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Des années de scoutisme aux premières publications en passant par les découvertes artistiques et les rencontres avec Edgar P. Jacobs, Tchang Tchong-jen ou Andy Warhol, tout un parcours qui est retracé dans cette biographie en bande dessinée d'Hergé, l'auteur légendaire des Aventures de Tintin. Les auteurs nous racontent, avec une maîtrise époustouflante de la ligne claire, une vie passionnante, faite de doutes et de certitudes, qui donna une oeuvre universelle. Une biographie non autorisée, mais dont chaque case montre le respect tant pour l'homme que pour l'oeuvre.
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José-Louis Bocquet
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Little José-Louis was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine on 28 August 1962 and became passionate about good comic strips so quickly that at the age of 13, he founded Bizu, his own fanzine. He then established various illustrated anthologies for Bédérama, offering compilations of work by authors such as Franquin, Binet and Andréas.
To satisfy his passion for reading, he got a job with the Temps Futurs bookshop at the start of the 1980s and, together with friend and companion Jean-Luc Fromental, he took part in the production of the works of L'Année de la Bande Dessinée), published by that Parisian temple of cartoons and science-fiction.
His first articles started to appear in Metal Hurlant and he became a press attaché for Humanoïdes Associés in 1983, then became their collections editor. His first scripts were illustrated by Serge Clerc ("Les mémoires de l'espion"), Arno (Anton Six and "Kriegspiel"), Franz ("Mémoires d'un .38", in collaboration with Fromental), Max ("Panzer Panik") and Biard ("Le 38° Parallèle", in collaboration with Rivière).
It was working with François Rivière on scripts and with Philippe Berthet for illustrations that he commenced his most ambitious series in 1983, "Le Privé d'Hollywood". Fuelled by the old-style detective novels by Stuart Kaminsky and the initial works of the Série Noire, this reconstruction of an America which disappeared a long time ago has retained all of its charm, a fact confirmed by its reissue as a complete version in 1999.
From 1989 to 1991, he wrote scripts for Francis Vallés" trilogy of the adventures of the reporter Dorian Dombre (for Glénat) and endeavoured to bring back memories of Jerry Spring with Franz ("Fureur Apache", for Alpen in 1990).
In 1991, he and Jean-Baptiste Gilou took part in the creation of La Sirène publications in which he published a monumental monograph on film director Henri-Georges Clouzot. A man with taste and many talents, he was also assistant editor in chief on Salut Les Copains and presenter on TF 1, but writing remained his biggest pleasure and it is therefore no surprise to find several of his novels in the catalogue of Série Noire and other popular editors.
In 1997, he worked with Marie-Ange Guillaume on editing a biography of René Goscinny for Actes-Sud and he provided the script to "Timbrés rares" for Antonio Cossu and Louis Joos.
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Little José-Louis was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine on 28 August 1962 and became passionate about good comic strips so quickly that at the age of 13, he founded Bizu, his own fanzine. He then established various illustrated anthologies for Bédérama, offering compilations of work by authors such as Franquin, Binet and Andréas.
To satisfy his passion for reading, he got a job with the Temps Futurs bookshop at the start of the 1980s and, together with friend and companion Jean-Luc Fromental, he took part in the production of the works of L'Année de la Bande Dessinée), published by that Parisian temple of cartoons and science-fiction.
His first articles started to appear in Metal Hurlant and he became a press attaché for Humanoïdes Associés in 1983, then became their collections editor. His first scripts were illustrated by Serge Clerc ("Les mémoires de l'espion"), Arno (Anton Six and "Kriegspiel"), Franz ("Mémoires d'un .38", in collaboration with Fromental), Max ("Panzer Panik") and Biard ("Le 38° Parallèle", in collaboration with Rivière).
It was working with François Rivière on scripts and with Philippe Berthet for illustrations that he commenced his most ambitious series in 1983, "Le Privé d'Hollywood". Fuelled by the old-style detective novels by Stuart Kaminsky and the initial works of the Série Noire, this reconstruction of an America which disappeared a long time ago has retained all of its charm, a fact confirmed by its reissue as a complete version in 1999.
From 1989 to 1991, he wrote scripts for Francis Vallés" trilogy of the adventures of the reporter Dorian Dombre (for Glénat) and endeavoured to bring back memories of Jerry Spring with Franz ("Fureur Apache", for Alpen in 1990).
In 1991, he and Jean-Baptiste Gilou took part in the creation of La Sirène publications in which he published a monumental monograph on film director Henri-Georges Clouzot. A man with taste and many talents, he was also assistant editor in chief on Salut Les Copains and presenter on TF 1, but writing remained his biggest pleasure and it is therefore no surprise to find several of his novels in the catalogue of Série Noire and other popular editors.
In 1997, he worked with Marie-Ange Guillaume on editing a biography of René Goscinny for Actes-Sud and he provided the script to "Timbrés rares" for Antonio Cossu and Louis Joos.
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September 17, 2014
The Adventures of Herge is a brief autobiographical comic of Herge's (or Georges Prosper Remi to give his real name) life and, at 60 pages, it's a whistle-stop tour of the highlights of the Tintin creator's life. From childhood, where there were rumours of him being a descendant of the Belgian Royal Family, and where we meet his twin uncles who would later serve as inspiration for the Thompson/Thomson twins, to success with Tintin in the Land of the Soviets when he was in his twenties.
It continues from there, revealing Herge's sexual promiscuousness, to his pride that excluded any other artist as being credited on the front of the Tintin books, to his futile efforts to break free of Tintin's shadow, and eventual acceptance of his legacy as being the creator of one of the 20th century's best loved cartoon characters.
The book is drawn in the style of Herge's clear line and the events in his life mirror events Tintin himself would undertake in the books. While the art is wonderful, the limited number of pages makes for only the briefest of acquaintances with the important people in Herge's life as well as many important events only being mentioned in passing.
The Adventures of Herge is an interesting book for those wishing to know more about TIntin's creator and not wanting to spend too long finding out, but anyone expecting a more in-depth look into his life should try elsewhere.
It continues from there, revealing Herge's sexual promiscuousness, to his pride that excluded any other artist as being credited on the front of the Tintin books, to his futile efforts to break free of Tintin's shadow, and eventual acceptance of his legacy as being the creator of one of the 20th century's best loved cartoon characters.
The book is drawn in the style of Herge's clear line and the events in his life mirror events Tintin himself would undertake in the books. While the art is wonderful, the limited number of pages makes for only the briefest of acquaintances with the important people in Herge's life as well as many important events only being mentioned in passing.
The Adventures of Herge is an interesting book for those wishing to know more about TIntin's creator and not wanting to spend too long finding out, but anyone expecting a more in-depth look into his life should try elsewhere.
November 11, 2015
I don't know, man - I just did NOT connect. I read a LOT of Tintin when I was a kid - I particularly remember one week in a converted mining town, way up in the hills above Lake Chelan, reading a million and a half of the awesome adventure comics starring a boy and his dog. A friend recently gave me some of the recently-published collections of the original comics, and I can't wait to revisit them - they filled a hole in my comic book shelf.
But this. I just didn't ... connect. Maybe because where this was origially published, the actors in this tale are famous and require little introduction. Not sure that's true, but it seems to be the most logical explanation for why there is so much showing and so little telling about who these people are and what is going on.
I think it's cool that the style mimics the original Tintin comics, but there was no overreaching story or plot. It seems to follow the life of the creator of Tintin, but there is so little narration, and the story jumps from year to year with no explanation. I appreciate that this requires a lot of the reader - it requires us to infer things to a higher degree than some comics. I appreciate showing, instead of telling, and how that helps our brains grow. But I needed more help here.
There's an Index in the back, with the cast of characters, but no reference to it in the beginning, and I had a hard time remembering who was who.
And the overall message I got was that he was kind of a cheating asshole to the women he was with and that Tintin was just a cashcow that he was strapped to when he would rather work on high art paintings.
So... yeah. Didn't work for me.
But this. I just didn't ... connect. Maybe because where this was origially published, the actors in this tale are famous and require little introduction. Not sure that's true, but it seems to be the most logical explanation for why there is so much showing and so little telling about who these people are and what is going on.
I think it's cool that the style mimics the original Tintin comics, but there was no overreaching story or plot. It seems to follow the life of the creator of Tintin, but there is so little narration, and the story jumps from year to year with no explanation. I appreciate that this requires a lot of the reader - it requires us to infer things to a higher degree than some comics. I appreciate showing, instead of telling, and how that helps our brains grow. But I needed more help here.
There's an Index in the back, with the cast of characters, but no reference to it in the beginning, and I had a hard time remembering who was who.
And the overall message I got was that he was kind of a cheating asshole to the women he was with and that Tintin was just a cashcow that he was strapped to when he would rather work on high art paintings.
So... yeah. Didn't work for me.
June 10, 2022
This comic book biography of Hergé, the artist that created Tintin, is rather short, which is probably meant to be in keeping with the size of the redrawn Tintin books. The style of the drawings is also in keeping with Hergé’s drawing style, so in some sense this is quite an interesting way to find more about the artist.
But when the Tintin books are set up as a single story, (granted, they are sometimes not much more then a collection of cliffhangers,) this is a collection of biographical sketches that spans a lifetime. I suppose the main problem with this book is how short it is. One gets an overview of the life of the artist, but without much depth. Still interesting how it mirrors Hergé’s Tintin books.
But when the Tintin books are set up as a single story, (granted, they are sometimes not much more then a collection of cliffhangers,) this is a collection of biographical sketches that spans a lifetime. I suppose the main problem with this book is how short it is. One gets an overview of the life of the artist, but without much depth. Still interesting how it mirrors Hergé’s Tintin books.
November 24, 2011
Hergé has always been a mysterious figure to me. What interests me more is not TinTin, but the research that went into his work. The fact that he was a depressive personality and sort of in murky waters with respect to politics -makes him a fascinating subject for a biography. As far as I know there are two biographies in English (one of them is coming out next month) and of course, this graphic biography by Boucquet, Fromental and the remarkable illustrator Stanislas.
I am a total sucker for the typical design for graphic novels in France. And the great publishing house Drawn and Quarterly keeps the same design. And if you looked at it fast enough at a bookstore, you think it was part of the TinTin series. So, yes, a very elegant book. But I also feel that this book was edited down, because it jumps around a lot. And I did enjoy reading it in one sitting (well I am in a bed with a cold), but still, i wished it lingered in certain parts of the narrative. But for sure, I am going to dwell into the world of TinTin. This book wet my hunger for boy reporters who get themselves in jams.
I am a total sucker for the typical design for graphic novels in France. And the great publishing house Drawn and Quarterly keeps the same design. And if you looked at it fast enough at a bookstore, you think it was part of the TinTin series. So, yes, a very elegant book. But I also feel that this book was edited down, because it jumps around a lot. And I did enjoy reading it in one sitting (well I am in a bed with a cold), but still, i wished it lingered in certain parts of the narrative. But for sure, I am going to dwell into the world of TinTin. This book wet my hunger for boy reporters who get themselves in jams.
October 6, 2024
Excellent! Probably most entertaining if you already know the rough outlines of his biography. Read it in French: there are some snippets of Bruxellois that only have full impact within a French context, I think.
September 23, 2017
নিজেকে কানেক্ট করতে পারলাম না কোনওভাবেই।
টিনটিন-স্রষ্টার প্রতি শ্রদ্ধা রেখেই হয়তোবা, ইলাস্ট্রেশনগুলো সাজানো হয়েছে সেই আদলে। কিন্তু বইয়ের অ্যারেঞ্জমেন্টটা বড়ই অদ্ভুত লাগলো। গ্রাফিক নভেলে জর্জ রেমি আস্তে আস্তে বড় হচ্ছেন, বছর গড়াচ্ছে, কাহিনী এগুচ্ছে, কিন্তু সবকিছুই কেমন যেন খাপছাড়া। ধুপধাপ বিভিন্ন ক্যারেকটার আসছে, আবার হারিয়েও যাচ্ছে। এ বছর থেকে লাফ দিয়ে সে বছরে চলে যাচ্ছে, এরই মধ্যে চলে আসছে আন্তমহাদেশীয় রাজনীতি। কে কেন কোথায় কাকে কিভাবে সেগুলো মিলাতে আরেকটা বই লাগবে। কমিকসের শেষে ক্যারেকটারদের একটা পঞ্জি দেয়া আছে বটে, তবে তা শুরুতে দিলেই মানানসই হতো।
আর বাংলা অনুবাদের (গররর.....) কথা আর না-ই বা বললাম।
পৌলোমী সেনগুপ্ত খুব একটা অপরিচিত কেউ নন। তিনি রীতিমতো লেখক। অনুবাদকে তার নাম দেখে আর যাই-ই হোক অনুবাদের মান সম্পর্কে সংশয় জাগেনি। কিন্তু পড়তে গিয়ে আদতে যা পেলাম, তাকে রসকসহীন কেঠো একটা প্রচেষ্টার বাইরে কিছু বলা যায় না। ভাবানুবাদ তো নয়-ই, সরাসরি অনুবাদের পথে হাঁটতে গিয়ে বিষয়টা আরো ঘেঁটে গেছে। একটা উদাহরণ দেই, ইংরেজি 'ডগ অফ দ্য ইয়ার' এর বাংলা অনুবাদ করা হয়েছে 'এ বছরের কুকুর'!
আনন্দ'র সম্পাদকীয় নীতিতেও পরিবর্তন এসেছে কিনা জানি না, কুট্টুস এর বদলে লেখা হলো 'মিলু' (মূল ফরাসি নাম)। আমার কাছে কুট্টূসটাই কেন যেন ভালো লাগে।
আহারে, বড় মিস করছিলাম সেই ক্লাসিক টিনটিন অনুবাদের। উল্লুক, বেল্লিক, বেবুন, ঠাকুরপুকুর মেঘলা দুপুর, তবেরে!, হতচ্ছাড়া, গাড়ি হলে দুম ফট...... এসব না হলে আর কিসের অনুবাদ!
টিনটিন-স্রষ্টার প্রতি শ্রদ্ধা রেখেই হয়তোবা, ইলাস্ট্রেশনগুলো সাজানো হয়েছে সেই আদলে। কিন্তু বইয়ের অ্যারেঞ্জমেন্টটা বড়ই অদ্ভুত লাগলো। গ্রাফিক নভেলে জর্জ রেমি আস্তে আস্তে বড় হচ্ছেন, বছর গড়াচ্ছে, কাহিনী এগুচ্ছে, কিন্তু সবকিছুই কেমন যেন খাপছাড়া। ধুপধাপ বিভিন্ন ক্যারেকটার আসছে, আবার হারিয়েও যাচ্ছে। এ বছর থেকে লাফ দিয়ে সে বছরে চলে যাচ্ছে, এরই মধ্যে চলে আসছে আন্তমহাদেশীয় রাজনীতি। কে কেন কোথায় কাকে কিভাবে সেগুলো মিলাতে আরেকটা বই লাগবে। কমিকসের শেষে ক্যারেকটারদের একটা পঞ্জি দেয়া আছে বটে, তবে তা শুরুতে দিলেই মানানসই হতো।
আর বাংলা অনুবাদের (গররর.....) কথা আর না-ই বা বললাম।
পৌলোমী সেনগুপ্ত খুব একটা অপরিচিত কেউ নন। তিনি রীতিমতো লেখক। অনুবাদকে তার নাম দেখে আর যাই-ই হোক অনুবাদের মান সম্পর্কে সংশয় জাগেনি। কিন্তু পড়তে গিয়ে আদতে যা পেলাম, তাকে রসকসহীন কেঠো একটা প্রচেষ্টার বাইরে কিছু বলা যায় না। ভাবানুবাদ তো নয়-ই, সরাসরি অনুবাদের পথে হাঁটতে গিয়ে বিষয়টা আরো ঘেঁটে গেছে। একটা উদাহরণ দেই, ইংরেজি 'ডগ অফ দ্য ইয়ার' এর বাংলা অনুবাদ করা হয়েছে 'এ বছরের কুকুর'!
আনন্দ'র সম্পাদকীয় নীতিতেও পরিবর্তন এসেছে কিনা জানি না, কুট্টুস এর বদলে লেখা হলো 'মিলু' (মূল ফরাসি নাম)। আমার কাছে কুট্টূসটাই কেন যেন ভালো লাগে।
আহারে, বড় মিস করছিলাম সেই ক্লাসিক টিনটিন অনুবাদের। উল্লুক, বেল্লিক, বেবুন, ঠাকুরপুকুর মেঘলা দুপুর, তবেরে!, হতচ্ছাড়া, গাড়ি হলে দুম ফট...... এসব না হলে আর কিসের অনুবাদ!
May 18, 2014
Another great entry in the genre of bio-graphic works. This one seems to have a meta feel to it because it is a biography of Hergé done as a Tintin comic. Entirely appropriate representation of his life via the art he dedicated his life to. Lots of interesting details and anecdotes which flowed very well as a narrative. It showed that he was aware of the controversy surrounding Tintin au Congo before his death, a book which was partly a product of its times and prejudices and ignorance, but wasn't defensible even within the author's own lifetime.
Quick moving, informative and entertaining. Recommended for fans of the Tintin series, although probably one should choose a cutoff somewhere in the double digits due to some content. 12 and up? Maybe. My daughter is just turning 11 and I probably wouldn't have a problem with her reading it.
Quick moving, informative and entertaining. Recommended for fans of the Tintin series, although probably one should choose a cutoff somewhere in the double digits due to some content. 12 and up? Maybe. My daughter is just turning 11 and I probably wouldn't have a problem with her reading it.
June 18, 2017
This comic book biography of the author of the Tintin books was really bad. Often I couldn't tell what was happening. Even when I could, it was told in disjointed snippets identified only by a year and sometimes separated by large gaps of time. Then the index at the end that finally identifies all the people and explains why they were included is in alphabetical order rather than chronological so I still don't have a good feel for Remi's life. All I learned was that Remi was kind of a dick. And that the two bumbling buffoons in the Tintin books were based on his dad and his uncle who were identical twins.
September 14, 2023
I was drawn to the book because of it's Belgium history lessons and the evolution of an artist for which both were appreciated. THIS BOOK WAS OBJECTIVELY IMPRESSIVE AND INTERESTING but I scarcely liked anything about this ignorantly bigoted schmo-tagonist. Being the entire story, he made it annoying to read. It seems his sociopolitical themes added something to his work so at least I'll give him credit for that.
August 12, 2017
The Adventures of Herge is a 2011 biography of George Remi, creator of Tintin, (1907-1983). He produced one of the most popular European comic creations in Tintin - a boy reporter who travelled the world having exciting adventures. His cartoon work is done in the claire ligne (clean line) style with no shading and bright colours - which matches the light and elegantly told adventure stories of the boy adventurer.
This is comic biography done in the style and form of a Tintin album with the same length and format, which is both its selling point and fatal flaw.
While Tintin's adventures are straight-forward, uncomplicated adventures, Remi's life was anything but. Tintin was born out of the complex and nasty stew of right wing extremism of 30's Europe. Remi ended up working for a Nazi controled newpaper during World War II and was branded a traitor and collaborator by many of his fellow Beligians - though was let off, perhaps mostly because of the inoffensive nature of his work on comics like Tintin. I won't try and pick apart what a lot of people in Europe did to survive under Nazi rule - though Remi appears to have supported many of his fellow collaborators post-war and even considered emmigrating to Argentina. Remi appears to have been a neurotic, unpleasant man, who is often made all the more unlikeable by this book that tries to depict him as just a poor guy who keeps on getting picked on by this puzzling angry people. Whether it is those de-Nazifying Europe or the artists and writers whom he mistreats later in his career.
To be fair, I really took against Remi as he is portrayed in the book, it might not be the actual man. Because the book is so short and uses the flat Tintin story telling method rather than layering information like other non-fiction graphic novels I've read, it skips post-card like through Remi's life, never able to stop and truly explicate or even properly dramatize the man's life. Its worst sin is not giving him his due as an artist or storyteller - the reason why anyone would want to read about him now.
In the end I needed to resort to Wikipedia to give myself some sort of context to understand this book. It should have sent me back to my Tintin albums for another read, but it didn't.
The book is hamstrung by its conceit. George Remi in no way resembles his creation and it was a mistake to try and cram him into Tintin's world. Chip Kidd did a book that was half a collection and half a biography of the tragic life of Jack Cole, the creator of Plastic Man. The end of that work breaks down and gets very messy and weird and touching. In contrast The Adventures of Herge stays respectfully in the clean line style and as a result misses and even misrepresents the thorny and complex man behind the boy reporter.
This is comic biography done in the style and form of a Tintin album with the same length and format, which is both its selling point and fatal flaw.
While Tintin's adventures are straight-forward, uncomplicated adventures, Remi's life was anything but. Tintin was born out of the complex and nasty stew of right wing extremism of 30's Europe. Remi ended up working for a Nazi controled newpaper during World War II and was branded a traitor and collaborator by many of his fellow Beligians - though was let off, perhaps mostly because of the inoffensive nature of his work on comics like Tintin. I won't try and pick apart what a lot of people in Europe did to survive under Nazi rule - though Remi appears to have supported many of his fellow collaborators post-war and even considered emmigrating to Argentina. Remi appears to have been a neurotic, unpleasant man, who is often made all the more unlikeable by this book that tries to depict him as just a poor guy who keeps on getting picked on by this puzzling angry people. Whether it is those de-Nazifying Europe or the artists and writers whom he mistreats later in his career.
To be fair, I really took against Remi as he is portrayed in the book, it might not be the actual man. Because the book is so short and uses the flat Tintin story telling method rather than layering information like other non-fiction graphic novels I've read, it skips post-card like through Remi's life, never able to stop and truly explicate or even properly dramatize the man's life. Its worst sin is not giving him his due as an artist or storyteller - the reason why anyone would want to read about him now.
In the end I needed to resort to Wikipedia to give myself some sort of context to understand this book. It should have sent me back to my Tintin albums for another read, but it didn't.
The book is hamstrung by its conceit. George Remi in no way resembles his creation and it was a mistake to try and cram him into Tintin's world. Chip Kidd did a book that was half a collection and half a biography of the tragic life of Jack Cole, the creator of Plastic Man. The end of that work breaks down and gets very messy and weird and touching. In contrast The Adventures of Herge stays respectfully in the clean line style and as a result misses and even misrepresents the thorny and complex man behind the boy reporter.
January 11, 2018
Love Tintin, didn't know much about Herge, and now I know more. Not really a deep biography of course, but it does tell the story and, appropriately, the illustrations are done in the same flat style that is characteristic of Herge. Fun!
January 26, 2022
It felt so good to read something so Tintin-like. Made the biography infinitely more intriguing. However, certain parts would have benefitted from a little more explanation.
February 12, 2022
Interesting but too brief to be truly informative.
September 17, 2016
Beautiful drawings. Story sort of disjointed, you have to work to follow it. Maybe written for a Belgian audience that knows Herge's story well already? And Tintin, the boy-reporter, is surprisingly scarce. And yet...I was moved by the story. And captivated by some of the images.
February 24, 2012
When I go to the library, I often roam a bit through the graphic novel section, just in case there might be something interesting there.
This book caught my eye right away: I thought, ah Tintin in English! And a crowd of childhood memories raced to my mind: I did enjoy a lot Tintin comics, good plots, nice drawings, funny characters, and I had not read any for ages, and probably none in English.
So I picked up the book and realized it was actually a biography of Tintin’s creator: Hergé! AND I needed to read a book related to Belgium for my 52 countries Reading Challenge, so that was perfect!
My first confusion and a look at the cover here above tells you how cool this is: the illustrator imitated at...
my full review is here:
http://wordsandpeace.com/2012/02/24/2...
This book caught my eye right away: I thought, ah Tintin in English! And a crowd of childhood memories raced to my mind: I did enjoy a lot Tintin comics, good plots, nice drawings, funny characters, and I had not read any for ages, and probably none in English.
So I picked up the book and realized it was actually a biography of Tintin’s creator: Hergé! AND I needed to read a book related to Belgium for my 52 countries Reading Challenge, so that was perfect!
My first confusion and a look at the cover here above tells you how cool this is: the illustrator imitated at...
my full review is here:
http://wordsandpeace.com/2012/02/24/2...
April 5, 2017
José-Louis Bocquetin "The Adventures of Hergé" (Drawn and Quarterly, 2011) vaikutti etukäteen kovin kiinnostavalta sarjakuvan muotoon tehdyltä elämäkerralta, mutta taisi muodostua sitten pienoiseksi pettymykseksi.
Sarjakuvataiteilija Georges Remin eli suuren Hergén elämä oli jaoteltu pieniin välähdyksiin, jotka myös jäivät sellaisiksi - ehkä albumi olisi avautunut paremmin, mikäli hänen elämänvaiheistaan olisi etukäteen tiennyt enemmän kuin lyhyen oppimäärän verran. Nyt sivuilla piipahtavien henkilöiden merkitys ja tausta jäävät osin epäselviksi.
Bocquet (jolta on suomennettu Kiki: Montparnassen kuningatar) on ripotellut mukaan albumiin kuvallisia viittauksia Tintin seikkailuihin, joita on kyllä ihan mukava bongailla.
Sarjakuvataiteilija Georges Remin eli suuren Hergén elämä oli jaoteltu pieniin välähdyksiin, jotka myös jäivät sellaisiksi - ehkä albumi olisi avautunut paremmin, mikäli hänen elämänvaiheistaan olisi etukäteen tiennyt enemmän kuin lyhyen oppimäärän verran. Nyt sivuilla piipahtavien henkilöiden merkitys ja tausta jäävät osin epäselviksi.
Bocquet (jolta on suomennettu Kiki: Montparnassen kuningatar) on ripotellut mukaan albumiin kuvallisia viittauksia Tintin seikkailuihin, joita on kyllä ihan mukava bongailla.
December 15, 2011
I liked the concept and the presentation of this book (very Castermanesque) but I admit I felt like I was reading some kind of counterfeit Tintin that might at any minute turn into a Tijuana bible. It didn't (and I was strangely, though mildly, disappointed) but I couldn't get over the feeling that I was doing something dirty. It just felt weird. Does that make sense? Like I was betraying Herge somehow. Or more to the point, betraying Tintin. Can you betray a cartoon character? One that doesn't even know you? I'm sure you can. I'm sure I did. But I am not wholly ashamed of doing so.
January 14, 2012
It thought it was an interesting idea, to present the life story of Tintin's creator, Herge, in graphic novel style. The story is told in episodes which range from 3-5 pages in length, organised by year. The illustrations are very nicely done, but I found the story a little hard to follow at times, without having much prior knowledge of Herge's background. The brief biographies of the "main characters" included in the back was more informative.
March 9, 2024
So... I’ve never actually read any Tintin (mebbe pages here or there, but never a whole album, just the movie, which is foreshadowed near th’end of this book), so I don’t think this was really for me. I have a bit of a past as a scholar of Franco-Belgian comics (or to the extent that sentence is possible without ever having read perhaps its most important founding documents), so I understood many of the references anyway—Hergé’s beginnings as a writer for a Catholic paper were key to the conclusions of my undergraduäte thesis (influenced greatly by Jean-Marc Lofficier) on how American and Europeän comics diverged. But overall, while I found the dip-in/dip-out approach to provide an even overview of the man’s whole life, it seemed super quick. After all, we got multiple albums about Tintin just in his youth, so why cover the entire existence of his creätor in just one volume? So what I’m saying is, mebbe this was the best way to cover all of Hergé in one volume, but mebbe that wasn’t the most effective approach?
Still, it seems like Bocquet has interesting materiäl and I’d definitely like to read more.
Still, it seems like Bocquet has interesting materiäl and I’d definitely like to read more.
May 6, 2025
A short, too short, biography of Hergé in the style of one of his Tintin comics. It hints at various parts of the cartoonist’s life but is to short to make much sense of them. The potted biographies at the end give a fuller explanation of what has been portrayed and that shouldn’t be the case.
I don’t think that the author’s intention was or criticise, but rather to honour, Remi. However, Remi comes across as a ultra conservative, womanising Nazi collaborator. Growing up, always looking to see if any more Tintin books were in the library, I always thought that the books were by one person Hergé. Here is discovered that the ideas and the illustrating was done by a team of people but Remi refused to share the credit.
An unsatisfactory read. A longer book would have allowed a greater understanding of a flawed human being.
I don’t think that the author’s intention was or criticise, but rather to honour, Remi. However, Remi comes across as a ultra conservative, womanising Nazi collaborator. Growing up, always looking to see if any more Tintin books were in the library, I always thought that the books were by one person Hergé. Here is discovered that the ideas and the illustrating was done by a team of people but Remi refused to share the credit.
An unsatisfactory read. A longer book would have allowed a greater understanding of a flawed human being.
April 5, 2018
Boken är i serieform och berättar om Tintins skapares liv. Den tecknade stilen är mycket lik den i Tintin-albumen och känns väldigt lyckat. Speciellt kul blir det när man från episoder ur Hergés liv ser var han fått idéer till Tintinäventyren ifrån. Det här är ett måste för er som läst och gillat Tintin. För andra kanske poängen missas. Min trea i betyg är säkert feltänkt då den inte baseras på innehåll utan mer hur fort det går att ta sig igenom boken. Jag vill alltid ha mer av Hergé och framför allt av Tintin. Som tur är så går inte det, tänk massa nya album av nya författare som säljer bara på Tintins namn. Vi kan alla lugnt nöja oss med de fantastiska album som redan finns för läsning om och om igen.
August 5, 2021
Honestly, I almost gave this one star, but I figured the way certain characters (Fanny, Fr. Wallez) were drawn merited a second. The trouble is that even knowing about Hergé's life (thanks to
Tintin: The Complete Companion
), I found it exceptionally hard to follow this book. It's made up of lots of little vignettes from different points in time, without much - in fact, without anything - in the way of connecting material. It's certainly not suitable as a biography; it's barely serviceable as a tribute. I was also troubled by the depictions of some of the Asian characters, which I often felt were racist.
June 9, 2023
This biography is done in the style of Herge's classic Tintin stories, from the art style to the size of the book, which was the same size as the classic oversize Tintin editions. His life is told in a series of vignettes of his life, from his childhood and the development of his artistic talent, to his hiring by a Belgian newspaper and his eventual creation of Tintin. We see the rise in popularity of Tintin and the twists and turns of Herge's life. Because of the nature of the book, it's not an in-depth biography of the famous comic book artist. But it is a worthwhile biography told in a graphic novel form, and a good introduction to Herge. In the back of the book are brief biographies of all of the people shown in the book.
December 11, 2025
Biographie qui reste un peu trop en surface (on ne saisit pas grand chose au défilé de personnages importants dans la vie du dessinateur) mais j'aime bien la mise en scène qui fourmille de détails et de références aux albums et à l'histoire du meneer.
Du peu de ce que je connais de la vie de Hergé, la BD édulcore pas mal un pauvre petit Hergé qui se fait critiquer par la gauche et par la droite alors qu'il est tout perdu.
Pour rappel, Hergé envisageait en 1947 l'exil en Argentine suite à ses problèmes lors de l'épuration. Il recevra lors de son décès un éloge du journal d'extrême droite Rivarol pour l'aide qui l'a apporté à toutes les pauvres victimes injustement accusées d'incivisme à la libération.
Du peu de ce que je connais de la vie de Hergé, la BD édulcore pas mal un pauvre petit Hergé qui se fait critiquer par la gauche et par la droite alors qu'il est tout perdu.
Pour rappel, Hergé envisageait en 1947 l'exil en Argentine suite à ses problèmes lors de l'épuration. Il recevra lors de son décès un éloge du journal d'extrême droite Rivarol pour l'aide qui l'a apporté à toutes les pauvres victimes injustement accusées d'incivisme à la libération.
November 13, 2017
A biography of Tintin creator Hergé, done sort-of in the style of Tintin. I learnt some stuff but it was a difficult story to follow. At the back of the book, there are some biographical details about some of the characters, and this probably would have helped if I didn’t find this section when it was too late. I feel like there were a lot of references in here for Tintinophiles, but I haven’t really read any Tintin since I was a kid so I probably didn’t get as much out of it as I could have. It has, however, inspired me to start up my Tintin collection, and I now have a bunch of books in the mail.
March 8, 2019
Not bad as a collection of random stories and the art was an ok rendition of his style but there wasn’t enough that just reading the comics I felt like I was really understanding what was going on. It wasn’t until I read bios for the characters (which I didn’t realize were there as they are at the very end of the book) that I felt like I was getting anything at all and by then I had kind of given up.
September 28, 2020
Na het lezen van 'Het Verhaal van de Goscinny's' werd mijn bewondering voor het Franse genie nog groter dan die al was.
Na het lezen van 'De Avonturen van Hergé' blijf ik vooral verweesd achter.
De biografie is rommelig getekend en slecht verteld, maar vooral: Georges Rémi wordt compleet gedemystifieerd. Rokkenjager, dronkaard, ja, zelfs collaborateur... er blijft maar weinig over van de bedenker van Kuifje.
Een teleurstelling over de hele (klare) lijn.
Na het lezen van 'De Avonturen van Hergé' blijf ik vooral verweesd achter.
De biografie is rommelig getekend en slecht verteld, maar vooral: Georges Rémi wordt compleet gedemystifieerd. Rokkenjager, dronkaard, ja, zelfs collaborateur... er blijft maar weinig over van de bedenker van Kuifje.
Een teleurstelling over de hele (klare) lijn.
June 7, 2021
A fantastic graphic biography of Herge, drawn in a style reminiscent of the cartoonist's own. Though clearly made with enormous love and respect, the authors are unafraid of engaging with the less-admirable elements of Herge's life and personality, which are sometimes avoided by die-hard fans. Filled to the brim with Easter eggs and references for fans in the know, warranting at least one reread.
August 7, 2025
Es una 💩. No te lo leas 😐 al principio bien. Luego se te pone a contar eventos de su vida como dando por hecho que conoces algo, y no te enteras de la mitad. Va haciendo saltos por años, de repente aparece en suiza (no sabes porqué), de repente está en bruselas otra vez. Se ponen a hablar de cosas que desconoces. La gran mayoria de comics biográficos son buenos, se han esforzado en conseguir lo imposible.
January 5, 2019
Excited to find this at my local library. Having read biographies of Hergé before, the book does not go very deep into Hergé's life beyond the highlight (and low point) reel. The charm of the book is of course the form it comes of; art inspired by Hergé, and the book designed in the classic Tintin style.
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