Explorers on the Moon
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Explorers on the Moon is the seventeenth volume of The Adventures of Tintin, the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The story was serialised weekly in Belgium's Tintin magazine from October 19
Cover of the English edition
A German V-2 rocket being tested in 1942. The V-2 would serve as a major inspiration for Hergé in his work on both Destination Moon and Explorers on the Moon.
A model of the rocket at Brussels Airport
Hergé biographer Benoît Peeters (pictured, 2010) felt that Wolff's character brought "a tragic note" to the story.
Tintin (character)
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Tintin is the titular protagonist of The Adventures of Tintin, the comic series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The character was created in 1929 and introduced in Le Petit Vingtième, a weekly youth supp
Tintin and his dog Snowy in a panel of Tintin in the Land of the Soviets, their first appearance, by Hergé
Palle Huld, during his trip around the world in 1928, almost certainly influenced Hergé to create Tintin.
Tintin, Snowy and Captain Haddock depicted on a wall in the city of Brussels
Tintin as he appears in Steven Spielberg's 2011 motion capture feature film The Adventures of Tintin as portrayed by Jamie Bell