Tag Archive | "Hergé"

From our continental correspondent – Hergé’s grave still well-tended

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

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When he died in 1983, Tintin creator Hergé was laid to rest in the Dieweg cemetery in Uccle, which is a suburb of Brussels. As the cemetery had already been declared a national heritage in 1958, an exception had to be made for this to be arranged: normally only people with family tombs received permission [...]

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From our continental correspondent: Herge was gay. No he wasn’t. Who cares.

Friday, December 14, 2012

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During an television interview in 1979, Tintin creator Hergé talked about his favorite BD album, Tintin In Tibet, as “A story of love… I mean, friendship”. It takes a certain type of fan to take this as a starting point for an obsession into whether or not Hergé was gay. It takes a lot more, [...]

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Upcoming: new Herge book to be published by Fantagraphics

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

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Great news for Herge fans: Fantagraphics will be reprinting his 1934 work Peppy and Virginny in Lapinoland- the first English language translation of the work in over 50 years:  Tintin publishers Methuen  previously released a version which was distributed in the UK in the 1960s. Due sometime next year, this will mark the first American publication of the [...]

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Tintin drawing fetches record at auction

Monday, June 4, 2012

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The BBC reports that among a sale of various Tintin related items and memorabilia an ink and gouache drawing for Tintin in America by the great Hergé fetched a record sum of 1.3 million Euros at auction. According to the BBC report among the other items at the sale there was supposedly a copy of [...]

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China Mieville on freedom of speech, offensive words and that Tintin book

Thursday, March 1, 2012

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We’ve remarked several times over the last couple of years on here about the Belgian court case alleging racism in Tintin in the Congo and demanding a ban on the book (the case was dismissed just recently as judges felt given the time it was created there was no intention to offend or incite racism, [...]

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Tintin in the Congo not racist

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

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Missed this the other day on the BBC site, but the long brewing row in Belgium, home of Hergé, over the alleged racism in the album Tintin in the Congo, has been dismissed by the courts. We first mentioned this row quite some time ago – a lot of modern publishers, librarians, readers and others [...]

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Herge’s Heir

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

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As is probably well-known by now, Stephen Spielberg managed to successfully turn Tintin into a movie.  Alan Baran, an intimate friend of Hergé’s and his last private secretary, was also the man who conducted the first negotiations with Spielberg.  And he liked what he saw. UK and European audiences have already enjoyed the film and [...]

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Unmasked!

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

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Freshly arrived for this New Comic Day, I just love this cover for the second Green Lantern Omnibus: They just don’t do superhero covers quite like that today… (art by Gil Kane and Murphy Anderson, (c) DC Comics) Actually it’s a top week for some cracking new graphic novel releases, including the gorgeous looking slipcased [...]

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More Toronto Draws Tintin

Saturday, November 19, 2011

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Did this already a couple weeks back, but these pics for the Toronto Draws Tintin exhibition are just great and worth sharing… Quick reminder: Toronto Draws Tintin is a month long gallery exhibition at Steamwhistle Gallery from 2nd-27th November, featuring art from many comic artists and all tied into the release of the “The Adventures Of [...]

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That other Tintin movie

Friday, October 28, 2011

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If you are tired of waiting for The Secret of the Unicorn to finally hit your local multiplex this weekend, or if you prefer the quaint, rather old-fashioned Tintin to the Indiana Jones in Plus-fours that Spielberg seems to have turned him into, this might be something for you. In 1947, a long time before [...]

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