"Journal Articles Websites Books News Articles Websites The Adventures of Tintin The Adventures of Tintin ( ) is a series of 24 comic 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"
"publication of ""Boy-Scout"", the newsletter of the Federation of Scouts, he published more of Remi's illustrations, the first of which appeared in the fifth issue, from 1922. Remi continued publishing cartoons, drawings and woodcuts in subsequent issues of the newsletter, which was soon renamed ""Le Boy-Scout Belge"" (""The Belgian Boy Scout""). During this time, he experimented with different pseudonyms, using ""Jérémie"" and ""Jérémiades"" before settling on ""Hergé"", the French pronunciation of his reversed initials (R.G.) His work was first published under this name in December 1924. Alongside his stand-alone illustrations, in July 1926 Hergé began production of a comic strip"
"encouraged his artistic ability, and published one of Remi's drawings in the newsletter of the Saint-Boniface Scouts, ""Jamais Assez"" (""Never Enough""); his first published work. When Weverbergh became involved in the publication of ""Boy-Scout"", the newsletter of the Federation of Scouts, he published more of Remi's illustrations, the first of which appeared in the fifth issue, from 1922. Remi continued publishing cartoons, drawings and woodcuts in subsequent issues of the magazine, which was soon renamed ""Le Boy-Scout Belge"" (""The Belgian Boy Scout""). During this time, he experimented with different pseudonyms, using ""Jérémie"" and ""Jérémiades"" before settling on ""Hergé"", the pronunciation"
"Jean Ray (author) Jean Ray is the best-known pseudonym among the many used by Raymundus Joannes de Kremer (8 July 1887 – 17 September 1964), a prolific Belgian (Flemish) writer. Although he wrote journalism, stories for young readers in Dutch by the name John Flanders, and scenarios for comic strips and detective stories, he is best known for his tales of the fantastique written in French under the name Jean Ray. Among speakers of English, he is famous for his macabre novel ""Malpertuis"" (1943), which was filmed by Harry Kümel in 1971 (starring Orson Welles). He also used the pseudonyms"
"cartoon for the left half of the composition is in the National Portrait Gallery, London. Remigius van Leemput Remigius van Leemput, known in England simply as Remee, (19 December 1607 – 4 November 1675) was a Flemish portrait painter, copyist, collector and art dealer mainly active in England. Van Leemput was born in Antwerp. He is believed to have moved to London around 1632. He was a close associate of Anthony van Dyck and may have assisted this Flemish master in his studio. He produced copies of van Dyck’s work and later also of other painters such as Peter Lely."
"museum, where it is bandaged and put back on display. Georges Remi—best known under the pen name Hergé—was employed as editor and illustrator of (""""The Little Twentieth""""), a children's supplement to (""""The Twentieth Century""""), a staunchly Roman Catholic, conservative Belgian newspaper based in Hergé's native Brussels which was run by the ""Abbé"" Norbert Wallez. In 1929, Hergé began ""The Adventures of Tintin"" comic strip for , revolving around the exploits of fictional Belgian reporter Tintin. Wallez ordered Hergé to set his first adventure in the Soviet Union as anti-socialist propaganda for children (""Tintin in the Land of the Soviets""), to"
"Winsor McCay Zenas Winsor McCay ( – 1934) was an American cartoonist and animator. He is best known for the comic strip ""Little Nemo"" (1905–14; 1924–26) and the animated film ""Gertie the Dinosaur"" (1914). For contractual reasons, he worked under the pen name Silas on the comic strip ""Dream of the Rarebit Fiend"". From a young age, McCay was a quick, prolific, and technically dextrous artist. He started his professional career making posters and performing for dime museums, and in 1898 began illustrating newspapers and magazines. In 1903 he joined the ""New York Herald"", where he created popular comic strips"
"Time"") presents botanical knowledge and speculation to such an extent that botany ""constitutes an alternative lens through which the human world of the novel can be viewed."" Georges Colomb Marie Louis Georges Colomb (Lure, Haute-Saône, 25 May 1856 – Nyons, 3 January 1945) was a French botanist, science populariser, and an early pioneer of France's ""bande dessinée"". Under the pseudonym Christophe (playing on ""Christophe Colomb"", the French name for Columbus), Colomb created comics that were popular among the French intelligentsia, yet were published in ""Le Petit Français illustré"", a children's paper. His popular ""L'idée fixe du savant Cosinus"" (1893–1899) featured"
"Greg (cartoonist) 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. 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"
"Georges Colomb Marie Louis Georges Colomb (Lure, Haute-Saône, 25 May 1856 – Nyons, 3 January 1945) was a French botanist, science populariser, and an early pioneer of France's ""bande dessinée"". Under the pseudonym Christophe (playing on ""Christophe Colomb"", the French name for Columbus), Colomb created comics that were popular among the French intelligentsia, yet were published in ""Le Petit Français illustré"", a children's paper. His popular ""L'idée fixe du savant Cosinus"" (1893–1899) featured a brilliant, absent-minded scientist. His other comics included ""La Famille Fenouillard"" (probably the first French comic, 1889); ""Le Sapeur Camember"" (1890–1896); ""Les Malices de Plick et Plock"""
"Remigius van Leemput Remigius van Leemput, known in England simply as Remee, (19 December 1607 – 4 November 1675) was a Flemish portrait painter, copyist, collector and art dealer mainly active in England. Van Leemput was born in Antwerp. He is believed to have moved to London around 1632. He was a close associate of Anthony van Dyck and may have assisted this Flemish master in his studio. He produced copies of van Dyck’s work and later also of other painters such as Peter Lely. Van Leemput is said to have claimed that he could copy Lely better than Lely"
"1920. Roger Camille Roger Camille alias Kiko (Heliopolis, 24 May 1936 - Brussels, 23 May 2006), was a Belgian cartoonist. He was born in Egypt but he left this countryside when it was governed by Nasser in the 1960s. He started working in ""Spirou"" magazine where he created his famous 1965 character ""Foufi"", originally created for a Lebanese newspaper. He worked as a publicist later, specially for the ice cream company Motta. He lived in Schaerbeek and died on the eve of his 70th birthday. Two albums of ""Foufi"" were published by Dupuis in French and Dutch. Was a designer"
"the daily life of Roubaix and the surrounding region. Between 1879 and 1926, he exhibited in the foreign section at the Salon twenty-nine times. Rémy Cogghe Rémy Cogghe, originally spelled Rémi Coghe ( 31 October 1854, Mouscron - 2 April 1935, Roubaix) was a Belgian-born painter, residing in France. When he was thirteen, his father moved the family to France to take a job as a spinner in the industrial town of Roubaix. He took his first art lessons at the local Academy. In 1876, he entered the École des Beaux-arts, where he studied under Alexandre Cabanel. Four years later,"
"""Beautiful Darkness"", and for the Ignatz Award for Outstanding Graphic Novel for ""Beauty"". Kerascoët Kerascoët is the joint pen name of the French illustrators, comics and animation artists Marie Pommepuy (born 1978) and Sébastien Cosset (born 1975). A married couple, they met while attending the Olivier de Serres art school. They chose their pen name in 2000 after the hamlet of Kerascoët in Névez, Brittany where Pommepuy grew up. Kerascoët have worked on numerous ""bandes dessinées"" as well as the animated television series ""Petit vampire"" and in advertisement. Several of their comics have been published in English by NBM Publishing,"
"Durbuy. This bibliography only mentions the comics by Hausman which have been published as an album, and does for the moment not include his book illustrations, magazine illustrations, and music album covers. Apart from publications in French and Dutch, his comics also have been translated into German, Spanish and Swedish. Hausman has also designed different stamps for the Belgian Post, illustrating native animals of the Ardennes. His stamp for the Horses Procession in Opwijk was even praised as the best Belgian stamp of 2002. René Hausman René Hausman (21 February 1936 – 28 April 2016) was a Belgian comic-book writer"
"Kerascoët Kerascoët is the joint pen name of the French illustrators, comics and animation artists Marie Pommepuy (born 1978) and Sébastien Cosset (born 1975). A married couple, they met while attending the Olivier de Serres art school. They chose their pen name in 2000 after the hamlet of Kerascoët in Névez, Brittany where Pommepuy grew up. Kerascoët have worked on numerous ""bandes dessinées"" as well as the animated television series ""Petit vampire"" and in advertisement. Several of their comics have been published in English by NBM Publishing, to critical acclaim. They were nominated for an Eisner Award for their comic"
"many new youth magazines, some independent like the bilingual ""Zonneland"" / ""Petits Belges"" from Catholic publishers Altiora Averbode or scout magazines like ""Le Boy-Scout Belge"", where Hergé (Georges Remi) debuted; others were published as newspaper supplements. The most famous of these was ""Le Petit Vingtième"", the weekly youth supplement to the Catholic newspaper ""Le Vingtième Siècle"". Founded in 1928, it employed the young artist Georges Remi as editor-in-chief and main contributor. Remi, better known as Hergé, launched in January 1929 a new series for the supplement: ""The Adventures of Tintin"". Initially heavily influenced by the work of French comics authors"
"the gangsters is celebrated by a ticker-tape parade, following which he returns to Europe. Georges Remi—best known under the pen name Hergé—was the editor and illustrator of (""""The Little Twentieth""""), a children's supplement to (""""The Twentieth Century""""), a conservative Belgian newspaper based in Hergé's native Brussels. Run by the Abbé Norbert Wallez, the paper described itself as a ""Catholic Newspaper for Doctrine and Information"" and disseminated a far-right, fascist viewpoint. According to Harry Thompson, such political ideas were common in 1930s Belgium, and Hergé's milieu was permeated with conservative ideas revolving around ""patriotism, Catholicism, strict morality, discipline, and naivety"". In"
"and lock Tintin in a dungeon, but he escapes with the aid of Snowy, who has dressed himself in a tiger costume. The last OGPU agent attempts to kidnap Tintin, but this attempt is foiled, leaving the agent threatening, ""We'll blow up all the capitals of Europe with dynamite!"" Tintin returns to Brussels amidst a huge popular reception. Georges Remi—best known under the pen name Hergé—had been employed as an illustrator at (""""The Twentieth Century""""), a staunchly Roman Catholic and conservative Belgian newspaper based in Hergé's native Brussels. Run by the Abbé Norbert Wallez, the paper described itself as a"
"Robert Velter François Robert Velter (9 February 1909 – 27 April 1991), known by his pen-name Rob-Vel, was a French cartoonist. He is best known for creating the character ""Spirou"" in 1938. Like ""Spirou"", Velter began his career as a lift attendant at age 16, in the London Ritz Charlton. He later learned the trade as an assistant to American cartoonist Martin Branner on the ""Winnie Winkle"" strip from 1934-1936. In 1938, Velter created the title character for the launch of a new magazine by Belgian publisher Éditions Dupuis, ""Le Journal de Spirou"". Signed with the pen-name Rob-Vel, the story"
"his indignation over the historical treatment of Native-Americans by the Europeans, which included ""Matho Tonga"", ""De wraak van Minimic"" (both 1970), ""Mangas Coloradas: Woestijn van wraak"" (1971–72) and ""Wetamo: De heks van Pocasset"" (1972–73). In the process, Kresse actually became one of the very first comic artists anywhere who started to paint a more even-keeled, realistic and human picture of the Native-American, who was hitherto commonly depicted in comics as either an uncivilized bloodthirsty barbarian or as the equally unrealistic ""noble savage"". In this, Kresse became the forerunner of such artists as the Swiss Derib (""Buddy Longway"", "" Celui-qui-est-né-deux-fois""), the"
"Roger Camille Roger Camille alias Kiko (Heliopolis, 24 May 1936 - Brussels, 23 May 2006), was a Belgian cartoonist. He was born in Egypt but he left this countryside when it was governed by Nasser in the 1960s. He started working in ""Spirou"" magazine where he created his famous 1965 character ""Foufi"", originally created for a Lebanese newspaper. He worked as a publicist later, specially for the ice cream company Motta. He lived in Schaerbeek and died on the eve of his 70th birthday. Two albums of ""Foufi"" were published by Dupuis in French and Dutch. Was a designer in"
"his first name, a reference to the original name of the Apostle Peter, and ""Leys"" as his second name, a tribute to the main character of Victor Segalen's ""René Leys"" published in 1922, in which a Belgian teenager residing in Peking in the final days of the Qing Dynasty entertains his employer with accounts of the intrigues and conspiracies taking place behind the walls of the imperial palace. It is also suggested that his nom de plume is an allusion to a dynasty of painters from Antwerp under the name of Leys, with Henri Leys as its most famous representative."
"Louvain-la-Neuve in 2009. Georges Prosper Remi was born on 22 May 1907 in his parental home in Etterbeek, Brussels, a central suburb in the capital city of Belgium. His was a lower middle-class family. His Walloon father, Alexis Remi, worked in a confectionery factory, whilst his Flemish mother, Elisabeth Dufour, was a housewife. Married on 18 January 1905, they moved into a house at 25 rue Cranz (now 33 rue Philippe Baucq), where Hergé was born, although a year later they moved to a house at 34 rue de Theux. His primary language was his father's French, but growing up"
"René Hausman René Hausman (21 February 1936 – 28 April 2016) was a Belgian comic-book writer and artist, best known for his dark fairytales and watercolour drawings. René Hausman was born in Verviers, Belgium in 1936. After meeting already famed comics author Raymond Macherot when he was 18 years old, he quit his studies and made illustrations for local magazines. A few years later, he started working for ""Le Moustique"", a family magazine from publisher Dupuis. From there, he moved to ""Spirou"", the Franco-Belgian comics magazine of the same publisher, where he contributed in 1957 ""Saki et Zunie"", his first"
"Tristan Rémy Tristan Rémy (born Raymond Desprez) (24 January, 1897, Blérancourt – 23 November, 1977 Mériel was a French writer and circus historian. He was a proponent of proletarian literature. In May 1922 he attended the International Congress of Progressive Artists and signed the ""Founding Proclamation of the Union of Progressive International Artists"". He was associated with Henry Poulaille whose ""Nouvel âge littéraire"" provided the basis for the magazine ""Nouvel Âge, Bulletin des écrivains prolétariens"". However while not being directly involved in the organisation of proletarian writers, his writing reflected his interest in Marxism and he was close to both"
"George Roussos George Roussos (; August 20, 1915 – February 19, 2000), also known under the pseudonym George Bell, was an American comic book artist best known as one of Jack Kirby's Silver Age inkers, including on landmark early issues of Marvel Comics' ""Fantastic Four"". Over five decades, he created artwork for numerous publishers, including EC Comics, and he was a staff colorist for Marvel Comics. George Roussos was born in Washington, D.C., the son of Greek-Americans William and Helen Roussos. After he and his sisters Helen and Alice were orphaned as children, George was sent to live at the"
"Jef Nys Jozef ""Jef"" Nys (30 January 1927 – 20 October 2009) was a Belgian comic book creator. He was best known for his comic strip ""Jommeke"". Jozef Nys was born in Berchem, Belgium in 1927. His family came from Koksijde, at the Belgian coast, where his grandfather was a fisherman. Jef Nys' father Hendrik moved to Antwerp after World War I, and worked in the port. Hendrik Nys married Louise Van Den Bos on 5 August 1922. Her father was a council member in Berchem and worked as a painter. He had a great influence on the young Jef."
"name of Rémy (one of his pseudonyms in clandestinity), he published his ""Mémoires d'un agent secret de la France libre et La Ligne de démarcation"" (adapted for cinema by Claude Chabrol in 1966), which are regarded as important testimonies on the French Resistance. He had the writer Jean Cayrol under his orders. Around 1993, a street in Caen (France) was named after Colonel Rémy, in a district close to the ""Mémorial pour la Paix"" museum, where a majority of streets commemorate personalities linked with World War II, the Résistance, and the subsequent making of the European Community. Gilbert Renault Gilbert"
"note from the leader of the bandits, Jim Blackcat, saying to meet them under a big fir tree that day or they would kill his aunt. Totor rushes to the rendezvous where he overwhelms the criminals and orders them to tell him where they are keeping his aunt hostage. After a heroic rescue and an emotional reunion between his aunt and uncle, he finds out that it is time for him to go back to Belgium. Once back, he tells everyone of his adventures and wistfully yearns for more. Aged 12, Georges Remi—who later became best known under the pen"
"in shops. Jef Nys Jozef ""Jef"" Nys (30 January 1927 – 20 October 2009) was a Belgian comic book creator. He was best known for his comic strip ""Jommeke"". Jozef Nys was born in Berchem, Belgium in 1927. His family came from Koksijde, at the Belgian coast, where his grandfather was a fisherman. Jef Nys' father Hendrik moved to Antwerp after World War I, and worked in the port. Hendrik Nys married Louise Van Den Bos on 5 August 1922. Her father was a council member in Berchem and worked as a painter. He had a great influence on the"
"Ray Goossens Ray Goossens (14 August 1924 – 10 December 1998) was a Belgian artist, animator, writer, and director best known for creating the cartoon character Musti. Ray Goossens was born in Merksem, Belgium in 1924. Interested in animation from before World War II, he founded the AFIM animation studios with Henri Winkeler and Edmond Roex in 1940. They had 15 employees, including later famous comics artists like Bob de Moor and Jef Nys. They created a number of short animated movies, of which ""Smidje Smee"" was the most successful. After the war, Goossens started working as a comics creator"
"Marc Sleen Marcel Honoree Nestor, Knight Neels (30 December 1922 – 6 November 2016), known as Marc Sleen, was a Belgian cartoonist. He was mostly known for his comic ""The Adventures of Nero and Co."", but also created gag comics like ""Piet Fluwijn en Bolleke"", ""De Lustige Kapoentjes"", ""Doris Dobbel"", ""Oktaaf Keunink"" and ""De Ronde van Frankrijk"". Sleen was one of the most celebrated comics artists in his home country. His work is admired for its absurd and sometimes satirical comedy, as well for the fact that he worked completely singlehandedly without any assistance for 45 years on end, a"