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Herge (Georges Prosper Remi)

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The Resume

    (May 22, 1907-March 3, 1983)
    Born in Etterbeek (Brussels), Belgium
    Creator of Tintin (1929)
    Inducted into the Comic Book Hall of Fame (2003)

Why he might be annoying:

    A 1989 novel by a ‘Jack Daniels’ – imitating the Tintin style and featuring several characters – managed to avoid a copyright infringement lawsuit by his estate.
    All of his primary schooling occurred during the first World War.
    His Boy Scout nickname was Renard Curieux (curious fox).
    His weekly blood transfusions left him with a human immunodeficiency virus that ultimately sped up his death.
    He died while working on the 24th Tintin feature. (It was subsequently turned into a collection of notes.)

Why he might not be annoying:

    A young Chinese student inspired him to research and document his material rather than continue improvising.
    Rather than give up cartooning, as his psychologist advised, he created a Tibetan adventure that was a marked departure from the large-scale cast in past Tintin books.
    He managed to go some 45 years before divorcing.
    He refused to let any other artist handle his work, leading to his conjointe transforming his studio into a foundation (1987).
    Andy Warhol listed him as an inspiration — and was subsequently personally commissioned to do portraits of him.
    His portrait was featured on a commemorative 20-euro coin (2007).

Credit: Cool It All Right?


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 8 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 17 Votes: 64.71% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 16 Votes: 31.25% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 9 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 18 Votes: 72.22% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 27 Votes: 44.44% Annoying