Table of Contents
Introduction xi
Part I Georges Rem I (1907-I927)
1 White 3
2 Gray 5
3 Black 16
Part II Le Petit VingtièMe (1927-1934)
4 The Doorway to Le Vingtième Siècle 27
5 The Birth of Tintin 34
6 A Young Man on the Page 42
7 The Conqueror 52
8 Under the Sign of Kih-Oskh 62
Part III Chinese Ink (1934-I940)
9 Another World 73
10 Learning the Story 82
11 Counterfeit Money 89
12 History on the Spot 97
13 The West, Always the West 102
Part IV Spoils Of War (1940-1944)
14 The Street-Singer's Career 111
15 Here We Are, Captain! 120
16 An Unlucky Star 128
17 The Color War 136
18 This Castle Is No Longer for Sale 143
19 Anxieties 149
Part V Intermittences (1944-1953)
20 The Hangover 159
21 The Launch of Tintin 171
22 The Forty-Year Alarm 178
23 The Terrible Year 190
24 Hergé Has Disappeared! 209
25 Asking for the Moon 218
26 A Black Hole 226
27 Chills 233
Part VI The Boss (1953-1959)
28 The Middle Years 247
29 Fanny 260
30 "International Tintin" 264
31 The Demon of Purity 269
Part VII Monsieur Herge (1960-1983)
32 The Final Bouquet 285
33 The Studio Trap 291
34 Another Life 300
35 Building the Myth 306
36 A Time of Pretenses 322
37 The Alpha and the Omega 326
Epilogue: An Impossible Legacy 335
Appendix: Character Names in French and English 341
Notes 343
Bibliography 577
Index of Names 385
Index of Works by Herge 392