Totor
Totor is a Franco-Belgian comic character and comic series ( French also: Les Aventures de Totor, CP des Hannetons ), which was invented by Hergé in 1926 . It was his first comic series, the beginning of Hergé's career as a comic artist.
Publications
A total of 26 pages designed by Hergé appeared from July 1926 to July 1929 in the monthly magazine Le Boy-Scout Belge , a magazine for scouts. After that, Hergé gave up his series because of the beginning of work on Tim in the land of the Soviets . But there were other episodes from February to July 1930 by the draftsman Eugène Van Nijverseel, who worked under the pseudonym Evany.
The 26 episodes of Hergé were first published in book form in 1973 by Casterman , together with Tim in the land of the Soviets and the original versions by Tim in the Congo and Tim in America . In German they were published in 1977 by Carlsen Comics, first in the single volume Aus Hergés Archiv , then in 1999 in Volume 1 of the Hergé Werkausgabe , both times together with Tim in the land of the Soviets .
Contents of the episodes by Hergé
The story tells of the boy scout Totor, leader of a clan named after the cockchafer ( Hannetons ) . On a trip to the USA to visit his uncle and aunt, he experiences various adventures. He catches a wanted criminal, is kidnapped by Indians and has to escape from them, finds treasure and meets a trapper who brings him close to his goal. Once there, he has to find out that his aunt has been kidnapped. He wants to save her with the treasure, but has to face the Indians again. Back home, he tells his friends about his many adventures.
Classification in the Hergés work
Totor is heavily influenced by the silent films of the time, particularly American westerns and comedies. So much is slapstick -Humor in the series whose episodes often in moments of tension in the style of that serial end. The title tableaus also usually play with texts such as: "United Rovers shows the great film comedy" on them.
The comic is still largely without speech bubbles, the text is below the images. According to Paul Gravett , the frequent use of puns and the “crisp composition” also reveal influences from Christophe's works . Hergé was still experimenting a lot stylistically at this time, but Totor had significant influences on his later works such as Tim and Struppi .
literature
- Benoît Peeters : Hergé, fils de Tintin , pp. 59–61. Paris, Flammarion, coll. "Champs", 2006 ISBN 978-2-08-080173-9 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hergé at Lambiek
- ↑ Peeters, 2006, p. 59
- ↑ a b c Benoît Peeters: A forerunner of Tim in: Hergé Werkausgabe , Volume 1, Page 6, Carlsen Verlag, Hamburg, 1999, ISBN 3-551-74241-3
- ^ Paul Gravett: Hergé & The Clear Line: Part 1