HERGE - Tintin on the moon - Signed letter
HERGE - Tintin on the moon - Signed letter
Typed letter signed to Claude Le Gallo. (Brussels) June 5, 1971; 1 page 1/2 in-4° (stapled) on Studios Hergé letterhead.Superb letter in which Hergé answers a questionnaire sent by Claude Le Gallo on what was the source of the inspiration and the realization of the mythical album of Tintin on the Moon: "(...) I no longer remember exactly the reasons which led me to take Tintin to the Moon. I think I did it, quite simply, because I wanted to. - At that time, yes, the conquest of space still seemed very distant to me. Wasn't that the general feeling? - The specialists whose works inspired me, and whom I, moreover, personally consulted were Alexandre Ananoff (Astronautics) and Bernard Heuvelmans (Man Among the Stars). Let's add Pierre Rousseau's book: Our friend the Moon and various magazine articles. - The realization of the models lasted a few months. It didn't seem to me that the model maker, who was a professional, encountered any particular difficulties. His work, moreover, was controlled by myself according to the precious precise data of Alexandre Ananoff. - No, it is not the importance of the research that motivated the interruption of the publication in the journal. - In general, I don't really like science fiction. What I like is the fantastic (whether scientific or not) and it enchants me insofar as I believe in the story being told. An author that I like, for example: Bradbury. - What I felt during the conquest of the Moon? A great astonishment at the extraordinary speed - (less than twenty years) - with which we had passed from the realm of imagination to reality (…)”
The Hergé Studios were created on April 6, 1950 to meet the demand for an ambitious project to send Tintin and his friends to the moon. It is a colossal task which requires amassing a number of documents. When the two albums are released: “Objectif lune” in 1953 and “We walked on the moon” in 1954, Hergé transfers his studios to Avenue Louise in Brussels.
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