Hergé facts for kids

Georges Prosper Remi (22 May 1907 – 3 March 1983), also known as Hergé, was a Belgian cartoonist. Hergé was born in Etterbeek, Brussels from a group of people in Belgium called Walloons. He's best known for his 23 completed comics, The Adventures of Tintin. Hergé first made Tintin in Le Petit Vingtième in 1929.

"This famous Belgian artist is often considered to be the most influential European comic artist ever and his "clear line" style was widely copied by new generation of comic artists."

Hergé died in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert on 3 March 1983. He was 75 years old. Hergé's life's work is watched over by his widow. She shut down Hergé Studios. She started the Hergé Foundation in 1987. It is now called Moulinsart S.A.

Images for kids

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  The house in Etterbeek where Hergé was born

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  The Totor series was Hergé's first published comic strip.

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  The front page of the edition of 1 May 1930 of Le Petit Vingtième, declaring "Tintin Revient!" ("Tintin Returns!") from his adventure in the Soviet Union.

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  Jo, Zette and Jocko in Cœurs Vaillants

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  The Allied liberation of Belgium in September 1944 brought problems for Hergé.

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  The first issue of Tintin magazine included an image based upon Prisoners of the Sun.

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  One of Hergé's abstract artworks

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  An issue of Tintin magazine celebrating the 50th anniversary of The Adventures of Tintin (1979).

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  Hergé's grave in the Dieweg cemetery in Brussels.

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  Hergé's cameo helping Tintin

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  The Hergé Museum, concept and construction between 2001 and 2009