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| Birth name | Georges Prosper Remi |
| Born | May 22, 1907 Etterbeek, Belgium |
| Died | March 3, 1983 (aged 75) Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Belgium |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Area(s) | artist, writer |
| Notable works | The Adventures of Tintin Jo, Zette and Jocko Quick & Flupke |
| Awards | full list |
Georges Prosper Remi (May 22, 1907 – March 3, 1983), better known by the pen name Hergé, was a Belgian comics writer and artist. Events 334 BC - The Greek army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Etterbeek is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium. The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) The Adventures of Tintin (Les Aventures de Tintin is a series of Comic strips created by Belgian artist Hergé, the pen name of Georges Remi The Adventures of Jo Zette and Jocko is a Comic book (or bande dessinée) series created by Hergé, the Belgian Quick & Flupke ( Quick et Flupke in French and Quick en Flupke in Dutch) is a Comic book series by Events 334 BC - The Greek army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) A pen name, nom de plume, or literary double, is a Pseudonym adopted by an Author or their publishers to conceal their identity The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those Comics (via Latin from the Greek "" kōmikos, of or pertaining to "comedy" from kōmos "revel" A writer is anyone who creates a written work although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally as well as those who have written in many different forms The definition of an artist is wide-ranging and covers a broad spectrum of Activities to do with creating Art, practicing the Arts and/or demonstrating "Hergé" (IPA: [ɛʀʒe]) is the French pronunciation of "R. G. ", his initials reversed. His best-known and most substantial work is The Adventures of Tintin, which he wrote and illustrated from 1929 until his death in 1983, which left the twenty-fourth Tintin adventure, Tintin and Alph-art, unfinished. The Adventures of Tintin (Les Aventures de Tintin is a series of Comic strips created by Belgian artist Hergé, the pen name of Georges Remi Tintin and Alph-Art ( French: Tintin et l'alph-art) is the twenty-fourth and final book in the Tintin series created His work remains a strong influence on comics, particularly in Europe. He was inducted into the Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2003. The Will Eisner Comic Industry Award is a prize given for creative achievement in American Comic books It is named in honor of the pioneering writer and artist Will Eisner
The notable qualities of the Tintin stories include their vivid humanism, a realistic feel produced by meticulous and wide-ranging research, and Hergé's ligne claire drawing style. Ligne claire ( French for "clear line" is a style of Drawing pioneered by Hergé, the Belgian creator of The Adventures Adult readers enjoy the many satirical references to the history and politics of the 20th century. The Blue Lotus, for example, was inspired by the Mukden incident that led to the Chinese-Japanese War of 1934. The Blue Lotus ( Le Lotus bleu) first published in 1936, is one of The Adventures of Tintin, a series of classic comic-strip On September 18, 1931, near Mukden (now Shenyang) in southern Manchuria, a section of railroad owned by Japan 's South Manchuria King Ottokar's Sceptre can be read against the background of Hitler's Anschluss, while later albums such as The Calculus Affair depict the Cold War. King Ottokar's Sceptre ( French: Le Sceptre d'Ottokar) is the eighth of The Adventures of Tintin, a series of classic comic-strip Hi and welcome to Wikipedia! Please understand that this article is frequently vandalized and vandalism is reverted immediately The ( German: "link-up" also known as the, was the 1938 Annexation of Austria into Greater Germany by the Nazi The Calculus Affair ( French: L'Affaire Tournesol) is the eighteenth of The Adventures of Tintin, a series of classic Cold War is the state of conflict tension and competition that existed between the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR and their respective allies from the Hergé has become one of the most famous Belgians worldwide and Tintin is still an international success.
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Biography
Childhood and early career
Georges Prosper Remi was born in 1907 in Etterbeek, in Brussels, Belgium to middle class parents, Alexis and Elisabeth Remi. Etterbeek is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium. Brussels (Bruxelles pronounced; Brussel pronounced) officially the Brussels Capital-Region, is The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those His four years of primary schooling coincided with World War I (1914–1918), during which Brussels was occupied by the German Empire. Primary education is the first stage of Compulsory education. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All The German Empire is the name commonly used in English to describe Germany from 1871 to 1918 when it was a semi- Constitutional monarchy: beginning with the Unification Georges, who displayed an early affinity for drawing, filled the margins of his earliest schoolbooks with doodles of the German invaders. Except for a few drawing lessons which he would later take at l'école Saint-Luc, he never had any formal training in the visual arts. The visual arts are art forms that focus on the creation of works which are primarily Visual in nature such as Painting, Photography
In 1920, he began studying in the collège Saint-Boniface, a secondary school where the teachers were Catholic priests. Georges joined the Boy Scouts troop of the school, where he was given the totemic name "Renard curieux" (Curious fox). Guidisme et Scoutisme en Belgique/Gidsen- en Scoutsbeweging in België (GSB The Guides and Scouts Movement of Belgium) is the national Guiding and Scouting Recently an old strip by him was found on a wall of this school[1]. His first drawings were published in Jamais assez, the school's Scout paper, and, from 1923, in Le Boy-Scout Belge, the Scout monthly magazine. From 1924, he signed his illustrations using the pseudonym "Hergé".
His subsequent comics work would be heavily influenced by the ethics of the Scouting movement, as well as the early travel experiences he made with the Scout association. Scouting, also known as the Scout Movement, is a worldwide Youth movement with the stated aim of supporting young people in their physical mental and spiritual
On finishing school in 1925, Georges worked at the Catholic newspaper Le XXe Siècle under the editor Norbert Wallez, a Catholic abbot who kept a photograph of Mussolini in his office. [2] The following year, he published his first cartoon series, Totor, in the Scouting magazine Le Boy-Scout Belge. Totor Chief Scout of the Cockchafers is the first Comic strip series written by Hergé who later wrote The Adventures of Tintin In 1928, he was put in charge of producing material for the Le XXe Siècle's new weekly supplement for children, Le Petit Vingtième. Le Petit Vingtième ("The Little Twentieth" was the weekly youth supplement to the Belgian newspaper Le Vingtième Siècle ("The Twentieth He began illustrating The Adventures of Flup, Nénesse, Poussette, and Cochonnet, a strip written by a member of the newspaper's sports staff, but soon became dissatisfied with this series. Wallez asked Remi to create a young hero - a Catholic reporter who would fight for good all over the world. [2] He decided to create a comic strip of his own, which would adopt the recent American innovation of using speech balloons to depict words coming out of the characters' mouths. Speech balloons (also speech bubbles, dialogue balloons, or word balloons) are a graphic convention used most commonly in Comic books strips
Tintin in the Land of the Soviets, by "Hergé", appeared in the pages of Le Petit Vingtième on January 10, 1929, and ran until May 8, 1930. Tintin in the Land of the Soviets (originally known as Les Aventures de Tintin reporter du Petit "Vingtième" au pays des Soviets) is the Tintin in the Land of the Soviets (originally known as Les Aventures de Tintin reporter du Petit "Vingtième" au pays des Soviets) is the Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The strip chronicled the adventures of a young reporter named Tintin and his pet fox terrier Snowy (Milou) as they journeyed through the Soviet Union. Tintin and Snowy (original French language names Tintin et Milou) a journalist and his canine companion are a pair of adventurers who travel around the The name Fox Terrier or Foxy refers primarily to two different breeds of Dog, the Smooth Fox Terrier and the Wire Fox Terrier Tintin and Snowy (original French language names Tintin et Milou) a journalist and his canine companion are a pair of adventurers who travel around the The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 The character of Tintin was inspired by Georges' brother Paul Remi, an officer in the Belgian army.
In January 1930, Hergé introduced Quick & Flupke (Quick et Flupke), a new comic strip about two street urchins from Brussels, in the pages of Le Petit Vingtième. Quick & Flupke ( Quick et Flupke in French and Quick en Flupke in Dutch) is a Comic book series by For many years, Hergé would continue to produce this less well-known series in parallel with his Tintin stories. In June, he began the second Tintin adventure, Tintin in the Congo (then the colony of Belgian Congo), followed by Tintin in America and Cigars of the Pharaoh. Tintin in the Congo ( Tintin au Congo) is the second of The Adventures of Tintin, a series of classic comic-strip albums written and illustrated This article is about a type of political territory For other uses see Colony (disambiguation. The Belgian Congo ( Dutch: Belgisch Kongo French: Congo Belge German: Belgisch Kongo was the formal title of present-day Democratic Republic Tintin in America ( Tintin en Amérique) is the third in The Adventures of Tintin, a series of classic comic-strip albums written and illustrated Cigars of the Pharaoh ( Les Cigares du pharaon) is one of The Adventures of Tintin, a series of classic comic-strip albums written and illustrated
In 1932, he married Germaine Kieckens, the secretary of the director of the Le XXe Siècle. [2] They had no children, and would eventually divorce in 1975.
The early Tintin adventures each took about a year to complete, upon which they were released in book form by the Casterman publishing house. Casterman is a publisher of Franco-Belgian comics, specializing in Comic books and Children's literature. Hergé would continue revising these stories in subsequent editions, including a later conversion to colour.
Hergé reached a watershed with The Blue Lotus, the fifth Tintin adventure. The Blue Lotus ( Le Lotus bleu) first published in 1936, is one of The Adventures of Tintin, a series of classic comic-strip The Blue Lotus ( Le Lotus bleu) first published in 1936, is one of The Adventures of Tintin, a series of classic comic-strip At the close of the previous story, Cigars of the Pharaoh, he had mentioned that Tintin's next adventure would bring him to China. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National Father Gosset, the chaplain to the Chinese students at the Catholic University of Leuven, wrote to Hergé urging him to be sensitive about what he wrote about China. The Catholic University of Leuven, or Louvain, was the largest oldest and most prominent university in Belgium. Hergé agreed, and in the spring of 1934 Gosset introduced him to Chang Chong-jen (Chang Chongren), a young sculpture student at the Brussels Académie des Beaux-Arts. Zhang Chongren ( born Xujiahui 1907 died Paris, 8 October 1998 was a Chinese artist and sculptor best remembered in Europe as the friend The two young artists quickly became close friends, and Chang introduced Hergé to Chinese culture, and the techniques of Chinese art. Chinese art ( Chinese: 中國藝術/中国艺术 has varied throughout its ancient history, divided into periods by the ruling Dynasties of China and changing As a result of this experience, Hergé would strive in The Blue Lotus, and in subsequent Tintin adventures, to be meticulously accurate in depicting the places which Tintin visited. As a token of appreciation, he added a fictional "Chang Chong-Chen" to The Blue Lotus, a young Chinese boy who meets and befriends Tintin. Chang Chong-Chen (originally romanized as Tchang Chong-Chen in French, 張仲仁 Zhāng Zhòngrén in Chinese characters) is a fictional character
At the end of his studies in Brussels, Chang returned home to China, and Hergé lost contact with him during the invasion of China by Japan and the subsequent civil war. More than four decades would pass before the two friends would meet again.
World War II
The Second World War broke out on September 1, 1939 with the Nazi invasion of Poland. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Events 462 - Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Hergé was mobilized as a reserve lieutenant, and had to interrupt Tintin's adventures in the middle of Land of Black Gold. Land of Black Gold ( French: Tintin au pays de l'or noir) is the fifteenth of The Adventures of Tintin, a series of Nevertheless, by the summer of 1940, Belgium had fallen to Germany with the rest of Continental Europe. Continental Europe, also referred to as mainland Europe or simply the Continent, is the Continent of Europe, explicitly excluding European
Le Petit Vingtième, in which Tintin's adventures had until then been published, was shut down by the Nazi occupation. However, Hergé accepted an offer to produce a new Tintin strip in Le Soir, Brussels' leading French daily, which had been appropriated as the mouthpiece of the occupation forces. Le Soir (meaning The Evening) is a berliner Belgian newspaper He had to leave The Land of the Black Gold unfinished, launching instead into The Crab with the Golden Claws, the first of six Tintin stories which he would produce during the war. The Crab with the Golden Claws ( French: Le Crabe aux pinces d'or) is the ninth of The Adventures of Tintin, a series
As the war progressed, two factors arose that led to a revolution in Hergé's style. Firstly, paper shortages forced Tintin to be published in a daily three or four-frame strip, rather than two full pages every week which had been the practice on Le Petit Vingtième. In order to create tension at the end of each strip rather than the end of each page, Hergé had to introduce more frequent gags and faster-paced action. Secondly, Hergé had to move the focus of Tintin's adventures away from current affairs, in order to avoid controversy. He turned to stories with an escapist flavour: an expedition to a meteorite (The Shooting Star), a treasure hunt (The Secret of the Unicorn and Red Rackham's Treasure), and a quest to undo an ancient Inca curse (The Seven Crystal Balls and Prisoners of the Sun). The Shooting Star is the tenth of The Adventures of Tintin, a series of classic comic-strip albums written and illustrated by Belgian writer and illustrator The Secret of the Unicorn ( Le Secret de la Licorne) is one of The Adventures of Tintin, a series of classic comic-strip albums written Red Rackham's Treasure ( French: Le Trésor de Rackham le Rouge) is the twelfth of The Adventures of Tintin, a series The Seven Crystal Balls ( Les Sept boules de cristal) is the thirteenth of The Adventures of Tintin, a series of classic comic-strip albums Prisoners of the Sun is the fourteenth of The Adventures of Tintin, a series of classic comic-strip albums written and illustrated by Belgian writer and
In these stories, Hergé placed more emphasis on characters than plot, and indeed Tintin's most memorable companions, Captain Haddock and Cuthbert Calculus (In French Professeur Tryphon Tournesol), were introduced at this time. Captain Archibald Haddock ( Capitaine Archibald Haddock) is a character in the Comic book series The Adventures of Tintin by Belgian Professor Cuthbert Calculus ( Professeur Tryphon Tournesol, literally Professor Tryphonius Sunflower or Tryphonius Litmus Paper) is a Fictional Haddock debuted in The Crab with the Golden Claws and Calculus in Red Rackham's Treasure. The impact of these changes were not lost on the readers; in reprint, these stories have proven to be amongst the most popular.
In 1943, Hergé met Edgar P. Jacobs, another comics artist, whom he hired to help revise the early Tintin albums. Edgard Félix Pierre Jacobs, ( March 30, 1904 - February 20, 1987) better known under his Pen name Edgar P Jacobs' most significant contribution would be his redrawing of the costumes and backgrounds in the revised edition of King Ottokar's Sceptre. King Ottokar's Sceptre ( French: Le Sceptre d'Ottokar) is the eighth of The Adventures of Tintin, a series of classic comic-strip He also began collaborating with Hergé on a new Tintin adventure, The Seven Crystal Balls (see above).
Post-war troubles
The occupation of Brussels ended on September 3, 1944. Events 36 BC - In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompeius Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Tintin's adventures were interrupted toward the end of The Seven Crystal Balls when the Allied authorities shut down Le Soir. The Seven Crystal Balls ( Les Sept boules de cristal) is the thirteenth of The Adventures of Tintin, a series of classic comic-strip albums In general allies are people groups or nations that have joined together in an association for mutual benefit or to achieve some common purpose During the chaotic post-occupation period, Hergé was arrested four times by different groups. He was publicly accused of being a Nazi/Rexist sympathizer, a claim which was largely unfounded, as the Tintin adventures published during the war were scrupulously free of politics (the only dubious point occurring in The Shooting Star, which showed a rival scientific expedition flying the Flag of the United States and sponsored by a man called Blumenstein). Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German Rexism was a fascist political movement in the first half of the twentieth century in Belgium. The Shooting Star is the tenth of The Adventures of Tintin, a series of classic comic-strip albums written and illustrated by Belgian writer and illustrator Flags of the United States The Flag of the United States of America consists of 13 equal horizontal stripes of Red (top and bottom alternating In fact, one or two stories published before the war had been critical of fascism; most prominently, King Ottokar's Sceptre showed Tintin working to defeat a coup attempt that could be seen as an allegory of the Anschluss, Nazi Germany's takeover of Austria. Fascism is a totalitarian nationalist and corporatist ideology King Ottokar's Sceptre ( French: Le Sceptre d'Ottokar) is the eighth of The Adventures of Tintin, a series of classic comic-strip The ( German: "link-up" also known as the, was the 1938 Annexation of Austria into Greater Germany by the Nazi Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich Nevertheless, like other former employees of the Nazi-controlled press, Hergé found himself barred from newspaper work. He spent the next two years working with Jacobs, as well as a new assistant, Alice Devos, adapting many of the early Tintin adventures into colour.
Tintin's exile ended on September 6, 1946. Events 3114 BC - According to the Proleptic Julian calendar the current era in the Maya Long Count Calendar started Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The publisher and wartime resistance fighter Raymond Leblanc provided the financial support and anti-Nazi credentials to launch the comics magazine titled Tintin with Hergé. Raymond Leblanc (b May 22, 1915, in Neufchâteau Belgium; d March 21, 2008) was a Belgian Comic book producer Belgium and France have a long tradition in Comics. They have a common history for comics (see Franco-Belgian comics) and magazines Le journal de Tintin (in its French-speaking version Kuifje ( Dutch-speaking version was a weekly Belgian comics magazine The weekly publication featured two pages of Tintin's adventures, beginning with the remainder of The Seven Crystal Balls, as well as other comic strips and assorted articles. The Seven Crystal Balls ( Les Sept boules de cristal) is the thirteenth of The Adventures of Tintin, a series of classic comic-strip albums It became highly successful, with circulation surpassing 100,000 every week.
Tintin had always been credited as simply "by Hergé", without mention of Edgar Pierre Jacobs and Hergé's other assistants. As Jacobs' contribution to the production of the strip increased, he began demanding a joint credit. Hergé refused and ended their productive collaboration. Jacobs then went on to produce his own comics for Tintin magazine, including the widely-acclaimed Blake and Mortimer. Blake and Mortimer is a Belgian comics series created by the Belgian writer and Comics artist Edgar P
Personal crisis
The increased demands which Tintin magazine placed on Hergé began to take their toll. In 1949, while working on the new version of Land of Black Gold (the first version had been left unfinished by the outbreak of World War II), Hergé suffered a nervous breakdown and was forced to take an abrupt four month-long break. Land of Black Gold ( French: Tintin au pays de l'or noir) is the fifteenth of The Adventures of Tintin, a series of World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Mental breakdown (also known as nervous breakdown or snapping) is a non-medical term used to describe a sudden acute attack of Mental illness such as He suffered another breakdown in early 1950, while working on Destination Moon. Destination Moon ( Objectif Lune) is the sixteenth of The Adventures of Tintin, a series of classic comic-strip albums written and illustrated
In order to lighten Hergé's workload, the Hergé Studios was set up on April 6, 1950. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato in the Battle of Thapsus Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The studio employed a variety of assistants to aid Hergé in the production of The Adventures of Tintin. Foremost among these was the artist Bob de Moor, who would collaborate with Hergé on the remaining Tintin adventures, filling in details and backgrounds such as the spectacular lunar landscapes in Explorers on the Moon. Bob de Moor is the Pen name of Robert Frans Marie De Moor ( Antwerp, December 20, 1925 - Brussels, August 26, Landscape comprises the visible features of an area of land including physical elements such as Landforms living elements of flora and fauna abstract elements such as lighting Explorers on the Moon, published in 1954 is the seventeenth of The Adventures of Tintin, a series of classic comic-strip albums written and illustrated With the aid of the studio, Hergé managed to produce The Calculus Affair (regarded by some as his most polished work) in 1954, followed by The Red Sea Sharks in 1956. The Calculus Affair ( French: L'Affaire Tournesol) is the eighteenth of The Adventures of Tintin, a series of classic The Red Sea Sharks is the nineteenth of The Adventures of Tintin, a series of classic comic-strip albums written and illustrated by Hergé
By the end of this period, his personal life was again in crisis. His marriage with Germaine was breaking apart after twenty-five years; he had fallen in love with Fanny Vlaminck, a young artist who had recently joined the Hergé Studios. Furthermore, he was plagued by recurring nightmares filled with whiteness. A nightmare is a Dream which causes a strong unpleasant emotional response from the sleeper typically fear or horror being in situations of extreme danger or the sensations He consulted a Swiss psychoanalyst, who advised him to give up working on Tintin. Psychoanalysis is a body of ideas developed by Austrian physician Sigmund Freud and his followers which is devoted to the study of human psychological functioning and behavior Instead, he launched into Tintin in Tibet, possibly the most powerful of the Tintin stories. Tintin in Tibet ( Tintin au Tibet) is one of The Adventures of Tintin, a series of classic comic-strip albums written and illustrated by
Published in Tintin magazine from September 1958 to November 1959 Tintin in Tibet sent Tintin to the Himalaya in search of Chang Chong-Chen, the Chinese boy he had befriended in The Blue Lotus. Chang Chong-Chen (originally romanized as Tchang Chong-Chen in French, 張仲仁 Zhāng Zhòngrén in Chinese characters) is a fictional character The Blue Lotus ( Le Lotus bleu) first published in 1936, is one of The Adventures of Tintin, a series of classic comic-strip The adventure allowed Hergé to confront his nightmares by filling the book with austere alpine landscapes, giving the adventure a powerfully spacious setting. For the climate of the mountains named the Alps, see Climate of the Alps. The normally rich cast of characters was pared to a minimum - Tintin, Captain Haddock, and the sherpa Tharkey - as the story focused on Tintin's dogged search for Chang. For other uses of the word Sherpa see Sherpa (disambiguation. Hergé came to regard this highly personal and emotionally riveting Tintin adventure as his favorite. The completion of the story seemed also to signal an end to his problems: he was no longer troubled by nightmares, divorced Germaine in 1975 (they had separated in 1960), and finally married Fanny Vlaminck in 1977.
Last years
The last three complete Tintin adventures were produced at a much reduced pace: The Castafiore Emerald in 1961, Flight 714 in 1966, and Tintin and the Picaros only in 1975. The Castafiore Emerald ( Les Bijoux de la Castafiore) is one of a series of classic comic-strip albums written and illustrated by Belgian writer and Flight 714 to Sydney, published for a time under the title Flight 714, first published in 1968, is the twenty-second of The Adventures Tintin and the Picaros ( Tintin et les Picaros) is one of The Adventures of Tintin, a series of classic comic-strip albums written and illustrated However, by this time Tintin had begun to move into other media. From the start of Tintin magazine, Raymond Leblanc had used Tintin for merchandising and advertisements. In 1961, the second Tintin film was made: Tintin and the Golden Fleece, starring Jean-Pierre Talbot as Tintin (an earlier stop motion-animated film was made in 1947 called The Crab with the Golden Claws, but it was screened publicly only once). Tintin and the Mystery of the Golden Fleece (originally known as Tintin et le mystère de la Toison d'or) is a film first released in France Stop motion (or frame-by-frame) animation is an Animation technique to make a physically manipulated object appear to move on its own The Crab with the Golden Claws ( French: Le Crabe aux pinces d'or) is the ninth of The Adventures of Tintin, a series Several traditionally-animated Tintin films have also been made, beginning with The Calculus Case in 1961. Traditional animation, also referred to as classical animation, cel animation, or hand-drawn animation, is the oldest and historically the most popular The Calculus Affair ( French: L'Affaire Tournesol) is the eighteenth of The Adventures of Tintin, a series of classic
The financial success of Tintin allowed Hergé to devote more of his time to travel. He travelled widely across Europe, and in 1971 visited America for the first time, meeting some of the Native Americans whose culture had long been a source of fascination for him. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States In 1973, he visited Taiwan, accepting an invitation offered three decades before by the Kuomintang government, in appreciation of The Blue Lotus. Taiwan ( Taiwanese: Tâi-oân/Tāi-oân (historically 大灣/台員/大員/台圓/大圓/台窩灣 is an Island in East Asia. The Blue Lotus ( Le Lotus bleu) first published in 1936, is one of The Adventures of Tintin, a series of classic comic-strip
In a remarkable instance of life mirroring art, Hergé managed to resume contact with his old friend Chang Chong-jen, years after Tintin rescued the fictional Chong-chen Chang in the closing pages of Tintin in Tibet. Zhang Chongren ( born Xujiahui 1907 died Paris, 8 October 1998 was a Chinese artist and sculptor best remembered in Europe as the friend Chang Chong-Chen (originally romanized as Tchang Chong-Chen in French, 張仲仁 Zhāng Zhòngrén in Chinese characters) is a fictional character Tintin in Tibet ( Tintin au Tibet) is one of The Adventures of Tintin, a series of classic comic-strip albums written and illustrated by Chang had been reduced to a street sweeper by the Cultural Revolution, before becoming the head of the Fine Arts Academy in Shanghai during the 1970s. The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution in the People’s Republic of China was a struggle for power within the Communist Party of China that manifested into Shanghai ( 上[[wikt 海|海]] is the largest city in China in terms of population and one of the largest urban areas in the world with over 20 million He returned to Europe for a reunion with Hergé in 1981, and he would settle in Paris in 1985, where he died in 1998. [3]
Hergé died on March 3, 1983, aged 75, due to complications arising from anemia caused by bone cancer, from which he had suffered for several years. Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Anemia ( AmE) or anæmia/anaemia ( BrE) (from the Ancient Greek grc-Latn anaîmia, meaning “without blood” is defined as a qualitative Bone tumor is an inexact term which can be used for both Benign and Malignant abnormal growths found in bone but is most commonly used for primary Tumors
He left the twenty-fourth Tintin adventure, Tintin and Alph-Art, unfinished. Tintin and Alph-Art ( French: Tintin et l'alph-art) is the twenty-fourth and final book in the Tintin series created Following his expressed desire not to have Tintin handled by another artist, it was published posthumously as a set of sketches and notes in 1986. In 1987, Fanny closed the Hergé Studios, replacing it with the Hergé Foundation. In 1988, Tintin magazine was discontinued.
A cartoon version of Hergé makes a number of cameo appearances in Ellipse-Nelvana's The Adventures of Tintin TV cartoon series. Ellipse Programmé (also known as Le Studio Ellipse, or simply Ellipse) is a French Animation studio that produces Television programs British spellings. Thank you --> Nelvana Limited is a Canadian entertainment The Adventures of Tintin is an Animated Television series based on The Adventures of Tintin, a series of books by Hergé An animated cartoon is a short hand-drawn (or made with computers to look similar to something hand-drawn Film for the cinema, Television or computer
Hergé gave all rights to the creation of dolls and merchandise after his death to Michel Aroutcheff. Michel was Hergé's neighbour and a good friend. Aroutcheff then sold on these rights only keeping the right to make Tintin's red rocket when he goes to the moon.
Bibliography
Only the works marked * are translated into English
| Work | Year | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| Totor | 1926-1930 | Hergé's first work, published in Le Boy Scout Belge, about a brave scout. Totor Chief Scout of the Cockchafers is the first Comic strip series written by Hergé who later wrote The Adventures of Tintin |
| Flup, Nénesse, Poussette and Piglet | 1928 | Written by a sports reporter, published in Le Petit Vingtième |
| 'Le Sifflet' strips | 1928-1929 | 7 almost forgotten one-page strips drawn by Hergé for this paper |
| The Adventures of Tintin * | 1929-1983 | 24 volumes, one unfinished |
| Quick and Flupke * | 1930-1940 | 12 volumes, 11 translated to English |
| The Misadventures of Jeff Debakker | early 1930s | A short series Hergé made for his small advertising company Atelier Hergé. Hergé, the Belgian Comics author best known for The Adventures of Tintin, has also created a number of short lived lesser known Le Petit Vingtième ("The Little Twentieth" was the weekly youth supplement to the Belgian newspaper Le Vingtième Siècle ("The Twentieth Hergé, the Belgian Comics author best known for The Adventures of Tintin, has also created a number of short lived lesser known The Adventures of Tintin (Les Aventures de Tintin is a series of Comic strips created by Belgian artist Hergé, the pen name of Georges Remi Quick & Flupke ( Quick et Flupke in French and Quick en Flupke in Dutch) is a Comic book series by Only 4 pages. [4] |
| Fred and Mile | 1931 | |
| The Adventures of Tim the Squirrel out West | 1931 | |
| The Amiable Mr. Mops | 1932 | |
| The Adventures of Tom and Millie | 1933 | Two stories written. Hergé, the Belgian Comics author best known for The Adventures of Tintin, has also created a number of short lived lesser known Hergé, the Belgian Comics author best known for The Adventures of Tintin, has also created a number of short lived lesser known Hergé, the Belgian Comics author best known for The Adventures of Tintin, has also created a number of short lived lesser known Hergé, the Belgian Comics author best known for The Adventures of Tintin, has also created a number of short lived lesser known |
| Popol out West * | 1934 | |
| Dropsy | 1934 | |
| Jo, Zette and Jocko * | 1936-1957 | 5 volumes |
| Mr. Bellum | 1939 | |
| Thompson and Thomson, Detectives | 1943 | Written by Paul Kinnet, appeared in Le Soir |
| They Explored the Moon | 1969 | A short comic charting the moon landings published in Paris Match |
In today's life
Hergé was selected as the main motif for a high value commemorative coin: the 100 Anniversary of Hergé's birth commemorative coin minted in 2007, with a face value of 20 euro. Popol out West is the English tile of the comic book for young children written by the creator of The Adventures of Tintin, Hergé. Hergé, the Belgian Comics author best known for The Adventures of Tintin, has also created a number of short lived lesser known The Adventures of Jo Zette and Jocko is a Comic book (or bande dessinée) series created by Hergé, the Belgian Hergé, the Belgian Comics author best known for The Adventures of Tintin, has also created a number of short lived lesser known Le Soir (meaning The Evening) is a berliner Belgian newspaper Hergé, the Belgian Comics author best known for The Adventures of Tintin, has also created a number of short lived lesser known Paris match (band is also a Japanese musical group Paris Match is a French weekly Magazine. Euro gold and silver commemorative coins are special Euro coins minted and issued by member states of the Eurozone, mainly in Gold and Euro gold and silver commemorative coins are special Euro coins minted and issued by member states of the Eurozone, mainly in Gold and In the obverse, a self portrait of Hergé can be seen to the left. To the right of the portrait, there is a portrait of Tintin. In the bottom of the coin, Hergé's signature is depicted.
Appropriation
In 1989, an Anarchist graphic novel entitled Breaking Free was published in England under the pseudonym "Jack Daniels". Anarchism is a Political philosophy encompassing theories and attitudes which support the elimination of all compulsory Government, i A The Adventures of Tintin Breaking Free is an Anarchist Parody of the popular Tintin series of Comics. A pseudonym is a fictitious alternative to a person's legal name (see Alias) The propaganda story is not related to any of the original Tintin novels, but mimics Hergé's style and includes several Tintin characters. Since the book was published without copyright and was released into the public domain, Hergé's estate could take no legal action. Copyright is a legal concept enacted by Governments, giving the creator of an original work of authorship Exclusive rights to control its distribution usually for The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone
This was just one of many cases of unofficial books being released, though often, as in the case of Tintin in Thailand, Hergé's estate were able to take legal action. Tintin in Thailand is a parody of the The Adventures of Tintin books by Hergé, released in 1999 For a list of such books see List of Tintin parodies and pastiches. In addition to the 24 official comic strip albums written by Hergé, several unofficial Parodies and Pastiches of The Adventures of Tintin have
Awards
- 1971: Adamson Awards, Sweden
- 1972: Yellow Kid "una vita per il cartooning" (lifetime award) at the festival of Lucca[5]
- 1973: Grand Prix Saint Michel of the city of Brussels
- 1999: Included in the Harvey Award Jack Kirby Hall of Fame
- 2003: Included in the Eisner Award Hall of Fame as the Judge's choice
- 2005: Included in the running for De Grootste Belg (The Greatest Belgian). Adamson Awards is a Swedish award awarded to notable cartoonists named after the famous Swedish comic strip "Adamson" (Silent Sam "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Lucca is a city in Tuscany, northern central Italy, situated on the river Serchio in a fertile plain near (but not on the Ligurian Sea The Prix Saint-Michel is a series of comic awards presented by the city of Brussels. Brussels (Bruxelles pronounced; Brussel pronounced) officially the Brussels Capital-Region, is The Harvey Awards, named for writer-artist Harvey Kurtzman (1924-1993 and coordinated by the publisher Fantagraphics are given for achievement in Comic books The Will Eisner Comic Industry Award is a prize given for creative achievement in American Comic books It is named in honor of the pioneering writer and artist Will Eisner De Grootste Belg ( The Greatest Belgian) was a 2005 vote conducted by Belgian public TV broadcaster Canvas, to determine who is the Greatest Belgian of all In the Flemish version he ended on 24th place. The terms Fleming and Flemings ( Vlaming and Vlamingen in Dutch) denote respectively a person and people and the Flemings or In the Walloon version he came 8th. Walloon ( Walon) is a Romance language spoken as a second language by some in Wallonia, Belgium.
According to the UNESCO's Index Translationum, Hergé is the 9th most often translated French language author, the second most often translated Belgian author behind Georges Simenon, and the second most often translated French language comics author behind René Goscinny. United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations established on November 16 The Index Translationum is UNESCO 's database of book Translations Books have been translated for thousands of years with no central record of the fact Georges Joseph Christian Simenon (ʒɔʀʒ simˈnɔ̃ in French ( February 13, 1903 &ndash September 4, 1989) was a Belgian writer René Goscinny ( August 14, 1926 &ndash November 5, 1977) was a French author editor and humorist who is best known for the [6]
1652 Hergé, an asteroid of the main belt is named after him (see also 1683 Castafiore). Asteroids, sometimes called Minor planets or planetoids', are bodies—primarily of the inner Solar System —that are smaller than planets but The asteroid belt is the region of the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the Planets Mars and Jupiter.
Sources
- Hergé publications in Belgian Tintin and French Tintin BDoubliées (French)
- Footnotes
- ^ Old Hergé mural found on the wall of his scout meeting place
- ^ a b c Numa Sadoul. (2003). Tintin et moi [Betacam SP]. Geneva, Canton Geneva, Switzerland: Angel Films. Retrieved on 2007-02-25. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 138 - The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor Event occurs at 10:20-10:40.
- ^ Tintin’s new adventure in HollywoodThe First Post
- ^ See Benoit Peeters' book Tintin and the World of Herge, page 148
- ^ History of the Lucca festival (1972). Retrieved on 15 Jul 2006. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Christian soldiers take the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem after the final Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
- ^ Index Translationum French top 10
Further reading
- "Spécial Hergé : Hergé et Tintin en Dates", L'Express, 2006-12-15. L'Express ( is France 's first weekly news Magazine. When founded in 1953 during the First Indochina War, it was modelled on the Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 533 - Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of (French)
- Moore, Charles. "A Tribute to the Most Famous Belgian", The Daily Telegraph, 2007-05-26. For "The Daily Telegraph" in Australia see The Daily Telegraph (Australia. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 451 - The Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sassanid Empire takes place
- Goddin, Philippe. "Hergé: Lignes de vie", Editions Moulinsart, 2007-11-07. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1492 - The Ensisheim Meteorite the oldest Meteorite with a known date of impact strikes the Earth around noon in a Wheat
External links
- Hergé biography on À la découverte de Tintin
- Hergé biography on Lambiek Comiclopedia
- "Tintin and I" Documentary based on Interview with Hergé
- Herge - mini profile and time line on Tintinologist. org
- Hergé at Find A Grave
| Persondata | |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hergé |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Georges Prosper Remi |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Belgian comics writer and artist, best known for The Adventures of Tintin (1929–1983) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 22, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Etterbeek, Belgium |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 3, 1983 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Brussels, Belgium |
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