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Georges Prosper Remi ( 22 May 1907  3 ___MASK64___ 1983 ), known by the pen name Hergé , was a Belgian cartoonist . He is best known for creating " The Adventures of Tintin ", the series of comic albums which are considered one of the ___MASK1___ popular European comics of the 20th century . He was also responsible for two other well - known series , " Quick & Flupke " ( 1930  40 ) and " The Adventures of Jo , Zette and Jocko " ( 1936  57 ). His works were executed in his distinct " ligne claire " drawing style . A pen name (" nom de plume ", or " literary double ") is a pseudonym ( or , in some cases , a variant form of a real name ) adopted by an author and printed on the title ___MASK49___ or by - line of his or her works in place of their " real " name . A pen name may be used to make the author ' s name more distinctive , to disguise his or her gender , to distance an author from some or all of his or her previous works , to protect the author from retribution for his or her writings , to combine more than one author into a single author , or for any of a number of reasons related to the marketing or aesthetic presentation of the work . The author ' s name may be known only to the publisher , or may come to be common knowledge . Blake and Mortimer is a Belgian comics series created by the Belgian writer and comics artist Edgar P . Jacobs . It was one of the first series to appear in the Franco - Belgian comics magazine " Tintin " in 1946 , and was subsequently published in book form by Les Editions du Lombard . Edgard Félix Pierre Jacobs ( 30 ___MASK64___ 1904  20 February 1987 ), better known under his pen name Edgar P . Jacobs , was a Belgian comic book creator ( writer and artist ), born in ___MASK33___ , Belgium . He was one of the founding fathers of the European comics movement , through his collaborations with Hergé and the graphic novel series that made him famous , " Blake and Mortimer ". The Adventures of Tintin is a series of 24 comic albums created by Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi , who wrote under the pen name Hergé . The series was one of the ___MASK1___ popular European comics of the 20th century . By 2007 , a century after Hergé ' s birth in 1907 , " Tintin " had been published in more than 70 languages with sales of more than 200 million copies . Bob de Moor is the pen name of Robert Frans Marie De Moor ( 20 December 1925 -- 26 August 1992 ) , a Belgian comics creator . Chiefly noted as an artist , he is considered an early master of the Ligne claire style . He wrote and drew several comics series on his own , but also collaborated with Hergé on several volumes of The Adventures of Tintin . He completed the unfinished story Professor Sató ' s Three Formulae , Volume 2 : Mortimer vs . Mortimer of the Blake and Mortimer series , after the death of the author Edgar P . Jacobs . ___MASK33___ , officially the ___MASK33___ - Capital Region , is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities , including the City of ___MASK33___ which is the capital of Belgium . The ___MASK33___ - Capital Region is a part of both the French Community of Belgium and the Flemish Community , but is separate from the region of Flanders ( in which it forms an enclave ) or Wallonia . The region has a population of 1 . 2 million and a metropolitan area with a population of over 1 . 8 million , the largest in Belgium . The Adventures of Jo , Zette and Jocko is a Franco - Belgian comics series created by Hergé , the writer - artist ___MASK61___ known for " The Adventures of Tintin ". The heroes of the series are two young children , brother and sister Jo and Zette Legrand and their pet chimpanzee Jocko . Ligne claire ( French for " clear line ") is a style of drawing pioneered by Hergé , the Belgian creator of " The Adventures of Tintin ". It uses clear strong lines all of the same width and no hatching , while contrast is downplayed as well . Cast shadows are often illuminate . Additionally , the style often features strong colours and a combination of cartoonish characters against a realistic background . All these elements together can result in giving strips drawn this way a flat aspect . The name was coined by Joost Swarte in 1977 . Belgian comics are a distinct subgroup in the comics history , and played a major role in the development of European comics , alongside ___MASK26___ with whom they share a long common history . While the comics in the two major language groups and regions of Belgium ( Flanders with the Dutch language and Wallonia with French ) each have clearly distinct characteristics , they are constantly influencing one another , and meeting each other in ___MASK33___ and in the bilingual publication tradition of the major editors . As one of the few arts where Belgium has had an international and enduring impact in the 20th century , comics are known to be " an integral part of Belgian culture ". Joost Swarte ( born 24 December 1947 in ___MASK71___ ) is a Dutch cartoonist and graphic designer . He is best known for his ligne claire or " clear line " style of drawing , and in fact coined the term .