Hergé

Interested in all was happening at the time, Hergé collected a century's worth of mythic and historic imagery. Through his
illustrative art and narrative science, he gave the European comic strip its badge of honor.

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“Hergé in the shadow of Tintin (Hergé à l'ombre de Tintin)”. © 2016 – ARTE France / GEDEON programmes / MOULINSART SA / RMN-Grand Palais / RTBF

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 1907

Georges Remi was born in Etterbeek, Belgium, May 22.

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 Georges Remi and his brother, Paul, in 1918. Studios Hergé collection

1920

The young boy begins his studies at the Collège Saint -Boniface in Brussels, he is bored to tears.

1921

He joins the scout troop at his high school, where he receives the nickname "Curious Fox." His first drawings appear in Jamais
assez, his school scouting magazine, and starting in 1923 in Le Boy-scout belge, the monthly magazine of the Belgian Boy
Scouts.

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 In August 1922, at the age of fifteen, Georges (right) left his country for the first
time. Here in Samedan in Switzerland © Saint-Boniface-Parnasse Foundation

1924

From this point onwards, Georges Rémi signed his drawings with the name Hergé, reversing his initials, "R.G." (as pronounced
in French).

1925

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 After leaving school, Georges Rémi is hired by the newspaper Le Vingtième Siècle as an employee in the subscription
department.

1926

He creates Totor (a precursor to Tintin), Patrol Leader of Les Hannetons in Le Boy-scout belge

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 Le Boy-scout belge

Georges Rémi performs his military service.

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 1926 : Sergeant Remi (on the left). © Michel Lichtaert collection

1928

When he returns to Brussels, Hergé is named chief editor of Le Petit Vingtième, the weekly children supplement to Le
Vingtième Siècle. The first issue is published on November 1.

1929

Tintin and Snowy "born" on January 10, in Le Petit Vingtième .

1930

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 He creates Quick and Flupke, the rascals of Brussels, who will appear in short stories in Le Petit Vingtième. The first Tintin
book is published: Tintin, Reporter, in the Land of The Soviets .

1932

Georges Rémi marries Germaine Kieckens, secretary of the editor of Le Vingtième Siècle .

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 1932 : Georges Rémi and Germaine Kieckens in Brussels. Studios Hergé collection

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 1934

Casterman Publishing House, based in Tournai, Belgium, becomes the publisher of the Adventures of Tintin. A meeting with a
young Chinese student, Chang Chong-Chen, marks a decisive turning point. Hergé becomes convinced of the importance of
a soundly built storyline and of the necessity for thorough research and preparation. He begins to take seriously what was,
until then, just a simple game.

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 1934 : Hergé, Germaine and Tchang in Brussels. Studios Hergé collection

1935

For the French weekly Coeurs Vaillants, Hergé creates a new cast of heroes, Jo, Zette, and Jocko, for the French weekly Coeurs
Vaillants. Five books are published.

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 Cœurs Vaillants number 3 - 19 January 1936

1939

As a result of the position taken by Hergé in favor of the Chinese people in The Blue Lotus, Tintin's creator is invited to China
by the wife of Chiang Kai-Shek. The imminent war in Europe prevents the trip.

1940

On May 10, Belgium is invaded by German troops. The newspaper Le Vingtième Siècle as well as Le Petit Vingtième disappear.
Tintin in the Land of Black Gold, the episode in progress, is suspended for eight years. Hergé begins another adventure, The
Crab with the Golden Claws, which he publishes in Le Soir, one of the only newspapers authorised during the German
occupation.

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 In 1940, in the panic that followed the first bombings of Brussels, Georges and
Germaine decided to flee. They take refuge with their cat Thaïke, their sister-in-
law Jeannot and their niece Denise (on the right), at the designer Marijac's
house in Auvergne. Philippe Goddin Collection

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 1942

Casterman Publishing House, are planning to publish standardised books containing 64 pages in full colour, asks Hergé to
start adapting previous episodes to fit these new guidelines.

1944

The liberation of Belgium on September 3 ends the publication of the Adventures of Tintin in Le Soir. Some consider that by
publishing in a newspaper controlled by the German occupation, Hergé has in fact "collaborated" with it.

1945

Hergé continues the crucial work on his first books. They will be published one after the other according to the new
guidelines.

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 1945. Edgar Pierre Jacobs (left) and Jacques Van Melkebeke (centre) will be
Hergé's first collaborators. Georges Remi Jr. Collection

1946
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 On September 26, the first issue of Tintin Magazine is published. It is a new weekly publication created for young people by
Raymond Leblanc, a fighter in the French Resistance.

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 First issue of the Journal Tintin - 26th September 1946

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 The team of the Journal Tintin in 1953 at the Berseel castle inn. Hergé Studios Collection

1950

Having undertaken Explorers on the Moon, an episode requiring careful technical work as well as great documentary
precision and extreme attention to detail, Hergé enlists a number of collaborators and founds the Studios Hergé.

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 Studios Hergé in 1958. Bob De Moor, Joseph Loeckx (known as Jo-El Azara), Jacques Martin, Michel Demarets, Baudoin van den
Branden, Josette Baujot, Hergé, France Ferrari, Fanny Vlamynck, Alexis Remi. © Nemerlin

1955

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 Tintin, whose stories are gaining more and more success, is popular enough to be of interest to advertisers. At the same time,
Hergé develops a collection of colour prints in which Tintin plays spokesman for different fields of knowledge.

1958

Tintin in Tibet is completed despite Hergé’s personal crisis.

1960

Tintin goes to the movies. Belgian actor Jean-Pierre Talbot plays him on the big screen in Tintin and the Mystery of the
Golden Fleece. The actor will reappear in 1964 in Tintin and the Blue Oranges. Georges Rémi discovers modern art, and it
becomes for him a source of true passion. He separates from his wife.

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 Hergé at the Boulogne-Billancourt studios with Jean-Pierre Talbot, during the promotion of the
film Tintin et le mystère de la Toison d'Or, in 1961 © Télé 7 jours

1969

The Studios Belvision of Brussels produce a full-length screen cartoon based on the book Prisoners of the Sun.

1971

On his first visit to the United States, Hergé meets some native Americans.

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 1971. Forty years after Tintin, Hergé discovers America. Here with the descendant of the great
chief Red Cloud. Private collection

1973

Casterman publishes the first volume of the Archives Hergé. Thus the mythical Tintin Reporter of Le Petit Vingtième in the
Land of the Soviets reappears more than 40 years after it had become unavailable. Hergé visits Taiwan, 35 years after the
official invitation extended to him.

1976

The full-length documentary film I, Tintin,appears on screens. It is dedicated to the hero and his creator. On September 29, a
bronze statue of Tintin and Snowy is inaugurated in Brussels.

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 In 1979, Tintin and Snowy were fifty years old. Hergé poses next to the bronze statue that was
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made by the Belgian artist Nat Neujean three years earlier © Studio Hergés

1977

Having divorced his first wife, Hergé marries Fanny Vlamynck.

Andy Warhol, leader of Pop Art, makes a series of four portraits of Hergé. The fifty years of Tintin's existence are
commemorated everywhere.

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 Hergé and Andy Warhol - Galerie D Brussels 1977 © Studios Hergé

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 The American Andy Warhol, king of Pop Art, makes a series of 4 portraits of Hergé. The anniversary of Tintin is
commemorated a little bit everywhere. The 50 year life of Hergé's favorite hero is most notably celebrated by a postage
stamp released by the Belgian Post Office, as well as by the Imaginary Tintin Museum and the book Fifty Years of Happy Work,
etc.

1981

Hergé and Chang Chong-Chen are happily reunited. Chang was the Chinese friend who had inspired The Blue Lotus more
than 45 years earlier.

1982

To celebrate Hergé's 75th birthday, the Belgian Astronomical Society names a recently discovered planet after him. Planet
Hergé is located between Mars and Jupiter

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 1982. One of the very last portraits of Hergé, on the occasion of his birthday at the Wolvendael Park in Brussels © Gamma-Studios

1983

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 On March 3, Georges Rémi (a.k.a. Hergé) dies.

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Extract from the documentary "Tintin et moi" © 2003 Angel Production / Moulinsart multimedia / Dune / Leapfrog / RTBF

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reydeltin123 2021/01/08 06:17 AM

It Would be nice if Herge had completed his last Tintin album "The Alfa Art". But sadly he had a serious illness that took a heavy toll on him and
limited his life on this earth.

But there is 3 finished versions of this album drawn by other cartoonist. The most known version of this album is drawn and told by the
cartoonist
Yves Rodier, who also is a big fan of Tintin.

But I may mention, that the finished versions of the album "The alfabet Art" are not legal.
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hanna1 2021/01/06 19:56 PM

An AMAZING artist!!!

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tintinteo21 2020/12/23 23:25 PM

Wow
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