Herge, Son of Tintin

by Peeters, Benoit; Kover, Tina A.

• ISBN13: 9781421404547
• ISBN10: 1421404540
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-11-22
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr

Summary

Tintinology [tin-tin- ol-uh-jee] noun - The study of the works of comic creator Hergé and the cultural impact of Tintin, his best-known and most influential character. The adventures of Tintin and his dog Snowy have captivated people worldwide since they first appeared as an insert in the Belgian Catholic newspaper Le Vintieme Siecle in 1929. Available for the first time in English, this insightful biography delves deep into the psyche of Tintin creator Georges Remi and his public persona Hergé. Author of the critically acclaimed Tintin and the World of Hergé and the last person to interview Remi, Benoît Peeters tells the complete story behind Hergé's origins and shows how and why the nom de plume grew into a larger-than-Remi personality as Tintin's popularity exploded. Drawing on interviews and recently uncovered and yet untapped primary sources, Peeters reveals Remi as a neurotic man who sought to escape his psychologically troubled past by subsuming his own identity into Hergé's. As Tintin adventured, Hergé lived out a romanticized version of life for Remi. Millions have traveled alongside Tintin and Snowy through books, animated television series, theatrical performances, exhibitions, documentaries, and movies, including Steven Spielberg's fall 2011 The Adventures of Tintin. Now Tintinologists have the opportunity to better understand the complex and sometimes dark personality of Tintin's creator and his carefully crafted public persona.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. xi
Georges Rem I (1907-I927)
White	p. 3
Gray	p. 5
Black	p. 16
Le Petit VingtièMe (1927-1934)
The Doorway to Le Vingtième Siècle	p. 27
The Birth of Tintin	p. 34
A Young Man on the Page	p. 42
The Conqueror	p. 52
Under the Sign of Kih-Oskh	p. 62
Chinese Ink (1934-I940)
Another World	p. 73
Learning the Story	p. 82
Counterfeit Money	p. 89
History on the Spot	p. 97
The West, Always the West	p. 102
Spoils Of War (1940-1944)
The Street-Singer's Career	p. 111
Here We Are, Captain!	p. 120
An Unlucky Star	p. 128
The Color War	p. 136
This Castle Is No Longer for Sale	p. 143
Anxieties	p. 149
Intermittences (1944-1953)
The Hangover	p. 159
The Launch of Tintin	p. 171
The Forty-Year Alarm	p. 178
The Terrible Year	p. 190
Hergé Has Disappeared!	p. 209
Asking for the Moon	p. 218
A Black Hole	p. 226
Chills	p. 233
The Boss (1953-1959)
The Middle Years	p. 247
Fanny	p. 260
"International Tintin"	p. 264
The Demon of Purity	p. 269
Monsieur Herge (1960-1983)
The Final Bouquet	p. 285
The Studio Trap	p. 291
Another Life	p. 300
Building the Myth	p. 306
A Time of Pretenses	p. 322
The Alpha and the Omega	p. 326
Epilogue: An Impossible Legacy	p. 335
Appendix: Character Names in French and English	p. 341
Notes	p. 343
Bibliography	p. 577
Index of Names	p. 385
Index of Works by Herge	p. 392
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