Clodagh Kinsella Belgium is the birthplace of many legendary comic characters, including Tintin and the Smurfs ... the city pays tribute to the comic art in the form of a dedicated museum.

US copyright law expires after 95 years for books, films and other works of art, while sound recordings ... as the comic character Tintin, who made his debut in a Belgian newspaper in 1929 ...

Tintin the nonagenarian: 90 years ago on Thursday, the character was published for the first time in a Belgian newspaper. And though strongly associated with Brussels, the globe-trotting reporter ...

Tintin In The Congo by Belgian comic strip artist Herge, the second volume of The Adventures Of Tintin, was first published in 1931. The Belgian Congo - comprising most of present-day Republic of ...