Tintin et Milou - fond d'écran










Hergé real name Georges Remi, was a Belgian cartoonist and creator of the iconic stories of the boy reporter Tintin.Born in Brussels in 1907, Remi had childhood dreams of being a dashing reporter, a foreign correspondent for a national newspaper. When he realised his talents lay in other areas, he turned his hand to illustrating, and he took his more familiar alias when he started illustrating strips for a Belgian Catholic daily newspaper called Le XXe Siècle.He was made editor of a weekly children's supplement for this paper, which was to be called Le Petit Vingtième, which Hergé decided would contain American-style comic strips. This debuted on November 1, 1928, but its most famous character didn't appear until the following year. TINTIN IN THE LAND OF THE SOVIETS, a black and white strip that introduced the two central characters of the TINTIN series: Tintin, the boy reporter himself, and his faithful dog, Snowy. His canine companion was often used as a wry commentator on the rest of the story, giving a cynical and sardonic viewpoint as opposed to Tintin's enthusiastic optimism. Hergé named Snowy (or 'Milou' in the original French) after a girl he had liked at school. The theme of the story, with Tintin investigating the chaotic state of the USSR, was prompted by the managing editor's suggestion, unlike the next few Tintin adventures. These were much more concerned with subject areas that had fascinated Hergé since boyhood - Africa (TINTIN IN THE CONGO), prohibition-era America (TINTIN IN AMERICA) and the mysteries of the Middle East and Egypt (CIGARS OF THE PHARAOH).