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Les Aventures de Tintin.
The Adventures of Tin Tin was a fascinating and beautiful comic strip from 1930’s, created by Belgian artist Herge. Following the adventures of a young Belgian reporter, the many antics of Tin Tin have enthralled audiences for generations. The simple, gorgeous illustrations have have inspired many, admired for its clean, expressive drawings, his own ligne claire style. This aesthetic has inspired so many in fact, that the Herge museum has finally been completed. A true work of art in and of itself. Needless to say, added to the list of personal “must-sees”. All this stemming from a seemingly benign comic strip about a clean-living man and his dog. A lovely write up in the Economist helped to shed some light on this beautiful new museum with the world.
The brainchild of Hergé’s second wife, Fanny Rodwell, who set up the Hergé Foundation in 1987, the museum shows off a rotating collection of original artwork and source materials, laying bare the hard work that Hergé put into his comics, with each speeding car, cityscape or policeman’s uniform inspired by archived photographs and research trips in the field. Back in his Brussels studios, Hergé would spend long hours posing as each character while assistants sketched him as a reference guide for the final drawings. (Economist, June 2, 2009 )
(Images via:Atelier Christian de Portzamparc )