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The Adventures Of Herge : HC Bocquet/ Fromental /Stanislas
The Adventures of Hergé is a biographical comic of the world-renowned Georges Prosper Remi, better known by his pen name, Hergé. Meticulously researched with reference to many of the Tintin albums and complete with a bibliography and mini-bios for each of the main characters, the biography is appropriately drawn in the iconic clear line style as an homage to the Tintin adventures that have commanded the attention of readers across the world over many generations.
Seven-year-old Hergé first discovered his love of drawing in 1914 when his mother gave him some crayons to stay out of trouble. He continued drawing in school when he fatefully met the editor of XXe Siecle magazine where Tintin first appeared. His popularity skyrocketed from the 1930s through post-WWII. Hergé was perceived by some to have aided the Nazi government in Belgium by continuing to publish Tintin in a government-sanctioned magazine; he was briefly imprisoned in the aftermath of the war and narrowly escaped execution. Also covered are his marriage troubles in the 1950s and his subsequent affair with Fanny Vlamynck, who went on to become his lifelong partner; his late career in the 1960s, as his interest in Tintin waned and he occasionally “disappeared” for weeks at a time as he contemplated giving up his career to become a fine-arts painter; and a recounting of a humorous encounter with Andy Warhol. Funny, charming, and packed with information, The Adventures of Hergé is a loving tribute to Tintin and his creator.
