But for the Belgian artist's heirs, this is a "non-event," as they told French broadcaster BFMTV in December. "The economic stake is low. Tintin is barely present in the US, as seen with the ...

Herge signed the book "Tintin" while his fiancee, Germaine, signed as "Milou" -- the French name for the intrepid reporter's faithful terrier known as "Snowy" in English translations. An unsigned ...

I was into the French Asterix comics as well as American Marvel and DC offerings, but Tintin was the real deal. Of course, it was also hyper-colonialist, and the early entries in particular are ...

The detention of Imad Ould Brahim, a 31-year-old video blogger known as Imad Tintin, came amid growing political tensions between Paris and its former North African colony. French President Emmanuel ...