A place of pilgrimage for comic book fans: the bust of Hergé, creator of Tintin, stands in Rue Hergé, named after him, on Place Marengo, Angoulême, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. Art honours art in the city. Hergé was the pseudonym of the Belgian comic book artist Georges Prosper Remi. It derives from the French pronunciation of his reversed initials "RG" (for Remi Georges). Under this name he created the famous comic series "Tintin". Hergé is considered the founder of the "Ligne claire" style, which uses clear contours without shading and simple fields of colour. His work has had a significant i