Michael Farr

Michael Farr is the author of a number of books on Tintin and Hergé, including Tintin, The Complete Companion.

The prescient politics of Tintin

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Georges Remi, better known as Hergé, the creator of Tintin, was a failed journalist. His first job after leaving school was on a Brussels newspaper, Le Vingtième Siècle, but boringly in the subscriptions department. His mind was set on becoming a top foreign correspondent like some of the leading names of the 1920s. Having failed