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Le Thermozéro
''Le Thermozéro'' is an abandoned comics project at one point considered for Hergé's ''The Adventures of Tintin'' series, and then, later, for his ''Jo, Zette and Jocko'' series. Synopsis On a rainy day, Haddock, Tintin and Calculus have a car accident with a German they had had words with a few minutes before. Tintin, ready to help people, draws him out of his car and covers him with his coat. Surprisingly, many people try to put the man in their own car before the ambulance arrives. He hides an object in Tintin's coat without anyone's knowledge. Finally, the ambulance arrives and everyone goes home. Back at the hotel, Calculus decides to bring Tintin's coat to the laundry. A few days later, Tintin and the Captain discover that everyone present at the accident has been burgled. Apparently, the people behind all this are looking for an item that previously belonged to the victim. The next day, Haddock is kidnapped and the message for the ransom is "Haddock for the item". A meeti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casterman
Casterman is a publisher of Franco-Belgian comics, specializing in comic books and children's literature. The company is based in Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ..., Belgium. History The company was founded in 1780 by Donat-Joseph Casterman, an editor and bookseller originally from Tournai.Bocquet, José-Louis, and Fromental, Jean-Luc. ''The Adventures of Hergé'' (Drawn and Quarterly, 2011). Casterman was originally a printing company and publishing house. In 1934, Casterman took over the ''Le Petit Vingtième'' editions for the publication of the albums of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', from the fourth album of the series, ''Cigars of the Pharaoh''. From 1942, Casterman published reworked versions and colored versions of the previous Tintin albums. Str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventures Of Tintin
''The Adventures of Tintin'' (french: Les Aventures de Tintin ) is a series of 24 ''bande dessinée'' albums created by 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 serialised strips published in Belgium's leading newspaper (''The Evening'') and spun into a successful '' Tintin'' magazine. In 1950, Hergé created Studios Hergé, which produced the canonical versions of 11 ''Tintin'' albums. The series is set during a largely realistic 20th century. Its hero is Tintin, a cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 cartoonist. He is best known for creating '' The Adventures of Tintin'', the series of comic albums which 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 distinct '' 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 of its editor Norbert Wallez. Revo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg (comics)
Michel Régnier (5 May 1931 – 29 October 1999), best known by his pseudonym Greg, was a Belgian cartoonist best known for '' Achille Talon'', and later became editor of '' Tintin'' magazine. Biography Regnier was born in Ixelles, Belgium in 1931. His first series, ''Les Aventures de Nestor et Boniface'', appeared in the Belgian magazine '' Vers l'Avenir'' when he was sixteen. He moved to the comic magazine ''Héroic Albums'', going on to work for the Franco-Belgian comics magazine '' Spirou'' in 1954. In 1955 he launched his own magazine, ''Paddy'', but eventually discontinued it. The series for which Greg is best known, '' Achille Talon'', began in 1963 in ''Pilote'' magazine, also the source of comics such as ''Asterix''.De Weyer, Geert (2005). "Greg". In België gestript, pp. 117-119. Tielt: Lannoo. This series, which he both wrote and illustrated, presents the comic misadventures of the eponymous mild-mannered polysyllabic bourgeois. In all 42 albums appeared, the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tintin In Tibet
''Tintin in Tibet'' (french: Tintin au Tibet, link=no) is the twentieth volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. It was serialised weekly from September 1958 to November 1959 in ''Tintin'' magazine and published as a book in 1960. Hergé considered it his favourite ''Tintin'' adventure and an emotional effort, as he created it while suffering from traumatic nightmares and a personal conflict while deciding to leave his wife of three decades for a younger woman. The story tells of the young reporter Tintin in search of his friend Chang Chong-Chen, whom the authorities claim has died in a plane crash in the Himalayas. Convinced that Chang has survived and accompanied only by Snowy, Captain Haddock and the Sherpa guide Tharkey, Tintin crosses the Himalayas to the plateau of Tibet, along the way encountering the mysterious Yeti. Following ''The Red Sea Sharks'' (1958) and its large number of characters, ''Tintin in Tibet'' differs fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie-France (magazine)
Marie-France is a French feminine given name. Notable people with the name include: * Marie-France (actress) (born 1943), French actress * Marie-France Bazzo, Canadian broadcaster * Marie-France Beaufils (born 1946), member of the Senate of France * Marie-France Dubreuil (born 1974), Canadian ice dancer * Marie-France Dufour (1949–1990), French singer * Marie-France Garcia (born 1946), French singer and actress * Marie-France Gaite (1941–1968), French singer * Marie-France Hirigoyen (born 1949), French psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and psychotherapist * Marie-France Lalonde (born 1971), Canadian politician * Marie-France Larouche (born 1980), Canadian curler * Marie-France Lorho (born 1964), French politician * Marie-France Mignal (born 1940), French actress * Marie-France Pisier (1944–2011), French actress * Marie-France Plumer Marie-France (''Marie-France Plumer''; born 7 February 1943) is a French actress known mainly for her roles as a child. Filmography * ''Return t ... [...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 whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benoît Peeters
Benoît Peeters (; born 1956) is a French comics writer, novelist, and comics studies scholar. Biography After a degree in Philosophy at Université de Paris I, Peeters prepared his Master's at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS‚ Paris) under the direction of Roland Barthes. He holds a '' habilitation à diriger les recherches'' (HDR), i.e. a supplementary PhD enabling him to supervise the work of PhD candidates (Université de Paris I, 2007). He published his first novel, ''Omnibus'', by Les Éditions de Minuit in 1976, followed by his second, ''La Bibliothèque de Villers'', Robert Laffont, 1980. Since then, he has published over sixty works on a wide variety of subjects. His best-known work is '' Les Cités obscures'', an imaginary world which mingles a Borgesian metaphysical surrealism with the detailed architectural vistas of the series' artist, François Schuiten. The series began with ''Les Murailles de Samaris'' (''The Walls of Samaris'') in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Black Island
''The Black Island'' (french: link=no, L'Île noire) is the seventh 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 April to November 1937. The story tells of young Belgian reporter Tintin and his dog Snowy, who travel to England in pursuit of a gang of counterfeiters. Framed for theft and hunted by detectives Thomson and Thompson, Tintin follows the criminals to Scotland, discovering their lair on the Black Island. ''The Black Island'' was a commercial success and was published in book form by Casterman shortly after its conclusion. Hergé continued ''The Adventures of Tintin'' with ''King Ottokar's Sceptre'', while the series itself became a defining part of the Franco-Belgian comics tradition. In 1943, ''The Black Island'' was coloured and re-drawn in Hergé's distinctive style for republication. In the mid-1960s, Herg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
