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Willy Vandersteen
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Willebrord Jan Frans Maria "Willy" Vandersteen was a Belgian creator of comic books. In a career spanning 50 years, he created a large studio and published more than 1,000 comic albums in over 25 seri
Vandersteen in June 1985
Vandersteen in June 1985
Vandersteen & Geerts (1985)
Vandersteen & Geerts (1985)
Bust of Vandersteen in Kalmthout
Bust of Vandersteen in Kalmthout
Hergé
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Georges Prosper Remi, known by the pen name Hergé, from the French pronunciation of his reversed initials RG, was a Belgian comic strip artist. He is best known for creating The Adventures of Tintin,
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…worldwide. Considered together with Marc Sleen the founding father of Flemish comics, he is mainly popular in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany. Hergé called him "The Brueghel of the comic strip", while the creation of his own studio and the mass production and commercialization of his work turned him…
The house in Etterbeek where Hergé was born (33 Rue Philippe Baucq)
The house in Etterbeek where Hergé was born (33 Rue Philippe Baucq)
Jo, Zette and Jocko in Cœurs Vaillants
Jo, Zette and Jocko in Cœurs Vaillants
Booklet published by the resistance group L'Insoumis, denouncing Georges Remy [sic] as a collaborator. Hergé later admitted that "I hated the Resistan
Booklet published by the resistance group L'Insoumis, denouncing Georges Remy [sic] as a collaborator. Hergé later admitted that "I hated the Resistance thing ... I knew that for every one of the Resistance's actions, hostages would be arrested and shot."
The Allied liberation of Belgium in September 1944 brought problems for Hergé.
The Allied liberation of Belgium in September 1944 brought problems for Hergé.