , titled ("''The Little Twentieth''"). Carrying strong Catholic and fascist messages, many of its passages were explicitly antisemitism, antisemitic. For this new venture, Hergé illustrated ''L'Extraordinaire Aventure de Flup, Nénesse, Poussette et Cochonnet'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventures Of Jo, Zette And Jocko
''The Adventures of Jo, Zette and Jocko'' is a Franco-Belgian comics series created by Hergé, the writer-artist best known for ''The Adventures of Tintin''. The heroes of the series are two young children, brother and sister Jo and Zette Legrand, and their pet chimpanzee Jocko, plus their parents, Mr Legrand, Jo and Zette's father, aerospace engineer and designer, and Mrs Legrand, Jo and Zette's mother, housewife and Mr Legrand's wife. Jo, Zette and Jocko appear on the rear covers of some ''The Adventures of Tintin'' comic books, but never appear in the stories. A few Jo, Zette and Jocko comics allude to characters or events in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', such as the Maharaja of Gopal (briefly mentioned in ''The Castafiore Emerald'') appearing as a prominent character, and a portrait of Captain Haddock in the Legrand house. Synopsis The following are the five ''Jo, Zette and Jocko'' titles, both in English and French, which are published between 1951 and 1957. Character ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventures Of Totor
''The Adventures of Totor, Chief Scout of the Cockchafers'' () is the first comic strip series by the Belgian cartoonist and author Hergé, who later came to notability as the author of ''The Adventures of Tintin'' series. It was serialised monthly from July 1926 to summer 1929 in Belgian scouting magazine ''Le Boy Scout Belge'', with a nine month break in 1927. The plot synopsis revolved around the eponymous Totor, a Belgian boy scout who travels to visit his aunt and uncle in Texas, United States. Once there, he comes across hostile Native Americans in the United States, Native American tribes and gangsters, each of whom he outwits, before returning to Belgium. Like the ''Bécassine'' comics, which were common in Western Europe at the time, the series is a text comics, text comic, consisting of pictures with separate captions, although Hergé had begun to experiment with the use of speech bubbles throughout, something influenced by American comics. In 1929, Hergé created the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snowy (character)
Snowy ( ) is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Snowy is a white Wire Fox Terrier who is a companion to Tintin, the series' protagonist. Snowy made his debut on 10 January 1929 in the first installment of ''Tintin in the Land of the Soviets'', which was serialised in ''Le Petit Vingtième'' until May 1930. Snowy is modeled in part on a Fox Terrier at a café that Hergé used to frequent. Milou, Snowy's original French name, was the nickname of Hergé's first girlfriend.Farr (2007): 24 In the first eight Tintin adventures, Snowy regularly addresses his internal monologue to the reader. Hergé diminished Snowy's speaking role after the introduction of Captain Haddock in the ninth story, ''The Crab with the Golden Claws''.Farr (2007): 31 As of 1 January 2025, Snowy and other characters appearing in the 1929 ''The Adventures of Tintin'' comic strips have entered the public domain in the United States, but not in Her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhang Chongren
Zhang Chongren (27 September 1907 – 8 October 1998), also known as Chang Chong-jen, was a Chinese sculptor best remembered in Europe as a friend of Hergé, the Belgian cartoonist and creator of ''The Adventures of Tintin''. The two met when Zhang was an art student in Brussels. Zhang served as the inspiration for Chang Chong-Chen, a recurring character in the Tintin stories. Early life Zhang was born the son of a wood-carving craftsman in 1907 in Xujiahui (''Zi-Kar-Wei''), then a suburb of Shanghai, China. The young Zhang lost both his parents at an early age and grew up in the French Jesuit orphanage of ''Tou-Se-we'' (now Tushanwan) where he entered at the age of seven, and where he studied art and the French language. After finishing school in 1928, Zhang worked with design for the film industry and at a local newspaper. In 1931, he earned a scholarship to the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, Belgium, where he shifted from painting to sculpture at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
