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Tintin: The Art of Hergé
Since 1929, Tintin has captivated generations of children and adults alike with his thrilling adventures, published in 24 bestselling books. Millions followed Tintin from the wilds of the Congo to the streets of Prague, Moscow, New York, and more.
Lavishly illustrated with photographs, original plates, and ephemera, Tintin: The Art of Hergé offers fresh insight into the story behind this iconic character, with unprecedented access to original sources from the Hergé Museum in Belgium.
Offering a new and nuanced look into the world of Tintin, journalist Michel Daubert explains how the artist Georges Remi became the world-famous Hergé.
The book also includes profiles on the beloved characters, selections from Hergé’s earliest work, and chapters that trace the development of a rough sketch into a masterpiece. With its dynamic narrative and visual treasures, Tintin underscores the artist’s varied inspirations, revealing how Hergé’s creations have become modern classics.
Praise for Tintin: The Art of Hergé:
Working with the Hergé Museum in Belgium, journalist Michel Daubert has produced Tintin: The Art of Hergé, a rich collection of photographs, early works, character profiles, and more that trace the life and artistic development of Tintin creator Georges Remi, aka Hergé.” —Publishers Weekly
Lavishly illustrated with photographs, original plates, and ephemera, Tintin: The Art of Hergé offers fresh insight into the story behind this iconic character, with unprecedented access to original sources from the Hergé Museum in Belgium.
Offering a new and nuanced look into the world of Tintin, journalist Michel Daubert explains how the artist Georges Remi became the world-famous Hergé.
The book also includes profiles on the beloved characters, selections from Hergé’s earliest work, and chapters that trace the development of a rough sketch into a masterpiece. With its dynamic narrative and visual treasures, Tintin underscores the artist’s varied inspirations, revealing how Hergé’s creations have become modern classics.
Praise for Tintin: The Art of Hergé:
Working with the Hergé Museum in Belgium, journalist Michel Daubert has produced Tintin: The Art of Hergé, a rich collection of photographs, early works, character profiles, and more that trace the life and artistic development of Tintin creator Georges Remi, aka Hergé.” —Publishers Weekly
480 pages, Hardcover
First published October 17, 2013
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July 27, 2017
Beautifully designed square format book with a tremendous archive of Herge sketches, original inked panels and fantastic full color pages. Every aspect of this book dazzles. An amazing gift to Tintin and Herge fans!
December 3, 2013
This is one very beautiful book, not just in content but the book itself.
A lot of effort was put into properly displaying the art of and story of a great artist. I particularly liked the fact that the edges of the pages where colored with the red and white checks of Tintin’s rocket (from when he went to the Moon). This turned out to be a bit of bother when the pages got glued together by the paint and made it necessary to rip/cut the appart. It doesn’t do a lot of damage, but it still makes the edges look untidy.
Hergé’s art is the main theme of the book, but you get a lot of biographical info that makes it a two for one for those interested in the artist as well as his creations.
Some of the more controversial aspects of both Hergé and Tintin are glossed over, but there is so much information about how Tintin and his other works came about that you can easily forgive that.
After all that, I do have to comment that for an art book, the amount of actual art in the book is not as much as I was hoping to get. There’s some position sketches, cover art and comic strip samples, but seeing as how I can see the strips in their respective books, I was hoping to get more sketches and original art. I forgive that because the book is just to pretty.
Note: I got the book thru Goodread’s First Reads.
A lot of effort was put into properly displaying the art of and story of a great artist. I particularly liked the fact that the edges of the pages where colored with the red and white checks of Tintin’s rocket (from when he went to the Moon). This turned out to be a bit of bother when the pages got glued together by the paint and made it necessary to rip/cut the appart. It doesn’t do a lot of damage, but it still makes the edges look untidy.
Hergé’s art is the main theme of the book, but you get a lot of biographical info that makes it a two for one for those interested in the artist as well as his creations.
Some of the more controversial aspects of both Hergé and Tintin are glossed over, but there is so much information about how Tintin and his other works came about that you can easily forgive that.
After all that, I do have to comment that for an art book, the amount of actual art in the book is not as much as I was hoping to get. There’s some position sketches, cover art and comic strip samples, but seeing as how I can see the strips in their respective books, I was hoping to get more sketches and original art. I forgive that because the book is just to pretty.
Note: I got the book thru Goodread’s First Reads.
December 27, 2024
I had a patch in my teens when I used to get a new Tintin book of some kind every year at Christmas - by which I mean things like Soviets or Congo or Alph Art, the more obscure books usually from the Tintin shop in Covent Garden. The best of them, Tintin and the World of Hergé by Benoit Peeters, I got at the Tintin exhibition in London in - I think - 1989. It was and remains the high watermark of such books and, having gravitated to Tintin now Doctor Who has been cancelled, I was used to similar volumes by Peter Haining on that show. And the Peeters’ book was a million miles away in quality from Haining, however joyously fun and gossipy he was. This was because Peeters did lots of solid research and gave you important context and valuable trivia/ lost media related to the books. It was essentially the book equivalent of that exhibition, exponentially growing the world of Hergé for me and his creation. It’s one of my favourite books ever. And this book is literally intended to be an extension of the Hergé museum so is very much in the same vein… but just falls short of the Peeters. Partly that’s because it replicates a lot of the images and information, and partly that’s because I’m very aware that book arrived at my most formative of formative years. It’s pretty bloody close though and there’s lots of beautiful, new images and details here. It doesn’t quite replicate that jaw dropping sense of wonder the Peeters’ book installed in me thirty five Christmases ago (sob!) but it’s made me feel thrilled about Hergé and his world in a way nothing else quite has in all that time. A lovely book
December 29, 2022
Beautifully presented book. It gives, as it says, an overview of Herge's life and work.
It is, as you'd expect from a publication from the official museum, rather muted in criticism. The racism of Congo is mentioned but dismissed for example.
It also doesn't seem aware of wider comic development -- speech bubbles were not invented by Herge which seems to be claimed here. Maybe I misread it.
It is, as you'd expect from a publication from the official museum, rather muted in criticism. The racism of Congo is mentioned but dismissed for example.
It also doesn't seem aware of wider comic development -- speech bubbles were not invented by Herge which seems to be claimed here. Maybe I misread it.
May 9, 2020
Supremely detailed information about Herge's works, pictures of the Herge museum, the inspiration and sources of each of the Tintin books...In summary, this is a must have reference for all Tintin fans !!
July 15, 2021
As a Herge fan, reading this gives me a sentimental sensation. It’s a raw beauty, as raw as letting the reader see and feel the originality of the whole content and sketches. This book brings out a premium, up close and personal feeling.
June 27, 2018
A really pretty book full of great illustrations and details, but definitely a bit rosy and breezy.
December 19, 2019
A heavy (but wonderful) book of information and insights about the creator of Tintin. So many stories and stories-behind-stories that are fascinating for the avid fan!
June 26, 2020
Excellent, wonderful companion to any tintin fan . You will get the official version of herges life with tintin and his inspiration. Illustrated beautifully by herges sketches this is a must have.
June 28, 2023
Beautiful and insightful.
September 6, 2023
Exquisite.
January 7, 2025
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March 6, 2019
This book has lots of interesting original sketches from Herge but the story content is so short. Not many information provided.
March 13, 2017
A great book about Tintin and Herge with lovely illustrations and artwork and also a biography of Herge. The book was expensive but well worth it.
June 23, 2014
Thoroughly enjoyable, richly illustrated book. I appreciate the thought that went into the image selection, wide and illustrative of the themes of the chapters. You can really appreciate the talent of Herge. I also liked that this acknowedges Herge's frustration with his creation, his depression and struggles as opposed to washing over this.
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December 7, 2015It's a great book, especially in physical form, but it tries to be too much. It's an art book, a biography, a series overview, a character guide, and a map of the Hergé museum all in one, but doesn't feel complete in any of those regards. I found it incredibly helpful as a starting point into the world of Tintin, but if you already know your stuff, you might get as much use out of this as me.
November 30, 2014
Museo – Libro – Objeto
Compendio y homenaje mayoritariamente visual (y arquitectónico) de la vida y obra del maestro Georges Remi y de sus entrañables personajes, obviamente centrado en la figura del incomparable Tintín.
Una obra de arte por donde se la mire.
Compendio y homenaje mayoritariamente visual (y arquitectónico) de la vida y obra del maestro Georges Remi y de sus entrañables personajes, obviamente centrado en la figura del incomparable Tintín.
Una obra de arte por donde se la mire.
September 13, 2014
If you're really into this sort of thing...
July 31, 2017
Very insightful to see how George remi was inspired and make tintin
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