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Comments about '''Hergé and ideology'''.

[[Herge|Hergé]] started making the comic strip series [[Tintin]] in 1929 for the children's section of the [[Belgium|Belgian]] newspaper [[Le Vingtieme Siecle]], aligned with the [[Rexism|Rexist]] right-wing movement. He continued on other media until his death in 1983. 

As a young artist Hergé was influenced by his mentors, specifically the [[Abbé Wallez]]. This shows in his most important works, the Tintin series. As the artist develops ideologically, so does the series.

=== First albums === 

Tintin first albums, written and drawn during the [[1920s]], were anti-[[Soviet Union|Soviet]], pro-[[colonialism|colonialist]], and anti-[[USA|American]]. This is obvious from the first three albums, which mock the Soviets, the indigenous people of [[Belgian Congo]] and the white inhabitants of the US respectively. Hergé was young, Belgian and [[Catholic church|cCatholic]] and published in a cCatholic newspaper. He was naïve and under influence ''(of ???)'' and his comics were reflecting the dominant ideology in Belgium at that time.

=== Turn-around with ''The Blue Lotus'' ===

Things began to change with ''[[The Blue Lotus]]'' (his encouter with [[Tchang Tchong-Jen]] may have changed his mind): his vision of China is more subtle and the album can be read as anti-[[imperialism|imperialist]]. ''(Some more about the political row this album caused)''

=== The Second World War ===

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*''The Red Sea Sharks'' is of course a statement against the modern day [[slave trade]], although it is not clear if it is ideological in nature.