In yesterday's posting reviewing the work of the (imo) U.K.'s premier "ligne claire" artist Garen Ewing I did of course make reference to the great grand daddy of all such stories Tintin and work of his creator Herge. And I did rather perversely include a Tintin page which was not entirely the work of Herge. The page in question was the opening page of "Tintin and Alph-Art" which was to be the twenty fourth book in the series, which Herge eventually commenced work on in 1978, the book was still imcomplete when Herge died some five years later.
The 1980's was a period when a whole generation of young graphic artists were experimenting with variations on the "ligne claire" style and some of the artists Jooste Swarte and Ted Benoit in particular, seemed to achieve an incredible fidelity to Herge's linear style. Benoit also adopted much of Herge's storytelling flair in the adventures of L.A. detective, Ray Banana with "Berceuse Electrique" and "Citie Lumiere" as fine examples of his craft.Many of the artists involved in the "ligne claire" movement contributed their own distinct homages to Herge and these were collected together in a special tribute publication at the time of Herge's death in 1983. But the homages went way beyond just a page or two and with varying degrees of obsessive dedication to the cause, attempts were made to produce Tintin books that never were.
But pages from this incomplete opus were evidently in circulation before then as another edition of this book appeared in the same year and this time it was complete!!!
What had happened was that a young (very young - he was only 17 at the time) French Canadian named Yves Rodier had not only worked up all of Herge's drawings into finished line-work but he had also speculated as to what the resolution of this story might have been in much the manner that various authors have attempted to resolve Dicken's unfinished "Edwin Drood".
Now Rodier's book was evidently a breach of copyright but in general terms it was evident that he was doing it more as a homage rather than as a money making venture and sources close to the Herge estate regarded the project with at least a degree of indulgence. These sources included veteran artist and key player in the Herge Studio Bob De Moor (who as readers of earlier postings will recall was the man who pretty nearly entirely redrew "Black Island" in 1966.
In 1991 De Moor approached Herge's widow Fanny Remi, who was initially at least receptive to the idea that perhaps Rodier and De Moor should collaborate on producing a definitive and wrinkle free version of "Alph-Art" for publication by Casterman who were enthusiastically supportive of the enterprise. However Fanny herself was by this stage in love with Nick Rodwell,an enterprising young man who had launched a shop in London's Covent garden selling Tintin merchandise a few years earlier.
Since then Editions Moulinsart which was founded by Mr Rodwell, have done an excellent job in exploiting Herge's legacy with an adroit mix of commercial enterprise coupled with extreme good taste, but at the same time have been extremely litigious regarding any transgressions or infringements of the Tintin legacy. Which means that this posting might only appear for a short while, and also means that links for Rodier's "Alph-Art" which is now available in Bengali as well as a host of other languages, come and go with remarkable frequency.
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Interesting art covers on Tintin, anything related to that series is always worth reading.
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ReplyDeleteNous devons revenir sur le problème de certains qui se prétendent expert en oeuvre de Hergé, des, qui ne sont du reste pas contemporain à Hergé comme l’est, Monsieur Dominique MARICQ, et qui aurait une fâcheuse tendance à parler au travers de leur chapeau, pourvu que ça mousse, celle de l’affaire des fausses déclarations par Philippe GODDIN au sujet des authentiques dessins de Tintin au Pôle Nord de 2004, dont l’authenticité est confirmée par : l’échange de courrier de Hergé et l’ambassade à Montréal des années 50, au sujet des véhicules Bombardier, puis la notable et flagrante marque d’authenticité de la fameuse bouille ronde du Tintin première génération, sans parler de l’écriture qui est tellement , celle de Hergé. Fausses rumeurs et fausses allégations confortées aussi par Monsieur TORDEUR, du reste, et les deux ont, d’autres parts, par ailleurs, été pris à faire d’autres fausses déclarations douteuses sur l’authenticité de vrais œuvres de Hergé en 2008, mais qui ont été contre-balancées par celle de Monsieur Dominique MARICQ, qui lui, est véritablement, beaucoup plus compétent, pour dire si un document est de la main de Hergé. Devons nous rappeler le coup où il a été émis un doute sur l’authenticité d’une des quatre couvertures originales ( surtout celle de Quick et Flupke ) du Petit vingtième de notre Feu Stephane Steeman. Et enfin le plus beau , le plus flamboyant dans l’imposture, lorsqu’il a été validé dernièrement le Tintin à la langue de vache, du fameux Tintin au Québec - Hergé au cœur de la révolution tranquille de Tristan DEMERS, paru aux éditions Hurtubise en 2009, dessiné par Yves RODIER quand il était bénéficiaire des subsides de l’état canadien , mais pulsé par les élans initiatiques de Feu Réal Filion en 1986, au 10365, rue Saint-Maurice, Loretteville, ( Province de Québec ), Canada, lequel Tristan DEMERS , a volontairement occulté les plus grandes pièces de collection sur Hergé au Québec pour s’être abstenu de les faire figurer dans son ouvrage, pour ne pas avoir à faire face à l’analyse implacable du collectionneur-expert qui aurait démasqué l’imposture du Tintin à la langue de vache sans équivoque. Du reste DEMERS a bien attendu le décès de Réal Filion pour publier son ouvrage. Alors nous voici avec Monsieur Daniel MAGHEN, qui enfin est un véritable expert pour l’appréciation des oeuvres de Hergé. Enfin un vent optimiste dans le monde de la bande-dessinée, surtout pour ré-hausser le bas niveau rendu par certains escrocs pénibles et dévastateurs qui ont pignon sur rue ( genre Librairie Rackam ou BD Verdeau ) ou qui sont aussi sur Ebay, sabotent, maquillent et vendent à des prix prohibitifs et scandaleux les albums ( des deux en un quelque fois ), objets précieux et rares qu’ils bidouillent pour leurs donner un aspect soit disant meilleur pour appâter les crétins médiocres qui n’ont pas encore compris que l’objet non retouché a beaucoup plus de valeur que celui retouché. Le BDM mentionne clairement que l’objet retouché vaut 5 à 10 % de sa cote parce qu’il est incomplet.
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