“When it was fashionable to be a Nazi, he was a Nazi. When it was fashionable to be a colonial racist, that”
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Hergé
Georges Prosper Remi, known by the pen name Hergé, from the French pronunciation of his reversed initials RG, was a Belgian comic strip artist. He is best known for creating The Adventures of Tintin, the series of comic albums that are considered one of the most popular European comics of the 20th century. He was also responsible for two other well-known series, Quick & Flupke (1930–1940) and The…
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culture · Belgian cartoonist (1907–1983) · cartoonist · writer · comics artist · illustrator · draftsperson · postage stamp designer · also Hergé, Georges Remi, Georges Prosper Remi, Hergé (ps.), Herge
Born 22 May 1907 · Died 3 March 1983 · Q52985
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2026· 3 entries
“Do you really think, as some have argued, that God will be saying:”
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“s because of what happened in bed between his grandmother and the unidentified nobleman. Interestingly, it becomes clear, from a couple of quite clear references, that at least one of the screenwriters, Stephen Moffat, Edgar Wright and Joe Cornish, have read McCarthy”
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2011· 1 entry
“s sympathies are sure to escalate over the next few years with the release of three Hollywood films featuring his popular hero. The first of these, directed by Steven Spielberg, is released in November 2011 and is based on the Secret of the Unicorn book. A second, based on Red Rackham”
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2003· 1 entry
Awarded Will Eisner Hall of Fame (2003).
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1999· 1 entry
Awarded Jack Kirby Hall of Fame (1999).
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1983· 2 entries
Died 1983-03-03.
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Hergé's widow, Fanny, led the efforts, undertaken at first by the Hergé Foundation and then by the new Studios Hergé, to catalogue and choose the artwork and elements that would become part of the museum's exhibitions
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1982· 1 entry
The US filmmaker Steven Spielberg requested the film rights for a live-action adaptation of one of The Adventures of Tintin, a prospect that excited Hergé, but the project would not come to fruition until long after his
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1979· 3 entries
Hergé was diagnosed with osteomyelofibrosis, necessitating a complete blood transfusion
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Had some success when a staff member in a Brussels Chinese restaurant revealed that he was Zhang's godson
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A celebratory event was held at Brussels' Hilton hotel, while an exhibit on "Le Musée imaginaire de Tintin" ("The Imaginary Museum of Tintin") was held at the Palais de Beaux-Arts
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1978· 1 entry
Awarded Officer of the Order of the Crown (1978).
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1977· 1 entry
Warhol visited Europe, where he produced a pop art portrait of Hergé
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1974· 1 entry
His assistant Branden suffered a stroke and was left unable to write, with Hergé replacing him with a young man, Alain Baran, who Hergé biographer Pierre Assouline later termed Hergé's "surrogate son"
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1973· 1 entry
Awarded Prix Saint-Michel (1973).
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1971· 1 entry
Awarded Adamson Awards (1971).
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1962· 1 entry
Hergé decided he wanted to paint
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1950· 1 entry
Established Studios Hergé as a team to aid him in his ongoing projects; prominent staff members Jacques Martin and Bob de Moor greatly contributed to subsequent volumes of The Adventures of Tintin
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1947· 1 entry
A Belgian film adaptation of The Crab with the Golden Claws was produced, and believing that cinematic adaptations were a good way to proceed, Hergé contacted Disney Studios in the United States; they declined his offer
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1946· 1 entry
Through which he serialised new Adventures of Tintin stories
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1944· 1 entry
Le Soir was shut down and its staff – including Hergé – accused of having been collaborators
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1940· 1 entry
Le Vingtième Siècle was closed, but Hergé continued his series in Le Soir, a popular newspaper controlled by the Nazi administration
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1936· 1 entry
Also began production of Tintin merchandise, something Hergé supported, having ideas of an entire shop devoted to The Adventures of Tintin, something that would come to fruition 50 years later
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1930· 1 entry
Hergé escorted her home from work almost every night, though she expressed little romantic interest in him at the time
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1929· 1 entry
On the advice of its editor Norbert Wallez
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1928· 1 entry
Hergé met the woman who would become his first wife, Germaine Kieckens (1906 – 26 October 1995)
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1925· 1 entry
Hergé enrolled in the École Saint-Luc art school, but finding the teaching boring, he left after one lesson
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1920· 1 entry
Studied at Institut Saint-Boniface-Parnasse (1920).
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1919· 1 entry
His secondary education began at the secular Place de Londres in Ixelles, but in 1920 he was moved to Saint-Boniface School, an institution controlled by the archbishop where the teachers were Roman Catholic priests
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1907· 1 entry
Born 1907-05-22.
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