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Kuifje: Hergé's klassieker

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Het hoeft geen betoog dat de Kuifje­albums ware kunstwerkjes zijn. Sinds de eerste publicatie in 1929 in het weekblad Le Petit Vingtième is Kuifje uitgegroeid tot een van de bekendste stripfiguren. Wereldwijd werden meer dan 230 miljoen exemplaren van de 24 Kuifje­albums verkocht, dit in meer dan 100 talen. In Kuifje: Hergé's klassieker toont Sterckx de evolutie die Hergé doormaakte, van de eerste eenvoudige pennentrekken tot de heldere lijnen, het begin van de kleurtekeningen tot de perfecte laatste platen. In het boek komen ook de klassieke en moderne schilders aan bod die zijn werk beïnvloedden. Een minder bekende kant van Hergé, de gepassioneerde kunstverzamelaar, wordt hier ook belicht: Fontana, Poliakoff, Warhol en Lichtenstein maakten deel uit van zijn collectie....

238 pages, Hardcover

First published September 29, 2015

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78 reviews59 followers
November 18, 2016
If you haven't read any of his comicstrips, this is a very good overview for a beginner on Herge's life, work and inspirations. Now I definitely want to go to Herge's museum.

Note to self: Herge comes from Georges Remi (R.G).
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Author 9 books47 followers
May 27, 2018
The pictures are stunning but the navel gazing and psychology not so much. Perhaps a bad translation? Herge strikes me as a man with simple tastes - I don't know if he would appreciate this book by a purported 'friend'. And why all the focus on Castafiore? I like the Milanese Nightingale but there's no way she's a more important character than Calculus.

Though I'd read anything Tintin related, this was a disappointment.
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128 reviews6 followers
October 7, 2016
Very nice explanation of Herge's Tintin with beautiful layout and illustrations. Although at some points it was idolising both the creator and the creation (it's a biography after all), it made me want to read again some of the issues.
Author 1 book1 follower
January 20, 2016
Very much an art book, detailing Herge's art style and influences. Not much biography or how he came up with the stories though, if that's what you're looking for.
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