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Hergé


Born
in Etterbeek, Belgium
May 22, 1907

Died
March 03, 1983

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Genre
Comics & Graphic Novels


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.

"Hergé" is the pseudonym of George Remí, making a game with the initials of his name inverted. Throughout the evolution of his star character, Tintin, we can see the progress of this author: from the first titles marked by the ultraconservative doctrine of the director of the newspaper Le Petit Vingtième, to the breaking ...more

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Average rating: 4.03 · 333,065 ratings · 11,016 reviews · 1,064 distinct works • Similar authors
Tintin in Tibet (Tintin #20)
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4.23 avg rating — 17,342 ratings — published 1959 — 150 editions
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The Secret of the Unicorn (...
4.30 avg rating — 16,096 ratings — published 1943 — 137 editions
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Red Rackham's Treasure (Tin...
4.28 avg rating — 15,960 ratings — published 1943 — 134 editions
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Cigars of the Pharaoh (Tint...
4.05 avg rating — 16,545 ratings — published 1934 — 163 editions
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Prisoners of the Sun (Tinti...
4.23 avg rating — 14,651 ratings — published 1948 — 51 editions
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Tintin in the Land of the S...
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3.60 avg rating — 17,155 ratings — published 1930 — 54 editions
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Destination Moon (Tintin #16)
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4.21 avg rating — 14,551 ratings — published 1950 — 114 editions
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Tintin in America (Tintin #3 )
3.74 avg rating — 16,334 ratings — published 1932 — 165 editions
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The Seven Crystal Balls (Ti...
4.21 avg rating — 13,588 ratings — published 1948 — 125 editions
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The Crab with the Golden Cl...
4.09 avg rating — 13,882 ratings — published 1941 — 153 editions
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Series by Hergé

Tintin in the Land of the S... Tintin au Congo Tintin in America Cigars of the Pharaoh Le Lotus bleu The Broken Ear The Black Island
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The Crab with the Golden Claws The Secret of the Unicorn Red Rackham's Treasure Reiseziel Mond The Calculus Affair The Castafiore Emerald The Seven Crystal Balls
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Mr. Pump's Legacy Destination New York Le Manitoba ne répond plus Karamakon purkaus The Valley of the Cobras
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“Hooray! Hooray! The end of the world has been postponed! ”
― Hergé, The Shooting Star
tags: end-of-the-world, funny, tintin
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“Billions of bilious blue blistering barnacles in a thundering typhoon!”
― Herge
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“Billions of bilious blue blistering barnacles!”
― Hergé
tags: alliteration, captain-haddock, epithet, tintin
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