One of the most beloved characters in all of comics, Tintin won an enormous international following. Here is the first full biography of Herg??? available for an English-speaking audience, offering a captivating portrait of a man who revolutionized the art of comics. Granted unprecedented access to thousands of the cartoonist's unpublished letters, Assouline gets behind the genial public mask to take full measure of Herg???'s life and art and the fascinating ways in which the two intertwine. Neither sugarcoating nor ...
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One of the most beloved characters in all of comics, Tintin won an enormous international following. Here is the first full biography of Herg??? available for an English-speaking audience, offering a captivating portrait of a man who revolutionized the art of comics. Granted unprecedented access to thousands of the cartoonist's unpublished letters, Assouline gets behind the genial public mask to take full measure of Herg???'s life and art and the fascinating ways in which the two intertwine. Neither sugarcoating nor sensationalizing his subject, he weighs such controversial issues as Herg???'s support for Belgian imperialism in the Congo and his alleged collaboration with the Nazis.
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