Hergé, Tintin’s Son
Publisher
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Flammarion
Parution date
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2002
EAN
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9782080801739
Description
A prize-winning comic-book author himself and widely recognized specialist of Hergé, “tintinologist” Benoît Peeters’ work has already stirred enthusiasm among Tintin lovers with his Tintin and the World of Hergé published in 1992 by Joy St Books. The author’s new book, Hergé, Fils de Tintin tells the story of the life of Tintin’s creator with a highly unusual approach: not only does Benoît Peeters’ informative biography focus on the influence of Hergé’s life on his work, but it also studies how the character of Tintin affected its author. From his humble beginnings in the daily Le Petit Vingtième, Peeters shows how Tintin brought his creator worldwide fame and opened new horizons to him. To demonstrate just how the character made the creator, he uses recently discovered and previously unexploited sources such as Hergé’s letters to his secretary and to his first wife. Peeters analyzes in depth the artistic value of the Tintin series and its influence on later comics authors, painting a candid portrait of Hergé. He focuses particular attention on the author’s collaboration during the German occupation, and on the demons that plagued Hergé, and almost brought the series to an end as early as the nineteen forties. With the upcoming publication of Tintin in the Congo in the United States and the screen adaptation of the reporter’s adventures by Dreamworks, Hergé, Fils de Tintin is a timely biography.
Author
Benoît Peeters : Benoît Peeters is the author of the illustrated history Tintin and the World of Hergé (Joy St Books, 1992) and of numerous comics of his own, including Fever in Urbicande (Nantier Beall Minoustchine Publishing, 1990; Best Comic Book of the Year, Festival of Angoulême, 1985), The Great Walls of Samaris (Nantier Beall Minoustchine Publishing, 1987) and The Tower (Nbm Pub Co, 1993).
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