Saturday, June 20, 2015

Publisher Strips Hergé's Heirs of Millions of Dollars in Rights to Tintin Drawings

, ArtNet News, 

Tintin and his dog, Snowy.
Tintin and his dog, Snowy.

The heirs of Hergé, the creator of the popular Tintin comics, were dealt a crushing blow in Dutch court this week. In a shocking decision, the court ruled that they do not have the rights to the iconic boy reporter character.
The ruling hinged on the unexpected production of a long-lost 1942 document in which Hergé, whose real name was Georges Remi, transferred the Tintin rights to his publisher, Casterman.

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