Hergé

Herge is the pen name of Georges Prosper Remi was born in Belgium in 1907. He started his career as a cartoonist by submitting illustrations to newspapers. In 1926 he created his first comic series called Tintin. It revolved around a boy reporter Tintin and his dog Snowy. Soon the series was printed in book form. His series of illustrations were being published even when Belgium was under Nazi occupation. For this, he often faced charges of being a Nazi collaborator. In 1946 he established Tintin magazine and serialised adventures of Tintin in it. His beautiful drawings in Tintin have ensured immortality to him. The series is acknowledged as the best Cartoon series ever.