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Philippe Goddin
Philippe Goddin (born May 27, 1944, in Brussels, Belgium) is a leading expert and literary critic of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', and author of several books on Tintin (character), Tintin and his creator, Hergé. He was general secretary of the Fondation Hergé from 1989 to 1999. Career He has written numerous books on the subject, which include ''Hergé and Tintin, Reporters''. He produced a biography, ''Hergé: lignes de vie''. His masterwork is the seven-volume (totalling 3000 pages) ''Hergé - Chronologie d'une oeuvre'' (''Hergé - Chronology of his work''), which Belgian magazine ''La Libre'' called "Magnificent. Monumental. Unique in its kind." ("Magnifique. Monumental. Unique en son genre.") His study of Tintin was published in English in 3 volumes as ''The Art of Hergé, Inventor of Tintin''; Volume 1 was criticized by ''Publishers Weekly'' for being content to retell plots rather than providing critical analysis. It was also published in Dutch as ''De Kunst van Hergà ... [...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#Formats, ''bande dessinée'' 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 11 ''Tintin'' albums. The series is se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
