The Adventures of Tintin

The Adventures of Tintin sold 200 million copies by 2007.

Belgian cartoonist Hergé wrote and illustrated the 24 comic albums.

Tintin debuted on 10 January 1929 in a youth supplement.

The Adventures of Tintin was published in more than 70 languages.

Tintin is a young Belgian reporter aided by Snowy.

Captain Archibald Haddock uses colourful curses like blistering barnacles.

Professor Calculus is an intelligent but hard-of-hearing physicist.

Thomson and Thompson are two incompetent detectives who look identical.

Hergé drew the comics in a signature clear line style.

Hergé created Studios Hergé in 1950 to produce the albums.

Staff members passed artwork like an artistic orchestra with Hergé conducting.

Tintin visited real places including Egypt, India, Tibet and China.

Following Hergé's death in 1983, a final album was released posthumously.

The Adventures of Tintin is one of the most popular European comics.