Lettre tapuscrite signée

Hergé replies to him, probably after several months’ wait, since the young boy had written to Hergé “on the day you went back to school.” In addition to a note concerning the reissue of L’Île Noire, Hergé answers a question of some importance: “Is Tintin a family name or a first name? Well, neither. A character like Tintin has no family, and therefore no surname; nor does he have a first name, like Christian or like Georges (which is mine); Tintin is not a name like any other, it is a hero’s name.”