As Charles Bremner reports, you’re looking at 764,200 euros (1.22 million dollars) here. That’s what this illustration in indian ink and gouache, was worth according to an anonymous French collector at a Paris auction last week. The total auction (653 comics-related items) made a good 3.4 million euros. Ils sont fous, les bédéphiles…
The Metabunker has collected the drawings that several Danish cartoonists made to celebrate Hergé’s 100th birthday. Those who are familiar with my hangups and dada’s, know that I’m very fond of Tintin in Tibet. That is why I liked Jan Solheim’s contribution, above, best. Go to the Metabunker site for a much larger version, and for the other artists’ work.
It seems like Belgium is preparing for a glut of Tintin-related stuff, what it being Tintin creator Hergé’s 100th birthday. Today, the weekly Knack published a special edition about Tintin, complete with an exclusive stamp from the sheet that has been announced for later this month.
Earlier, the country’s cartoonists have been making some noise as well. Here are two examples : Kim (from De Morgen, above, trying to visualize what a Tintin movie by Steven Spielberg would entail) and Karl (from Trends-Tendances, below.)
More, undoubtedly, as it happens…
