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HERGE: (1907-1983) ‘…..under the apparent coolness of the finished drawings, there is a long research for the right line’ - HERGE: (1907-1983) Georges Prosper Remi. Belgian cartoonist, creator of The Adventures of Tintin. T.L.S., Herge , one page, 4to, Brussels, 19 th September 1974, to Alan Lichter at the University of Kansas, on the attractive printed stationery of Studios Herge and featuring an image of Tintin and Snowy. Herge thanks his correspondent for their kind opinion of his work, remarking ‘I’m grateful for what you’re doing to make your pupils share it’ and further writing ‘Of course, I’ll be happy to get from time to time news from you and to follow, from far away, the progresses of your course’ before concluding ‘Under separate cover, I send you some sketches (aren’t they called “roughs”?): they show that, under the apparent coolness of the finished drawings, there is a long research for the right line’ . About EX Alan Lichter (1931-2013) American Professor of English, Children’s Literature and Poetry Writing at the University of Kansas.