Tintin, the young reporter famed for his exotic adventures exposing skullduggery across the world, turns 90 this week.
The character was created by Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi, better known as Herge, and first appeared in strip form in the pages of Le Petit Vingtieme – a children's supplement to the right-wing Catholic broadsheet Le Vingtieme Siecle – on 10 January 1929.
His exploits were an instant success and Tintin went on to appear in 24 graphic novels, all drawn by Herge is his distinctive “clear line” style, before the creator brought the series to a close in 1976.
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