Last year, a drawing of young cartoon reporter Tintin carving a propeller from a tree trunk sold for $1.1m with Dallas-based Heritage Auctions. It was special because it was the original artwork ...

Known around the world for his blond quiff and daring adventures, Belgian comic book hero Tintin is setting the art world astir with an original illustration that could set a new record at auction.

Says biographer Harry Thompson, The Adventures of Tintin was now transformed into an assembly line – “the artwork passing from person to person, with everyone knowing their part, like an artistic ...

Tintin was created by Belgian cartoonist Hergé ... character however they please and even make their own products and artwork. New books, films and music enter the U.S. public domain at the ...