![]() ![]() Revolving around the actions of boy reporter Tintin and his dog Snowy, the series' early instalments - Tintin in the Land of the Soviets, Tintin in the Congo, and Tintin in America - were designed as conservative propaganda for children. ![]() 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. His works were executed in his distinctive ligne claire drawing style.īorn 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. ![]() He was also responsible for two other well-known series, Quick & Flupke (1930–1940) and The Adventures of Jo, Zette and Jocko (1936–1957). 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. ![]() Georges Prosper Remi ( French pronunciation: – 3 March 1983), known by the pen name Hergé ( / ɛər ˈ ʒ eɪ/ French: ( listen)), from the French pronunciation of his reversed initials RG, was a Belgian cartoonist. ![]()
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