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Hergé

Born

in Etterbeek, Belgium

May 22, 1907

Died

March 03, 1983

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.

"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 · 378,645 ratings · 14,108 reviews · 979 distinct works • Similar authors

	Tintin in Tibet (Tintin #20) by Hergé, Leslie Lonsdale-Cooper (Translator), Dini Pandia (Translator), Michael Turner (Translator) 4.24 avg rating — 19,543 ratings — published 1959 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Secret of the Unicorn (Tintin #11) 4.31 avg rating — 18,135 ratings — published 1943 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cigars of the Pharaoh (Tintin #4) 4.05 avg rating — 19,242 ratings — published 1934 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Red Rackham's Treasure (Tintin #12) 4.29 avg rating — 17,873 ratings — published 1943 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tintin in the Land of the Soviets (Tintin #1) by Hergé, Leslie Lonsdale-Cooper (Translator), Michael Turner (Translator) 3.57 avg rating — 19,584 ratings — published 1930 — 116 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Prisoners of the Sun (Tintin #14) 4.24 avg rating — 16,352 ratings — published 1948 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tintin in America (Tintin #3) 3.73 avg rating — 18,513 ratings — published 1932 — 176 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Destination Moon (Tintin, #16) by Hergé, Leslie Lonsdale-Cooper (Translator), Michael Turner (Translator) 4.22 avg rating — 16,259 ratings — published 1950 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Crab With the Golden Claws (Tintin #9) 4.10 avg rating — 15,718 ratings — published 1941	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Seven Crystal Balls (Tintin #13) 4.21 avg rating — 15,224 ratings — published 1948 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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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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Which of these books would you like to be our 9th Group Read Discussion (September 2012)?

The winning pick will be our official 9th Group Read Discussion. The 2nd place finisher will have an optional discussion thread.

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14 votes, 14.9%

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6 votes, 6.4%

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6 votes, 6.4%

Johnny the Homicidal Maniac: Director's Cut by Jhonen Vasquez

6 votes, 6.4%

Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware

4 votes, 4.3%

Superior by Mark Millar, Leinil Francis Yu

4 votes, 4.3%

Liberty Meadows Volume 1: Eden by Frank Cho

4 votes, 4.3%

The Guild by Felicia Day, Jim Rugg and Dan Jackson

3 votes, 3.2%

Athos in America by Jason

2 votes, 2.1%

Destination Moon by Hergé

0 votes, 0.0%

The Great Northern Brotherhood of Canadian Cartoonists by Seth

0 votes, 0.0%

NonNonBa by Shigeru Mizuki

0 votes, 0.0%

The Moon Moth by Jack Vance and Humayoun Ibrahim

0 votes, 0.0%

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