Tintinology [tin-tin-ol-uh-jee] noun The study of the works of comic creator Hergé and the cultural impact of Tintin, his best-known and most influential character.The adventures of Tintin and his dog, Snowy, have captivated people worldwide since they first appeared as an insert in the Belgian Catholic newspaper Le Vintième Siècle in 1929. Available for the first time in English, this insightful biography delves deep into the psyche of Tintin creator Georges Remi and his public persona Hergé. Author of the critically acclaimed Tintin and the World of Hergé and the last person to interview Remi, Benoît Peeters tells the complete story behind Hergé's origins and shows how and why the nom de plume grew into a larger-than-Remi personality as Tintin's popularity exploded. Drawing on interviews and using recently uncovered primary sources for the first time, Peeters reveals Remi as a neurotic man who sought to escape the troubles of his past by allowing Hergé's identity to subsume his own. As Tintin adventured, Hergé lived out a romanticized version of life for Remi.Millions have traveled alongside Tintin and Snowy through books, animated television series, theatrical performances, exhibitions, documentaries, and movies, including Steven Spielberg's fall 2011 The Adventures of Tintin. Now Tintinologists have the opportunity to better understand the complex and sometimes dark personality of Tintin's creator and his carefully crafted public persona.
Introduction Part I: Georges Remi 1. White 2. Gray 3. Black Part II: Le Petit Vingtième 4. The Doorway to Le Vingtième Siècle 5. The Birth of Tintin 6. A Young Man on the Page 7. The Conqueror 8. Under the Sign of Kih-Oskh Part III: Chinese Ink (1934-1940) 9. Another World 10. Learning the Story 11. Counterfeit Money 12. History on the Spot 13. The West, Always the West Part IV: Spoils of War (1940 1944) 14. The Street-Singer's Career 15. Here We Are, Captain! 16. An Unlucky Star 17. The Color War 18. This Castle Is No Longer for Sale 19. Anxieties Part V: Intermittences (1944 1953) 20. The Hangover 21. The Launch of Tintin 22. The Forty-Year Alarm 23. The Terrible Year 24. Hergé Has Disappeared! 25. Asking for the Moon 26. A Black Hole 27. Chills Part VI: The Boss (1953 1959) 28. The Middle Years 29. Fanny 30. ""International Tintin"" 31. The Demon of Purity Part VII: Monsieur Hergé (1960 1983) 32. The Final Bouquet 33. The Studio Trap 34. Another Life 35. Building the Myth 36. A Time of Pretenses 37. The Alpha and the Omega Epilogue: An Impossible Legacy Appendix: Character Names in French and English Notes Bibliography Index of Names Index of Works by Hergé
""Why should readers consider another book on Georges Remi (Herg+¬), the creator of Tintin? Because this one was written by a comics writer himself, a man who knows the medium from both its theory and practice, who interviewed Herg+¬ and those close to him, and who had access to a trove of vital letters, papers, and notebooks.""
