Raymond Leblanc
| Raymond Leblanc | |
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| Born |
22 May 1915 Neufchâteau, Belgium |
| Died | 21 March 2008 (aged 92) Brussels |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Area(s) | publisher, producer |
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Notable works
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The Adventures of Tintin and many others |
| Awards | Alph-Art d'Honneur prize (2003) |
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Raymond Leblanc (born May 22, 1915, in Neufchâteau, Belgium – died March 21, 2008, in Brussels) was a Belgian comic book publisher and film producer, best known for publishing works such as The Adventures of Tintin by Hergé and Blake and Mortimer by Edgar P. Jacobs. He debuted, published, and promoted many of the most famous Franco-Belgian comics. Leblanc and his two partners created Le Lombard publishing, Tintin magazine, PubliArt advertising agency, and Belvision Studios.
Raymond Leblanc was a resistance fighter during the Second World War in the Mouvement National Royaliste (MNR) group. When the war ended in 1944, Leblanc set up new offices at 55 rue du Lombard, establishing his publishing house Le Lombard. Years later after Leblanc's retirement, he detailed in an interview the beginnings of the Tintin legacy. On the subject of creating a new magazine for young people, he said, "We thought this was an interesting idea, and started looking for a name. We ended up eventually with Tintin, Hergé’s comic book hero. Literally everyone knew that character at that moment. The question however was, where was Hergé?"
The Adventures of Tintin creator Hergé, in fact all at the collaborationist newspaper Le Soir, were out of a job and even denied the right to work. Leblanc arranged a meeting with Hergé, understood his dilemma, and saw an opportunity. He offered to clear his name and, that settled, offered him a new publishing venue for The Adventures of Tintin: the opportunity to continue to serialise his title in Leblanc's new weekly 12-page, comics journal, Le journal de Tintin (Tintin magazine), the first project of Le Lombard. Hergé accepted, and in 1946, Belgian comics fans were treated, not only to the return of Tintin, but to the debut of many new Franco-Belgian comics on a weekly basis, some appearing in Hergé's signature ligne claire style.
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