Saturday, 31 January 2004

Belgium cashes in on Tintin's 75th birthday



© E. Galesne, engraver Luc Luycx


BRUSSELS: Tintin marks his 75th anniversary today, another milestone in a breathless career that has taken the ageless boy reporter all over the world in his comic adventures and generated a legion of fans in dozens of languages.


“The comic books of HergĂ© have conferred the highest nobility on Belgian art,” Belgian Finance Minister Didier Reynders said yesterday at the minting of a silver 10 Euro coin ($16.50) depicting Tintin and Snowy, released on January 4 2004.


AFP





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