Hergé
Georges Prosper Remi (22 May 1907 – 3 March 1983), also known as Hergé, was a Belgian cartoonist. Hergé was born in Etterbeek, Brussels from a group of people in Belgium called Walloons and spoke French. He is best known for his comic, The Adventures of Tintin. Hergé first made Tintin in Le Petit Vingtième in 1929.[1]
"This famous Belgian artist is often considered to be the most influential European comic artist ever and his "clear line" style was widely copied by new generation of comic artists."[2]
Hergé died in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert on 3 March 1983. He was 75 years old. Hergé's life's work is watched over by his widow. She shut down Hergé Studios. She started the Hergé Foundation in 1987. It is now called Moulinsart S.A.[2]
Hergé Media
The house in Etterbeek where Hergé was born
Booklet published by the resistance group L'Insoumis, denouncing Georges Remy [sic] as a collaborator. Hergé later admitted that "I hated the Resistance thing ... I knew that for every one of the Resistance's actions, hostages would be arrested and shot."[3]
The Allied liberation of Belgium in September 1944 brought problems for Hergé.
Hergé's grave in the Dieweg cemetery in Brussels.
References
- ↑ "Tintin - Official web site". tintin.com. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Herg茅". lambiek.net. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
- ↑ Peeters 2012, p. 150.
Other websites
- http://www.lambiek.net/artists/h/herge.htm - Hergé Georges Remi - Overview of his life and works
- http://us.tintin.com/about/herge/ - Hergé