Essentials about Tintin and Herge
The Adventures of Tintin is a world-famous comic series, created from 1929 onwards by the Belgian cartoonist Herge, whose real name was Georges Remi (1907-1983). The series is composed of 24 albums, from the first album Tintin in the Land of the Soviets in 1930 to the last one, Tintin and the Alph-Art (unfinished album).
The name of Tintin's creator derives from :
His initials
His children's first names
It is his real name
Which character is shown levitating on the cover of the book "The Seven Crystal Balls"?
Tintin
Professor Calculus
Snowy
A giant mushroom is shown on the front cover of which book?
The Black Island
The Shooting Star
Tintin and the Picaros
Captain Haddock's blue jumper has what emblem stitched into it?
A ship
A pirate flag
An anchor
What is Tintin's first adventure ?
Tintin in America
Cigars of the Pharaoh
Tintin in the Land of the Soviets
Which Tintin adventure unfolds entirely at Marlinspike Hall ?
Prisoners of the Sun
The Calculus Affair
The Castafiore Emerald
In which adventure does Captain Haddock appear for the first time ?
The Crab with the Golden Claws
Explorers on the Moon
Tintin in Tibet
Aside from the spelling of their names, how are Thomson and Thompson told apart ?
By their hats
By their jackets
By their moustaches
Among the following, which is not one of Captain Haddock's insults ?
Son of a sea gherkin !
Carpet seller !
Miserable cup of tea !
Tintin's last complete adventure, Tintin and the Picaros, was published in :
1976
1978
1981
The 24 albums of the Adventures of Tintin by date of publication
Discover the digital edition
In the application "The Adventures of Tintin" on the App Store or Google Play.
The main characters of the Adventures of Tintin
Tintin is, of course, much more than the intrepid hero whose cause is just and whose heart is pure: he is the centre piece of a complex universe where we are placed face to face with our own reality. Characters such as
captain Haddock
,
professor Calculus
,
Bianca Castafiore
, or
Thompson & Thomson
, are lending colour, depth, and perspective to his world. Tintin: a unique palette of qualities, combining breathtaking tales, clear line graphics, and themes of universal appeal.
Captain Haddock ⓒ Herge / Tintin
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Professor Cuthbert Calculus ⓒ Herge / Tintin
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Thomson and Thompson ⓒ Herge / Tintin
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Bianca Castafiore ⓒ Herge / Tintin
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Roberto Rastapopoulos ⓒ Herge / Tintin
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Nestor ⓒ Herge / Tintin
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Abdallah ⓒ Herge / Tintin
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Jolyon Wagg ⓒ Herge / Tintin
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General Alcazar ⓒ Herge / Tintin
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Reprinted and published in ever greater numbers, the books are a source of inspiration for artists, writers, producers, and directors. Tintin personifies all of the universal values that are a mirror to everyone's own aspirations. Eternally youthful, the indefatigable reporter continues to conquer the world with unflagging, never-failing vitality.
Tintin's legendary quiff did not always exist...
In
Tintin in the Land of the Soviets
, our hero has his hair pulled forward for eight pages. In the last square of this eighth page, Tintin starts off in a convertible car. His quiff rises up and will never fall down again.
Did you know ?
- Tintin was born on 10 January 1929
in the Belgian weekly "Le Petit Vingtieme".
- Snowy
is an exceptionally white wire
Fox terrier
.
- Since 1929, more than
270 million copies
(figures for 2019) have been sold. The Tintin adventures have been translated in more than 110 languages.
- The real name of Tintin's creator is
Georges Remi
. By reversing his initials to R.G. he created his pen name: Herge.
- Tintin explores the moon in 1953, i.e. 16 years before Neil Armstrong.
- The Thom(p)sons are not brothers nor identical. We can tell the difference between them by comparing their moustaches.
- The first appearance of Captain Haddock:
The Crab with Golden Claws (the 9th adventure).
Herge, an unassuming genius
Herge, or Georges Remi, born in Brussels on May 22, 1907, studied at the college of Saint-Boniface, where, in his own words, he was bored to death. In 1921, he joins the boy scouts, where he acquires the totem name of Inquisitive Fox, and his first drawings are subsequently reproduced in the boy scouts magazines? Upon completion of his studies, Georges Remi is employed in the subscription department of the magazine
Le Vingtieme Siecle
. His career, interrupted in 1927 by his military service, takes a new turn in 1928 when he is made responsible for designing, supervising, and illustrating
Le Petit Vingtieme
, a weekly supplement intended for the magazine's youthful readership.
Tintin and Snowy make their debut there on January 10 in 1929.
“Herge in the shadow of Tintin (Herge a l'ombre de Tintin)”. ⓒ 2016 ? ARTE France / GEDEON programmes / MOULINSART SA / RMN-Grand Palais / RTBF
In those first stories, which he considers fun things, a game, Herge allows his imagination free rein: he improvises instead of elaborating the plot. But, in 1934, Tchong-Jen, a student at the Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels. The young Chinese persuades him to write well-researched stories and to get solid documentation for his material. Tchang's subsequent influence on Herge's work is obvious. During the war, Herge works for the news-paper
Le Soir
, for which he will later on be censored by certain quarters, because
Le Soir
was being published with permission from the occupying Nazi forces. Neverthel-ess, when reading
the Adventures of Tintin
, one can get a taste of Herge's aversion (The Blue Lotus), or of his skepticism (Tintin and the Picaros), to and with the notion of totalitarian regimes.
Did you know ?
- On May 22, 1907:
Georges Remi, or Herge is born in Brussels.
- On January 10, 1929:
Tintin and Snowy characters appear for the first time.
- In 1930:
The first comic book: Tintin in the Land of the Soviets.
- In 1946:
Publication of the first issue of the Journal Tintin
- In 1950:
Herge sets up the Herge Studios.
- In 1976:
Latest Album: Tintin and the Picaros.
- On March 3, 1983:
Herge passes away...
As of 1946, the Tintin adventures will appear in their own weekly, titled Tintin (or Kuifje in the Dutch edition), at the initiative of Raymond Leblanc.