Georges Rémi (Hergé)

HERGE (23 May 1907 - 3 March 1983)

Hergé (pseudonym of Georges Remi : when reversed the abbreviations are RG which leads to R-G or HERGE), Belgian author and illustrator, created Tintin in 1929 and produced 24 volumes of the internationally famous bande dessinée by the time of his death.

Georges Remi was born in 1907 in Etterbeek, near Brussels, Belgium. His parents, Alexis and Elisabeth Remi, formed a middle-class couple and lived in Brussels.

On the 10th of January, 1929, the first episode of 'Tintin au Pays des Soviets' ( Tintin in the land of the Soviets) was created.

The strip chronicled the adventures of a young reporter named Tintin and his pet foxhound Snowy (Milou) as they journeyed through the Soviet Union. The character of Tintin was inspired by Georges' brother Paul Remi, an officer in the Belgian army.