A Taste of Herge

Next week we will be running exclusive extracts from Herge: The Man Who Created Tintin which is being published on Thursday. I’ve spent the weekend doing little else but read the book in preparation for an interview I will be doing with the author Pierre Assouline next week. The book is full of interesting insights into Georges Herge Remi’s personality and life. To give you a flavour of the book here are some snippets from the extracts appearing next week.

Monday: The Many Births of Tintin

… there was an immediate conflict between the editors and Hergé, who would never tolerate anyone touching his illustrations.

Tuesday: Herge and the Nazis

… Hergé said later in an interview, “I had no scruples about working with a newspaper such as Le Soir.”

Wednesday: Herge the Collaborator?

Georges Remi would be arrested four times: by State Security, by the Judiciary Police, by the Belgian National Movement, and by the Front for Independence. Each time he was set free.

Thursday: Herge & Fanny – The First Kiss

In 1952, between two interims of crisis resulting from his depressive state, the Hergé couple went through a terrible year.

Friday: When Herge Met Spielberg

Spielberg’s demands were draconian. He wanted total control of the merchandising of the film, thus of the characters created by Hergé; he wanted to keep for himself the rights from the comic strips and any television series derived from them;

Herge: The Man Who Created Tintin is available on Amazon.co.uk and on Amazon.com. UK publication is on Thursday 29th October and the US release is a couple of weeks later.

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