Hergé (b. 1907)

Born: 1907 May 22 in Etterbeek, Brabant [now Brussel Hoofdstedelijk Gewest], Belgium
Died: 1983 March 3 in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert [Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe], Brabant [now Brussel Hoofdstedelijk Gewest], Belgium
via story credit search for "Hergé" external links

Notes:

The Who's Who entry was under the artist's real name, Georges Remi, but he never published under that name.

Name:

Other Names:

  1. Hergé Moving Pictures Type: Pen Name
  2. Georges Prosper Remi Type: Name at Birth
    Given name: Georges Prosper Family name: Remi
  3. Ерже Type: Pen Name
  4. Хердж Type: Pen Name
  5. ཧར་རྗེར Type: Pen Name
  6. エルジェ Type: Pen Name

Signatures:

  1. H [generic]
  2. HERGE [generic]
  3. Olav [generic]

Awards:

  1. 1971: Adamson Awards - Best International Comic-Strip [or Comic Book] Cartoonist
  2. 1972: Yellow Kid Award - Comic Illustrators and Authors
  3. 1973: Prix Saint-Michel - Grand Prix
  4. 2003: Eisner Award - Hall of Fame - Judge's Choices

Awards for Stories:

  1. 1986: Angoulême International Comics Festival - Free Russia Award
    Tintin au pays des Soviets (Tintin) comic story, 138p

Relations:

  1. Relative - Georges Remi Jr. (b. 1946)
    Notes: Georges Remi Jr. is Hergé's nephew.
  2. Spouse - Fanny Vlamynck (b. 1934)
  3. Owner - Studio Hergé (b. 1950)

Art Influences:

Hergé (b. 1907) stated influences by:
  1. Benjamin Rabier (b. 1864)
  2. Alain Saint-Ogan (b. 1895)
  3. René Vincent (b. 1879)
Influences by Hergé (b. 1907) were stated by:
  1. Terry Beatty (b. 1958)
  2. Jacques Boivin (b. 1952)
  3. Paul J. Bolger
  4. Patrick Brown (b. 1969)
  5. Robert van der Kroft (b. 1952)
  6. Scott McCloud (b. 1960)
  7. Al Moniz (b. 1952)
  8. Michael Neno (b. 1961)
  9. Paul Pope (b. 1970)
  10. Watson Portela (b. 1950)
  11. Wout Schoonis (b. 1980)
  12. Seth (b. 1962)
  13. Mark Smeets (b. 1942)
  14. Ty Templeton (b. 1962)
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