Chang was the Chinese friend who had inspired The Blue Lotus more than 45 years before. To celebrate Herg 's 75th birthday, the Belgian Astronomical Society names a recently discovered planet after him. Planet Herg is located between Mars and Jupiter. 1986 Publication of the book Tintin and Alpha-Art , the last and unfinished adventure of Tintin. Following Herg 's desire that Tintin not be given to another illustrator, his wife Fanny decides to replace the still-extant Herg Studios with the Herg Foundation.
Tintin magazine is discontinued.
In the National Center of Comic Strips and Pictures in Angoul me, France, a bust of Herg is inaugurated, courtesy of Chang Chong-Chen. Inaugurated in Brussels, it is expected to tour the world. We are little fellows who won't be had by big fellows. Charles de Gaulle, Statesman . Herg has influenced my work in the same way as Walt Disney.