The Adventures of Herge: Creator of Tintin
Bruxelles: Editions Moulinsart, 2007.
Hardcover.
Michael Farr examines the life of the creator of Tintin, boy reporter. In seven sketches, he presents a picture of a man whose life was the key to his creation. Herge, who avoided the limelight, found inspiration in modern art and the latest scientific developments and world affairs, and sought enlightenment in Zen Buddhism and philosophy. Farr considers Herge’s role as the European pioneer of the strip cartoon, and discusses the pivotal role played by contemporary cinema in his development of it, from the slapstick of the 1920s, through the drama and suspense of the pre-war Hitchcock thrillers, to the early works of Steven Spielberg – the one filmmaker he believed could successfully bring Tintin to the silver screen. Herge was also an accomplished graphic designer and typographer, and this work is reviewed here, as is his later work as an abstract painter and role as an art collector of such artists as Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol.
Item #900926ISBN: 9782874241406
Quarto, 8-1/7 x 12", pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers, 127pp, index, fully illus.
Little bumping extreme lower corner front board, else fine in dust wrapper and protective mylar.
Price: $25.00