Comments on: Hergé (Georges Remi)

By: MOHAMMED AINOOSON

MOHAMMED AINOOSON — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:10:22 +0000

PLEASE MASTER HERGE CAN I GET A STORY OF TINTIN AND GUMMY BEARS.

By: Charley Parker

Charley Parker — Sat, 12 May 2007 14:46:08 +0000

Thanks for the comments, Man. I agree, Hergé is one of the greats. Yes, “comics” is an awkward term. Yes “bande dessinée”, graphic strip, or literally “strip of drawings”is a broader and more flexible term. But things are changing here. We’re already seeing move toward the European style of graphic album, and the image of comics as being just for kids is definitely changing.

Other readers who have not seen my previous post on Man Arenas (Dodecaden), should check out his terrific concept art.

By: Man Arenas

Man Arenas — Fri, 11 May 2007 14:51:50 +0000

In my Opinion, Hergé is one of the 5 geniuses graphic novel Art have.
(along with Mc Cay, Eisner, Foster and Herrimann)
This master teach my generation everything an want-to-be-auteur should know (I born luckily in Belgium)… and his art will everlast, every page he created reach such a perfection on narration and on the esence of graphism.
The term “comic” is too reductive to humor and superheroes tales for europeans, that’s why we prefer the name “Bande dessinée” “graphic strip” , we tell a story with drawings therefor the “Roman/Nouvelle Graphique” > Graphic Novel.
by the way, Hergé and some other artists of his style were the only artists teach already in school when I was still a kid.
On top of all this, Tintin stories have an amazing sense of intelligent humor.
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By: Charley Parker

Charley Parker — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 16:01:06 +0000

gabriel,

Actually, I appreciate the help in keeping my ~~tpyos~~ typos under control. Thanks!

By: gabriel

gabriel — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 04:46:25 +0000

I believe you made a mistake when saying “linge claire”. It’s actually “ligne claire” “linge” means clothes, not line. I know this seams useless, but who cares
i’ve already written it, and am to busy (lazy) to press backspace.

By: Faz Choudhury

Faz Choudhury — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 10:30:52 +0000

I love Hergé’s work, Tintin in Tibet is a great book and has a strong emotional impact compared to the other books. My personal favourite is The Castafiore Emerald. It’s the one book where they don’t go anywhere and don’t really have an adventure, the mystery element isn’t even a mystery, it’s just a macguffin to have fun with the characters, it’s much closer to a sitcom. Some funny, funny moments, including the bit where Prof Calculus demonstrates his invention - the colour TV.

You know you’ve got a good bunch of characters when you can stick them in a small space together and just let them interact so well. Beautiful, lovely work but then I’m a bit of a sucker for the ligne claire style.