Georges Rémi, better known as Hergé, died on March 3, 1983. Forty years later, his work remains admired by all comic book lovers, from 7 to 77 years old. The story of the master of the clear line, father of the intrepid Tintin, is told on RFI.
Wherever you are in the world, you have undoubtedly already read this address: 26 rue du Labrador. It was for a long time that of a young reporter with a puffed coat and his faithful fox terrier, before they moved to the no less famous Château de Moulinsart.
Today, this address is that of the Hergé Museum, which is located not in Brussels, but in Louvain-La-Neuve, around thirty kilometers from the Belgian capital. A futuristic-looking building, designed by French architect Christian de Portzamparc. The museum tells the story of Tintin and his creator – who died in 1983 – but whose work and the science of narration continue to irrigate the 9th art.
To talk about it, Daniel Couvreur, journalist, head of the culture department of the Belgian daily newspaper Le Soir, critic specializing in comics and curator of exhibitions at the Belgian Comic Strip Center. And Philippe Goddina hergeologist by trade, in other words a great specialist in the work and life of Hergé on whom he has written several books including a biography, “ Hergé lifelines » published by Moulinsart.
VMDN is in Belgium, following in the footsteps of Tintin.
Reporting :testimonies collected by Baptiste Antoine by Johan de Moor on his work with Hergé for the Tintin studios. And meeting with Alix Garin, author of the new generation in the world of Franco-Belgian comics, she looks back on Hergé’s artistic legacy today