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Cover of the first issue in 1946
Cover of the first issue in 1946

Le journal de Tintin (in its French-speaking version), Kuifje (Dutch-speaking version), was a weekly Belgian comics magazine of the second half of the 20th century. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people Dutch ( is a West Germanic language spoken by around 24 million people 22 million of which are from the Netherlands, Belgium and Suriname Belgium and France have a long tradition in Comics. They have a common history for comics (see Franco-Belgian comics) and magazines The twentieth century of the Common Era began on Subtitled "The Journal for the Youth from 7 to 77", it has been one of the major sources of creation in the Franco-Belgian comics scene and published some famous series such as Blake and Mortimer, Alix, and the principal title The Adventures of Tintin. Franco-Belgian comics are Comics that are created in Belgium and France. Blake and Mortimer is a Belgian comics series created by the Belgian writer and Comics artist Edgar P Alix, or The Adventures of Alix, is a popular Franco-Belgian comics series drawn in the Ligne claire style by one its masters 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 first publication was in 1946, and it ceased for good in 1993. A Greek version existed during 1969-1972.

The magazine Tintin was part of an elaborate publishing scheme. The magazine's primary content focused on a new page or two from several forthcoming comic albums which had yet to be published as a whole, thus drawing weekly readers who could not bear to wait until later for entire albums. There were several ongoing stories at any given time, giving wide exposure to lesser known artists. Tintin was also available bound as a hardcover or softcover collection. The content always included fill material, some of which was of considerable interest to fans, for example alternate versions of pages of the Tintin stories, and interviews with authors and artists. Not every comic appearing in Tintin was later put into book form, which was another incentive to subscribe to the magazine. If the quality of Tintin printing was high compared to American comic books through the 1970s, the quality of the story albums was superb, utilizing expensive paper and printing processes (and having accompanyingly high prices).

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Early history: 1946 to 1949

Raymond Leblanc and his partners had started a small publishing house after World War II, and decided to create an illustrated youth magazine. 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 They decided that Tintin would be the perfect hero, as he was already very well known. Business partner André Sinave went to see Hergé, and proposed creating the magazine. Georges Prosper Remi ( May 22, 1907 - March 3, 1983) better known by the Pen name Hergé, was a Belgian Hergé, who had worked for Le Soir during the war, was being prosecuted for having collaborated with the Germans. Le Soir (meaning The Evening) is a berliner Belgian newspaper He thus did not have a publisher at the moment. [1] After consulting his friend Edgar Pierre Jacobs, Hergé agreed. Edgard Félix Pierre Jacobs, ( March 30, 1904 - February 20, 1987) better known under his Pen name Edgar P The first issue, published on 26 September 1946, was in French and entitled Tintin. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people It featured Hergé, Jacobs, Paul Cuvelier and Jacques Laudy as artists. Paul Cuvelier ( November 22, 1923 - July 5, 1978) was a Belgian Comics artist best known for the comic series Blake and Mortimer is a Belgian comics series created by the Belgian writer and Comics artist Edgar P A comic book creator is any one of a number of people working to create a Comic book or Graphic novel. [2] Simultaneously, a Dutch version entitled Kuifje was published, Kuifje being the name of the eponymous character Tintin in Dutch. 40,000 copies were made in French, and 20,000 in Dutch. [1] In 1948, when the magazine grew from 12 to 20 pages and a version for France was created, a bunch of new young artists joined the team: the French Etienne le Rallic and Jacques Martin, Dino Attanasio and the Flemish Willy Vandersteen. Jacques Martin (born September 25, 1921 in Strasbourg) is a French writer and artist of Comics. Willy Vandersteen (February 15 1913 - August 28 1990 was a Flemish creator of Comic books In a career spanning 50 years he created a large studio and published

For the Dutch language version Kuifje, a separate editor-in-chief was appointed, Karel Van Milleghem. He invented the famous slogan "The magazine for the Youth of 7 until 77", and gave Raymond Leblanc the idea for the animation studio Belvision, which became the largest European animation studio and produced 10 long movies, including a few Tintin ones. Belvision Studios is a Belgian Animated cartoon studio best-known for producing Hergé's Adventures of Tintin and other films and series in It was Van Milleghem who introduced Bob De Moor to the magazine and to Hergé. Bob de Moor is the Pen name of Robert Frans Marie De Moor ( Antwerp, December 20, 1925 - Brussels, August 26, He became a regular in the magazine and the main artist in the Studio Hergé. [1] During decades, Hergé kept artistic control over the magazine, even though he was sometimes absent for long periods and new work of his became rarer. His influence is highly evident in Suske en Wiske for which he imposed onto Vandersteen a stronger attention to the scenarios, the cutting, decors, leading to some of the best Suske en Wiske albums. Spike and Suzy, the British title for Suske en Wiske in Dutch, is a Comics series created by the Belgian

The Tintin-voucher

In order to keep its readership loyal, the journal created a sort of fidelity passport, called the "Chèque Tintin" in France (Tintin-voucher) and "Timbre Tintin" in Belgium (Tintin-stamp), which was offered with every issue of the magazine, in every comic album by Le Lombard, and on many food products as well. Le Lombard or Lombard Editions is a Belgian Comic book publisher established in 1946 when the Tintin magazine These stamps could be exchanged for various gifts not available in commercial establishments. Other brands, mostly from food companies, affiliated themselves to the Tintin-voucher system: they would be found on flour, semolina boxes, . . . A Tintin soda existed, and even Tintin-shoes. The French Railways Company went as far as to propose 100km of railway transportation for 800 stamps. Among the gifts, there were super chromos extracted from the magazine issues, or even original art.

At the time the vouchers were initiated, the magazine sold 80,000 copies in Belgium and only 70,000 in France. Due to the success of the vouchers, the circulation in France quickly rose to 300,000 a week. [1] The vouchers disappeared again at the end of the 1960s.

The 1950s

In the 1950s new artists and series showed up:

The magazine became more and more international and successful: at one time, there were separate versions for France, Switzerland, Canada, Belgium and the Netherlands, with about 600,000 copies a week. Tibet, the pseudonym of Gilbert Gascard, born October 29, 1931, is a French Comics artist and writer in the Franco-Belgian The Western is a fiction Genre seen in Film, Television, Radio, Literature, Painting and other Visual arts. Chick Bill is a Franco-Belgian humorous Western series created by Tibet. Ric Hochet is a Franco-Belgian comics series created by Tibet (drawings and André-Paul Duchâteau (scripts Raymond Macherot (30 March 1924 - 26 September 2008 was a Belgian cartoonist. Clifton is a Franco-Belgian comics series in the humorous spy-genre featuring the exploits of Colonel Sir Harold Wilberforce Clifton Jean Graton (born August 10, 1923) is a Comic book author and Cartoonist of French nationality Michel Vaillant is a the title of a Belgian comics series created in 1957 by Belgian ( French -born Cartoonist Jean Graton and Albert Uderzo (born April 25, 1927) is a French Comic book artist and scriptwriter. René Goscinny ( August 14, 1926 &ndash November 5, 1977) was a French author editor and humorist who is best known for the Oumpah-pah le Peau-Rouge ( Oumpah-pah the Redskin) is the name of a Comics series created by Comics artist Albert Uderzo and comics The magazine had increased to 32 pages, and a cheaper version was created as well: Chez Nous (in French) / Ons Volkske (in Dutch), printed on cheaper paper and featuring mainly reprints from Tintin magazine, plus some new series by Tibet and Studio Vandersteen. [1]

Spirou and Tintin rivalry

Tintin magazine has always been in competition with Spirou. Spirou magazine is a Belgian comics magazine. First published April 21, 1938 as Le Journal de Spirou, it was an eight page weekly comics If one artist was published by one of the magazines, he would not be published by the other one. This was a gentleman's agreement between the two publishers, Raymond Leblanc of Le Lombard and Charles Dupuis of Dupuis. Le Lombard or Lombard Editions is a Belgian Comic book publisher established in 1946 when the Tintin magazine Dupuis is a Belgian publisher of Comic books and magazines Based in Marcinelle near Charleroi, Dupuis was founded in the early 1930s One notable exception was André Franquin, whom in 1955, after a dispute with its editor, moved from the more popular Spirou to Tintin. André Franquin ( January 3, 1924 &ndash January 5, 1997) was an influential Belgian Comics artist, whose best known [2] The dispute was quickly settled, but Franquin had signed an agreement with Tintin for five years. He created Modeste et Pompon for Tintin while pursuing work for Spirou. Modeste et Pompon ( Modeste and Pom-pon) is a Belgian comic series consisting mainly of humourus one-page short stories about a temperamental He quit Tintin at the end of his contract. Some artists moved from Spirou to Tintin like Eddy Paape and Liliane & Fred Funcken, while some went from Tintin to Spirou like Raymond Macherot and Berck. Eddy Paape (born on March 7, 1920 as Edouard Paape) is a Franco-Belgian Cartoonist best known for illustrating the series Raymond Macherot (30 March 1924 - 26 September 2008 was a Belgian cartoonist. Arthur Berckmans (born May 3, 1929) better known as Berck, is a Belgian Comics author best known for Sammy

The 1960s

In the 1960s the magazine kept on attracting new artists. The editorial line was clearly leant towards humor, with Greg (as editor-in-chief and author of series such as the remake of Zig et Puce), Jo-El Azara (with Taka Takata), Dany (with Olivier Rameau) and Dupa (with Cubitus). Michel Regnier ( May 5, 1931 &ndash October 29, 1999) was a Belgian and later French Comics writer and artist Zig et Puce is a Franco-Belgian comics series created by Alain Saint-Ogan in 1925 that became popular and influential over a long period and after ended Joseph Franz Hedwig Loeckx is a Belgian Comic book artist. He works under the pseudonym of Jo-El Azara. Dany, Pseudonym for Daniel Henrotin (born January 28, 1943) is a Belgian Comic book artist, best known for Olivier Rameau This is about the comics series and its fictional dog character for the fore-limb joint see Elbow. Other authors joined the magazine like William Vance (with Ringo and Bruno Brazil) and Hermann (with Bernard Prince). William Vance, the pen name of William van Cutsem, born August 9, 1935, is a Belgian Comics artist  widely known throughout a long Bruno Brazil is a Franco-Belgian comics series written by Greg, under the pseudonym Louis Albert and drawn by William Vance. Hermann Huppen (born July 17, 1938) is a Belgian Comic book artist. Bernard Prince is a Franco-Belgian comics series featuring an Eponymous character and his sailor-adventurer companions [2]

The 1970s

In the 1970s the comics' scene in France and Belgium went through important changes. The mood for magazines had declined in favor of albums in the late 1960s. In 1965, Greg was appointed chief editor. He transformed the editorial line, in order to keep the pace with the new way of thinking of the time. The characters gained psychological dimensions, real women characters appeared, and sex. New foreign artists series were added to the magazine. Moralizing articles and long biographies disappeared also. These transformations were crowned with success, leading to the Yellow Kid prize at the festival of Lucca, awarded to the magazine in 1972 for the best publication of the year. 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 Greg quit his chief editor position in 1974. The major new authors in the 1970s were:

And more in the humor vein:

The 1980s and 1990s

The 1980s showed a steady decline of popularity of Tintin magazine, with different short lived attempts to attract a new audience. Adolescents and adults preferred (A SUIVRE), if they read comics at all, and younger children seemed less inclined to read comic magazines and preferred comic books. (À Suivre or (A SUIVRE (English translation To Be Continued) was a Franco-Belgian comics magazine published from February 1978 to December Still, some important new authors and series started, including Grzegorz Rosiński, with Thorgal, and Andreas, with Rork. Grzegorz Rosiński (born August 3, 1941) is a Polish - Belgian comic book artist Thorgal is a Belgian comic book series by the Belgian writer Jean Van Hamme and the Polish graphic artist Grzegorz Rosiński Rork is both a Graphic novel Fictional character and 7 album Graphic novel series created by Andreas.

In 1988, the circulation of the French version had dropped to 100,000, and when the contract between the Hergé family and Raymond Leblanc finished, the name was changed to Tintin Reporter and Alain Baran, a friend of Hergé, tried to revive the magazine. The magazine disappeared after six months, leaving behind a financial disaster. [1]. The circulation of the magazine dropped dramatically, and publication of the Dutch version Kuifje ceased in 1992, and the French version, renamed Hello BD, finally disappeared in 1993. [2]


Sources

Footnotes
  1. ^ a b c d e f Horsten, Toon (December 2006). "De 9 levens van Raymond Leblanc". Stripgids 2 (2): 10–19.  
  2. ^ a b c d Lambiek Comiclopedia. Tintin comic magazine.

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