Hergé

Author profile

born

May 22, 1907 in Etterbeek, Belgium

died

March 03, 1983

gender

male

website

http://www.tintin.com/

genre

Comics & Graphic Novels

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Georges Prosper Remi (22 May 1907 – 3 March 1983), better known by the pen name Hergé, was a Belgian comics writer and artist.
His best known and most substantial work is The Adventures of Tintin comic book series, which he wrote and illustrated from 1929 until his death in 1983, leaving the twenty-fourth Tintin adventure Tintin and Alph-Art unfinished. His work remains a strong influence on comics, particularly in Europe. He was inducted into the Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2003.

Series:
* The Adventures of Tintin
* Quick & Flupke

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Books by Hergé

Average rating: 3.93 · 72,338 ratings · 1,754 reviews · 172 distinct works

	Tintin in Tibet 4.08 avg rating — 3,907 ratings — published 1934 — 26 editions	My rating:
	The Secret of the Unicorn 4.13 avg rating — 3,515 ratings — published 1943 — 30 editions	My rating:
	Cigars of the Pharaoh 3.95 avg rating — 3,502 ratings — published 1934 — 36 editions	My rating:
	Red Rackham's Treasure 4.12 avg rating — 3,276 ratings — published 1943 — 29 editions	My rating:
	Destination Moon 4.03 avg rating — 3,228 ratings — published 1953 — 29 editions	My rating:
	Prisoners of the Sun 4.11 avg rating — 3,341 ratings — published 1946 — 37 editions	My rating:
	The Crab With the Golden Claws 3.91 avg rating — 3,224 ratings — published 1940 — 37 editions	My rating:
	Explorers on the Moon 4.05 avg rating — 3,037 ratings — published 1953 — 33 editions	My rating:
	The Seven Crystal Balls 4.05 avg rating — 3,223 ratings — published 1944 — 29 editions	My rating:
	Tintin in America 3.66 avg rating — 3,114 ratings — published 1932 — 40 editions	My rating:

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Series by Hergé

Tintin (24 books)
by Hergé

3.93 avg rating — 71,069 ratings

The Adventures of Jo, Zette and Jocko (5 books)
by Hergé

3.63 avg rating — 391 ratings

Quotes by Hergé

“Hooray! Hooray! The end of the world has been postponed! ”
― Hergé, The Shooting Star

tags: end-of-the-world , funny , tintin

47 people liked it

“Billions of bilious blue blistering barnacles in a thundering typhoon!”
― Hergé

39 people liked it

“Billions of bilious blue blistering barnacles!”
― Hergé

tags: alliteration , captain-haddock , epithet , tintin

15 people liked it

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