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

[[Herge|Hergé]] as a young artist 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.

Hergé started drawing Tintin in the 1929 for the children's section of the [[Belgium|Belgian]] newspaper [[Le Vingtieme Siecle]], aligned with the [[Rexism]] 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.
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=== 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|catholic]] and published in a catholic newspaper. He was naïve and under influence ''(of ???)'' and hi(contracted; show full)
*''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.