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 Hergé 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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