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| Hergé' with Tin Tin and Milou |
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| Hergé' drawing Tin Tin |
Tin Tin through the Years
In 1928, Hergé was asked to create a weekly youth supplement to the Belgian newspaper Le Vingtième Siècle titled Le Petit Vingtième, which was launched on 1 November 1928.
Tin Tin first appeared in the 4th January 1929 edition of Le Petit Vingtième along with his faithful canine companion, Milou.
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| 1929 4th January First printed drawing of Tin Tin and Milou |
Le Petit Vingtième announcing;
Next Thursday, we follow the Extraoriary Adventures of Tin Tin, reporter, and dog Snowy, in the Land of the Soviets.
The photo above, one of the last ones sent to us, represents them strolling through the streets of Moscow, under the suspicious eye of a comrade - citizen policeman - Bolshevik.
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| 1929 4th January Le Petit Vingtième announces Tin Tin and Milou |
The serialisation of Tin Tin Au pays Soviets commenced in the 10th January 1929 edition of Le Petit Vingtième. It depicted Tin Tin saying his farewells as he departed on his journey to Russia promising to send postcards vodka and caviar. Milou's (Snowy's) first words are to voice concerns of fleas in their carriage.
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| 10th January 1929 Tin Tin Au pays Soviets first serialisation |
Tin Tin Au pays Soviets was serialised from 10th January 1929 to 8th May 1930.
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| 9th September 1929 Serialisation of Tin Tin au Pays du Soviets |
During the serialisation Tin Tin appeared on the cover of Le Petit Vingtième for the first time on February 13, 1930. It depicted Tin Tin carving a tree trunk into a make-shift propeller for his plane, watched by Snowy.
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| 13th February 1930 First Le Petit Vingtième First Tin Tin cover |
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| 13th February 1930 First Le Petit Vingtième First Tin Tin cover |
The first Tin Tin album was announced in Le Petit Vingtième 12th June 1930. It would be a limited edition of 500 copies autographed by Tin Tin and Milou.
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| 12th June 1930 Le Petit Vingtième announce first Album |
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| June 1930 Tin Tin Au pay Soviets |
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| Tin Tin and Milou Autograph |
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| 1930 Tin Tin and Milou |
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| 1930's Tin Tin and Milou |
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| 1931 Hergé |
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| 1931 Hergé Self portrait |
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| 1935 November |
Tin Tins Adventures serialised in Le Petit Vigntieme 1929 to 1939.
- Tintin at the Soviets: from January 10, 1929 to May 8, 1930
- Tintin in the Congo: from June 5, 1930 to June 19, 1931
- Tintin in America: from September 3, 1931 to October 20, 1932
- Cigars of the Pharaoh: from December 8, 1932 to February 8, 1934
- The Blue Lotus: from 9 August 1934 to 17 October 1935
- The Broken Ear: from December 5, 1935 to February 23, 1937
- The Black Island: from April 15, 1937 to June 16, 1938
- King Ottokar's Sceptre: from August 4, 1938 to August 10, 1939
On the 10th May 1940 Hitler invaded Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. Hergé together with his family and tens of thousands of refugees fled Belgium for France. The serialisation of Black Gold (l'Or Noir) which had started on 26 September 1939 was left unfinished, the 9th May 1940 edition of Le Petit Vigntieme being the last episode published.
The German Army occupied Belgium and took control of the press.
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| German Army occupy Brussels 1940 |
Hergé returned in June to find that Le Petit Vingtième was shut down by the occupying Germans. Hergé was able to find employment with Belgium's largest daily newspaper Le Soir. There he was involved with the creation of a children's supplement, Soir-Jeunesse. Hergé was therefore able continue the serialisation of Tin Tin's adventures within Soir-Jeunesse, the first edition being published 17th October 1940.
Tin Tin was published in Soir-Jeunesse from 17th October 1940 to 23rd September 1941.
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| 17th October 1940 Soir-Jeunesse |
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| 22nd May1941 Le Soir Jeunesse |
War time shortages of paper resulted in Soir-Jeunesse being discontinued and the final edition was published on 23rd September 1941. The serialisation of Tin Tin continued in the main Le Soir newspaper and continued throughout the war.
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| 1941 - Le Soir Les Aventures de Tin Tin et Milou |
The seafaring alcoholic Captain Haddock first appeared in the serialisation of The Crab with the Golden Claws (Le Crabe aux Pinces d'Or), which was published in 1940 / 1941.
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| 1942 - Le Soir 19th June |
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| 1942 - Le Soir 19th June |
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| 1942 - Le Soir 19th June |
In December 1942 The first ever album in colour was printed, L'Etoile Mysterieuse (The Shooting Star).
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| December 1942 L'Etoile Mysterieuse first ever colour album |
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| Le Soir-28 Oct 1943 |
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| Le Soir-28 Oct 1943 |
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| 1943 Battle scene Secret of the Unicorn |
In September 1944, Brussels was liberated.
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| 1944 - September - Liberation |
Tin Tins Adventures serialised in Le Soir-Jeunesse and Le Soir 1940 to 1944
- The Crab with the Golden Claws: October 17, 1940 - October 18, 1941
- The Shooting Star: June October 20, 1941 - May 21, 1942
- The Secret of the Unicorn: June 11, 1942 - January 14, 1943
- Red Rackham's Treasure: 19 February 1943 - 23 September 1943
- The Seven Crystal Balls: 16 December 1943 - 3 September 1944
The Le Soir newspaper was deemed to have collaborated with the Nazis during the occupation. The staff of Le Soir, including Hergé, were sacked and the paper placed under Allied control. Hergé was later exonerated, however ne was left unemployed.
In 1946 Raymond Leblanc and his business partner André Sinave founded a publishing company, Les Éditions du Lombard. Their plan was to create an illustrated youth magazine. They persuaded Hergé to join them in publishing a magazine with Tin Tin as the core offering.
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| Les Editions du Lombard |
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| Le Journal Tin Tin |
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| 26 September 1946 Le Journal Tin Tin |
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| 26 September 1946 Le Journal Tin Tin Le Temple de Soleil |
A French version of Le Journal Tin Tin was published from 1948.
In 1950 Hergé set up his own company, Studios Hergé were created in 1950 to produce the Tin Tin Albums.
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| 1950 Studio Hergé |
From the 19 October 1950 edition the magazine would be subtitled Le Journal des Jeunes De 7 a 77 ans (The Magazine for the Youth from 7 to 77.
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| 19 October 1950 Le journal Tin Tin Le journal des jeunes de 7 à 77 ans |
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| 26 September 1946 Le Journal Tin Tin 5th Anniversary |
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| Le Journal Tin Tin 5th Anniversary Tin Tin ans Milou game |
A new logo was published from the 4th February 1953 edition.
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| 2nd July 1953 Le Journal Tin Tin |
In 1953 Studios Hergé produced their first Album, Destination Moon (Objectif Lune).
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| 1953 Objectif Lune |
| 1953 Destination Moon |
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| 1955 Studios Hergé' |
An animated television series was produced by by Belvision Studios and aired between 1957 and 1964.
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| 1957 to 1964 Belevision TV series |
The first two adventures, King Ottokar's Sceptre (1957) and the Broken Ear (1959) were produced in black and white.
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| 1957 to 1959 Balck and White animations Hergé''s Adventures of Tin Tin |
Coloured animations were produced for the rest of the series. They featured Objective Moon ( a combination of Destination Moon and Explorers on the Moon), The Crab with the Golden Claws, The Secret of the Unicorn, Red Rackham's Treasure, The Shooting Star, The Black Island, and the The Calculus Affair.
The coloured series was dubbed in English and shown on the BBC TV in 1962 and screened at various times till 1968.
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| 1960 to 1964 Colour animations Hergé''s Adventures of Tin Tin |
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| 1960 to 1964 Colour animations Hergé''s Adventures of Tin Tin |
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| 1960 to 1964 Colour animations Hergé''s Adventures of Tin Tin |
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| 1966 20th Anniversary Tin Tin Magazine |
In 1969 Belgium television company produced an animated adventure film Tintin et le temple du soleil (Tintin and the Temple of the Sun). It was an adaption of two of Tin Tin's adventures The Seven Crystal Balls and Prisoners of the Sun.
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| 1969 Tintin et le temple du soleil |
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| Hergé New York 1971 |
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| Tin Tin New York |
A second animated adventure film produced by Belevision was produced in 1972 Tintin et le lac aux requins (Tintin and the Lake of Sharks).
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| 1972 Tintin et le lac aux requins |
The last of Tin Tin's adventures was Tin Tin and the Picaros (Tin Tin et les Picaros) which was published in 1976.
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| 1976 Tin Tin at les Picaros |
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| 1976 Tin Tin at les Picaros |
Tin Tins Adventures serialised in Le Journal Tin Tin 1946 to 1976.
- Prisoners of the Sun: September 26, 1946 - April 22, 1948
- Land of Black Gold: September 16, 1948 - February 23, 1950
- Destination Moon: March 30, 1950 - October 22, 1952
- Explorers on the Moon: October 29, 1952 – 29 December 1953
- The Calculus Affair: December 22, 1954 - February 22, 1956
- The Red Sea Sharks: October 31, 1956 - January 1, 1958
- Tintin in Tibet: September 17, 1958 - November 25, 1959
- The Castafiore Emerald: July 4, 1961 - September 4, 1962
- Flight 714: September 27 1966 – November 28, 1967
- Tintin and the Picaros: September 16, 1975 - April 13, 1976
In 1979 Le Journal Tin Tin commemorated the 50th Anniversary of Tin Tin et Milou.
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| 1979 Tin Tin Magazine 50th Anniversary of Tin Tin |
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| 1979 letter from 50th Anniversary of Tin Tin Hergé' |
Georges Prosper Remi, Hergé, passed away on 3rd March 1983. He left his 24th book Tintin et l' Alph-Art (Tintin and Alph-Art).
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| 1983 Hergé passes away |
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| Tin Tin drawing Hergé |
Hergé's original notes and drawings of Tintin et l' Alph-Art were collected and completed by other cartoonists at Studio Hergé. It was published in 1986.
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| Hergé's final Tin Tin drawing |
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| 1986 Tintin et l' Alph-Art |
In November 1988 the final Tin Tin magazine was published.
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| 1946-1988 Le Journal Tin Tin |
