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Book SynopsisNow Tintinologists have the opportunity to better understand the complex and sometimes dark personality of Tintin's creator and his carefully crafted public persona.
Trade ReviewIn this enthralling, deeply considered synthesis, brimming with anecdotes and perceptions, [Peeters] has enhanced our understanding and appreciation of the creator, the creation, and above all, the man. -- Paul Gravett The Comics Journal Model of economy and grace, mixing meticulous detail and stylized tableaux in perfect proportion so that the story is neither generic nor bogged down by excessive rendering. Slate Verdict: Carefully researched (there are extensive endnotes) and well written and translated, this fine study is most appropriate for sophisticated readers or dedicated Tintin fans. Library Journal Herge is a granular biography that pingpongs back and forth between the artist and his art, looking to build bridges of epiphany and exposition between the ideas expressed and the life lived. Washington Post Well, Blistering Barnacles!, as Captain Haddock would say. The great merit of Herge, Son of Tintin is that Georges Remi is allowed to emerge in three dimensions as what he in fact was: not an intellectual, not an activist, not a saint, but an ordinary man of his times. -- Cullen Murphy New York Times Book Review A 'must' for any TinTin or Herge fan. Midwest Book Review Why should readers consider another book on Georges Remi (Herge), the creator of Tintin? Because this one was written by a comics writer himself, a man who knows the medium from both its theory and practice, who interviewed Herge and those close to him, and who had access to a trove of vital letters, papers, and notebooks. Choice
Table of ContentsIntroduction
Part I: Georges Remi
1. White
2. Gray
3. Black
Part II: Le Petit Vingtième
4. The Doorway to Le Vingtième Siècle
5. The Birth of Tintin
6. A Young Man on the Page
7. The Conqueror
8. Under the Sign of Kih-Oskh
Part III: Chinese Ink (1934-1940)
9. Another World
10. Learning the Story
11. Counterfeit Money
12. History on the Spot
13. The West, Always the West
Part IV: Spoils of War (1940– 1944)
14. The Street-Singer's Career
15. Here We Are, Captain!
16. An Unlucky Star
17. The Color War
18. This Castle Is No Longer for Sale
19. Anxieties
Part V: Intermittences (1944– 1953)
20. The Hangover
21. The Launch of Tintin
22. The Forty-Year Alarm
23. The Terrible Year
24. Hergé Has Disappeared!
25. Asking for the Moon
26. A Black Hole
27. Chills
Part VI: The Boss (1953– 1959)
28. The Middle Years
29. Fanny
30. "International Tintin"
31. The Demon of Purity
Part VII: Monsieur Hergé (1960– 1983)
32. The Final Bouquet
33. The Studio Trap
34. Another Life
35. Building the Myth
36. A Time of Pretenses
37. The Alpha and the Omega
Epilogue: An Impossible Legacy
Appendix: Character Names in French and English
Notes
Bibliography
Index of Names
Index of Works by Hergé
