Hergé

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Georges "**Hergé**" Remi was a comic artist and illustrator from Brussels, Belgium. He is most known for pioneering *the ligne claire* style of comics and for creating *The Adventures of Tintin*. His name is taken from the French pronunciation of "R-G", his initials in reverse.

## Career

Hergé's life and career is so long and storied that his Wikipedia page is nearly novella-length. He first forayed into art at age 19 in 1926, when he submitted stories called *The Adventures of Totor* to *Le Boy-Scout Belge* (*The Belgian Boy Scout*) magazine. Eventually he was picked up by conservative newspaper *Le Vingtième Siècle* (*The Twentieth Century*) as a cartoonist for the paper's child-oriented supplement, *Le Petit Vingtieme* (*The Little Twentieth*). He would go on to create two light-hearted comic strip series, but it was his third series, *The Adventures of Tintin*, that brought him immediate success. The *Tintin* series was originally intended to provide conservative perspectives about topical events in a way that children could understand, but after three chapters, Hergé became more interested in fleshing out Tintin's world. He continued to work on the *Tintin* series on and off throughout his whole life, with the final instalment, *Tintin and Alph-Art*, remaining unfinished when he passed away in 1983.

To date, Hergé continues to have fans and critics alike. His works have undergone a number of reassessments and re-interpretations in the decades since his passing. The Tintin series itself has also been re-examined by fans over these decades, with many artists attempting to finish *Tintin and Alph-Art*, or flesh out the rest of Tintin's world by creating further fanon. A semi-official artist's club, The Friends of Hergé, is active in Belgium and still accepting new members.

## Past works

* The Adventures of Totor (*Le Boy-Scout Belge*) - 1926-1930
* Flup, Nénesse, Poussette and Piglet (*Le Petit Vingtieme*) - 1928-1929
* *Le Sifflet* gag strips (*Le Sifflet*) - 1928-1929
* *The Adventures of Tintin* (multiple publishers) - 1929–1983
* *Quick & Flupke* (*Le Petit Vingtieme*) - 1930-1941
* *Fred and Mile* (*Mon Avenir)* - 1931
* *The Adventures of Tim the Squirrel out West* ( *L'Innovation* newspaper) - 1931
* *The Amiable Mr. Mops* (*Le Bon Marché* catalogue) - 1932
* *The Adventures of Tom and Millie* (*Pim et Pom*) - 1933
* *Popol Out West* (*Le Petit Vingtieme*) - 1934
* *Dropsy* (Antoine Confectioners ads) - 1934
* *The Adventures of Jo, Zette and Jocko* (*Cœurs Vaillants*) - 1936-1937
* *The Misadventures of Jef Debakker* - 1937
* *Mr. Bellum* (*L'Ouest*) - 1939
* *Thompson and Thomson, Detectives (Le Soir*) - writing by Paul Kinnet, 1943

## Tributes

Many artists across the globe have created tributes to Hergé. Some of these artists have even included Hergé as a character in their original illustrations and comics, such as in Exem's The Adventures of Lanceval, where Hergé appears as "Dr. Remi" the genius surgeon. He was also a reoccurring antihero in the works of The Bachi-Bouzouks, as "Mr. Georges", the leader of a mysterious organization and Tintin's estranged father.

By MoebiusBy Bachi-BouzouksBy Exem