The Newspaper of Tintin

Tintin , at one time called the Newspaper of Tintin , and Kuifje in the version Dutchwoman, was a Magazine Hebdomadaire of realistic Cartoon of second half of the 20th century. Subtitle the newspaper of the young people from 7 to 77 years then the super newspaper of the young people from 7 to 77 years , it published legendary series like Blake and Mortimer , Alix , Michel Vaillant , Ric Hochet and, of course, the Adventures of Tintin and Milou .

The first publication took place in 1946 (for the Belgian edition, in 1948 for the French edition) and the magazine definitively ceased appearing in 1993.

The series Tintin was created in 1929 for the Petit Twentieth by Georges Remi, was said Hergé and was already very popular.

The idea to publish this magazine came, at the origin, of a meeting between Hergé and Raymond Leblanc, and it is Leblanc which founded a publisher which took care of the publication of the periodical: the Editions of the Lombard in Brussels.

Soon, a version Flemish E was born, entitled Kuifje .

Successive Editor associations were: Jacques Van Melkebeke (1946-1947), Andre Fernez (1947-1959), Marcel Dehaye (1959-), Greg (1965-1974), Henri Desclez (1974-1976), Andre-Paul Duchâteau (1976-1979).

The beginning: 1946-1949

For the first number, on September 26th, 1946 as a cartoon, one brings together artists of reputation such as Hergé, Edgar Pierre Jacobs (with a series of science fiction, Blake and Mortimer ), Paul Cuvelier (with Corentin ), Jacques Laudy.

The following years, Hergé took again OJ, Zette and Jocko which had appeared for the first time in Valiant Cœurs . Etienne Rallic provides a humorous variation with Jojo Cow-boy and Teddy Bill .

In 1948, Jacques Martin arrived with Alix , at the same time as Dino Attanasio and Willy Vandersteen.

During several decades, Hergé kept the artistic control of the magazine, from where its interference in Bob and Bobette of Willy Vandersteen ( Suske in Wiske in Dutch) which was redrawn in a clearer and purified line.

In October 1948 as a cartoon, was published the first French version of the newspaper. Although the versions Belgian and French comprised almost the same cartoons, there were distinct leading lines.

In 1949, Bob de Moor joined the newspaper and drew some pages of gags.

The check Tintin

For fidéliser its readers, the newspaper creates a kind of point of fidelity which it names the check Tintin (which will name in Belgium the stamp Tintin ) and which one finds a point in each specimen of the newspaper. One can obtain various gifts, all except trade (it will be the idea of genius) in exchange of a given number of points for each gift. Marks of food products, in front of the passion of the readers are also affiliated they with the Tintin check: one will find of them on boxes of flour, of semolina, soups, desserts, and there will exist even a Tintin soda, then Tintin shoes.

Among the gifts, very beautiful chromos of the collection See and to know having for topics aviation, the boats, the car illustrated of original images and a Jeu of the goose whose each box is an image extracted from an album and more or less in connection with the box in question. The play carries a gilded label outside representing giant a Tintin check.

the SNCF will put itself of the part while proposing to exchange eight hundred accounts - Tintin checks against hundred kilometers in railroad!

The Years 1950

Years 1950 transfer to arrive of new artistes :

Competition between Tintin and Spirou

Tintin always was in competition with the magazine the Newspaper of Spirou. If an artist were published in one of the magazines, it could not also appear in the other.

A notable exception was André Franquin. In 1955, the most popular artist of Spirou joined Tintin after an argument with its editor Dupuis. The argument was quickly solved, but Franquin had already signed with Tintin for five years. This is why it created Modeste and Pompon for Tintin, whereas it continued other series at Spirou. It left Tintin after its contractual obligations, but the series Modeste and Pompon was continued several years by Dino Attanasio, Mittéï, Griffo and Walli & Bom.

Certain artists made their transfer of Spirou towards Tintin, like Eddy Paape, Jean Graton and Liliane & Fred Funcken. Others did it of Tintin towards Spirou, like Raymond Macherot.

The Years 1960

A new humorous dash is given with the arrival of the following artists:
  • Greg with Rock'n'roll Derby and Guy and Puce ,
  • Géri with Magellan ,
  • Christian Godard with Martin Milan ,
  • Joel Azara with Taka Takata ,
  • Dany with Olivier Branch ,
  • Deceived with Cubitus ,
  • Bob De Groot, Pierre Guilmard and Hachel,
  • Jean Torton, Christian Denayer with Alain Chevallier ,
  • William Vance with Ringo and Bruno Brazil ,
  • Hermann with Bernard Prince and
  • Eddy Paape with Luc the East .

The Years 1970

The magazine turns over to the realistic cartoon with:

But humor was not forgotten with:

  • Turk and De Groot with Robin Dubois and
  • Serge Ernst and his Winks .

The Years 1980, decline

In the years 1980, the sales decline; few artists join the magazine, such:

The end of the original title Tintin took place in November 1988 as a cartoon. It continued one month later under the name Tintin to defer , published by Yeti Presse. The French version already had been stopped in 1972 and continued under various names ( Tintin Hebdoptimiste , New Tintin ) until in 1988. Tintin to defer survived only a few months and was followed by Hello Bédé in September 1989 as a cartoon. The final version, published again by Lombard , continued until in 1993. At this point in time the curtain fell definitively on one from the best European magazines of cartoon.

See too

External bonds

  • http://www.bdoubliees.com/tintinbelge/annees/1949.htm
  • http://lejournaldetintin.free.fr

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