Download or read book Tintin: Hergé and His Creation written by Harry Thompson and published by John Murray. This book was released on 2011-10-13 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The little black-and-white cartoon figure of Tintin first appeared in Belgium in 1929 in a Catholic newspaper where his creator, Herg?©, worked. Harry Thompson looks at the story of Herg?©, of Tintin and his origins, and beyond to when President de Gaulle could call Tintin 'his only rival'.