History Trivia / TintinTintinAndAlphArt

* CreatorBreakdown: Creator/{{Herge}} wrote ''[[Recap/TintinTintinInTibet Tintin in Tibet]]'' largely as a sort of therapy, to resolve the emotional issues he had following his divorce from Germaine Kieckens and the distressing dreams he'd been having that involved vast white landscapes. It is widely considered to be his masterpiece. However, it caused Hergé to undergo ''another'' Creator Breakdown -- after the book was released, he decided that there was no way he would ever write such a good Tintin story again, and effectively gave up trying to do so. The remaining three Tintin stories were released at a far slower rate than the previous ones, and took the form of experimental character pieces which did radically different things with the premise and characters Hergé had been writing over the previous decades. ("The Castafiore Emerald" is a mystery ultimately revealed to be nothing, "Flight 714" is almost a parody of the "classic" Tintin adventure mode, and "Picaros" is a surprisingly bitter and political story where Tintin is tired of adventuring.) The notes to ''Tintin and Alph-Art'' hint at Hergé having worked out how to combine an old-fashioned adventure storyline with his new, more experimental approach, but we'll never know since he sadly DiedDuringProduction.
* DiedDuringProduction: Hergé died partway through his work on Tintin and Alph-Art; the unfinished draft has been published as part of the regular series of Tintin albums.

* CreatorBreakdown: Creator/{{Herge}} wrote ''[[Recap/TintinTintinInTibet Tintin in Tibet]]'' largely as a sort of therapy, to resolve the emotional issues he had following his divorce and the distressing dreams he'd been having that involved vast white landscapes. It is widely considered to be his masterpiece. However, it caused Hergé to undergo ''another'' Creator Breakdown -- after the book was released, he decided that there was no way he would ever write such a good Tintin story again, and effectively gave up trying to do so. The remaining three Tintin stories were released at a far slower rate than the previous ones, and took the form of experimental character pieces which did radically different things with the premise and characters Hergé had been writing over the previous decades. ("The Castafiore Emerald" is a mystery ultimately revealed to be nothing, "Flight 714" is almost a parody of the "classic" Tintin adventure mode, and "Picaros" is a surprisingly bitter and political story where Tintin is tired of adventuring.) The notes to ''Tintin and Alph-Art'' hint at Hergé having worked out how to combine an old-fashioned adventure storyline with his new, more experimental approach, but we'll never know since he sadly DiedDuringProduction.

* CreatorBreakdown: Creator/{{Herge}} wrote ''[[Recap/TintinTintinInTibet Tintin in Tibet]]'' largely as a sort of therapy, to resolve the emotional issues he had following his divorce and the distressing dreams he'd been having that involved vast white landscapes. It is widely considered to be his masterpiece. However, it caused Hergé to undergo ''another'' Creator Breakdown -- after the book was released, he decided that there was no way he would ever write such a good Tintin story again, and effectively gave up trying to do so. The remaining three Tintin stories were released at a far slower rate than the previous ones, and took the form of experimental character pieces which tended to mock the characters Hergé had been writing over the previous decades. ''Tintin and Alph-Art'' might have seen a return to the more traditional storyline, but we'll never know since Hergé sadly suffered from DiedDuringProduction with the story only half-finished.

* CreatorBreakdown: Creator/{{Herge}} wrote ''[[Recap/TintinTintinInTibet Tintin in Tibet]]'' largely as a sort of therapy, to resolve the emotional issues he had following his divorce and the distressing dreams he'd been having that involved vast white landscapes. It is widely considered to be his masterpiece. However, it caused Hergé to undergo ''another'' Creator Breakdown -- after the book was released, he decided that there was no way he would ever write such a good Tintin story again, and effectively gave up trying to do so. The remaining three Tintin stories were released at a far slower rate than the previous ones, and took the form of experimental character pieces which tended to mock the characters Hergé had been writing over the previous decades. ''Tintin and Alph-Art'' might have seen a return to the more traditional storyline, but we'll never know since Hergé sadly suffered AuthorExistenceFailure with the story only half-finished.

* UnfinishedEpisode: The album was never finished by Hergé.

* CreatorBreakdown: Hergé wrote ''[[Recap/TintinTintinInTibet Tintin in Tibet]]'' largely as a sort of therapy, to resolve the emotional issues he had following his divorce and the distressing dreams he'd been having that involved vast white landscapes. It is widely considered to be his masterpiece. However, it caused Hergé to undergo ''another'' Creator Breakdown -- after the book was released, he decided that there was no way he would ever write such a good Tintin story again, and effectively gave up trying to do so. The remaining three Tintin stories were released at a far slower rate than the previous ones, and took the form of experimental character pieces which tended to mock the characters Hergé had been writing over the previous decades. ''Tintin and Alph-Art'' might have seen a return to the more traditional storyline, but we'll never know since Hergé sadly suffered AuthorExistenceFailure with the story only half-finished.

* AuthorExistenceFailure: Hergé died partway through his work on Tintin and Alph-Art; the unfinished draft has been published as part of the regular series of Tintin albums.
* [[CreatorBreakdown/ComicBooks Creator Breakdown]]: Hergé wrote ''[[Recap/TintinTintinInTibet Tintin in Tibet]]'' largely as a sort of therapy, to resolve the emotional issues he had following his divorce and the distressing dreams he'd been having that involved vast white landscapes. It is widely considered to be his masterpiece. However, it caused Hergé to undergo ''another'' Creator Breakdown -- after the book was released, he decided that there was no way he would ever write such a good Tintin story again, and effectively gave up trying to do so. The remaining three Tintin stories were released at a far slower rate than the previous ones, and took the form of experimental character pieces which tended to mock the characters Hergé had been writing over the previous decades. ''Tintin and Alph-Art'' might have seen a return to the more traditional storyline, but we'll never know since Hergé sadly suffered AuthorExistenceFailure with the story only half-finished.

** [[FanFic/TintinAndAlphArtYvesRodier The third version]], by Yves Rodier, is the most well-known edition and nearly became AscendedFanon, though this ultimately fell apart due to legal issues. This version is treated as a GrandFinale to the whole series, with Rastapopoulos appearing again -- though in this version Allan only appears in a one-page cameo, having pulled a ScrewThisImOuttaHere -- and finally meeting his end at the story's climax.

* [[CreatorBreakdown/ComicBooks Creator Breakdown]]: Hergé wrote ''Recap/TintinTintinInTibet'' largely as a sort of therapy, to resolve the emotional issues he had following his divorce and the distressing dreams he'd been having that involved vast white landscapes. It is widely considered to be his masterpiece. However, it caused Hergé to undergo ''another'' Creator Breakdown -- after the book was released, he decided that there was no way he would ever write such a good Tintin story again, and effectively gave up trying to do so. The remaining three Tintin stories were released at a far slower rate than the previous ones, and took the form of experimental character pieces which tended to mock the characters Hergé had been writing over the previous decades. ''Tintin and Alph-Art'' might have seen a return to the more traditional storyline, but we'll never know since Hergé sadly suffered AuthorExistenceFailure with the story only half-finished.

* [[CreatorBreakdown/ComicBooks Creator Breakdown]]: Hergé wrote ''Recap/TintinInTibet'' largely as a sort of therapy, to resolve the emotional issues he had following his divorce and the distressing dreams he'd been having that involved vast white landscapes. It is widely considered to be his masterpiece. However, it caused Hergé to undergo ''another'' Creator Breakdown -- after the book was released, he decided that there was no way he would ever write such a good Tintin story again, and effectively gave up trying to do so. The remaining three Tintin stories were released at a far slower rate than the previous ones, and took the form of experimental character pieces which tended to mock the characters Hergé had been writing over the previous decades. ''Tintin and Alph-Art'' might have seen a return to the more traditional storyline, but we'll never know since Hergé sadly suffered AuthorExistenceFailure with the story only half-finished.

* [[CreatorBreakdown/ComicBooks Creator Breakdown]]: Hergé wrote ''Recap/TintinTintinInTibet'' largely as a sort of therapy, to resolve the emotional issues he had following his divorce and the distressing dreams he'd been having that involved vast white landscapes. It is widely considered to be his masterpiece. However, it caused Hergé to undergo ''another'' Creator Breakdown -- after the book was released, he decided that there was no way he would ever write such a good Tintin story again, and effectively gave up trying to do so. The remaining three Tintin stories were released at a far slower rate than the previous ones, and took the form of experimental character pieces which tended to mock the characters Hergé had been writing over the previous decades. ''Tintin and Alph-Art'' might have seen a return to the more traditional storyline, but we'll never know since Hergé sadly suffered AuthorExistenceFailure with the story only half-finished.

** The third version, by Yves Rodier, is the most well-known edition and nearly became AscendedFanon, though this ultimately fell apart due to legal issues. This version is treated as a GrandFinale to the whole series, with Rastapopoulos appearing again -- though in this version Allan only appears in a one-page cameo, having pulled a ScrewThisImOuttaHere -- and finally meeting his end at the story's climax.

* [[CreatorBreakdown/ComicBooks Creator Breakdown]]: Hergé wrote ''Recap/TintinTintinInTibet'' largely as a sort of therapy, to resolve the emotional issues he had following his divorce and the distressing dreams he'd been having that involved vast white landscapes. It is widely considered to be his masterpiece. However, it caused Hergé to undergo ''another'' Creator Breakdown -- after the book was released, he decided that there was no way he would ever write such a good Tintin story again, and effectively gave up trying to do so. The remaining three Tintin stories were released at a far slower rate than the previous ones, and took the form of experimental character pieces which tended to mock the characters Hergé had been writing over the previous decades. ''Tintin and Alph-Art'' might have seen a return to the more traditional storyline, but we'll never know since Hergé sadly suffered AuthorExistenceFailure with the story only half-finished.

* [[CreatorBreakdown/ComicBooks Creator Breakdown]]: Hergé wrote ''TintinTintinInTibet'' largely as a sort of therapy, to resolve the emotional issues he had following his divorce and the distressing dreams he'd been having that involved vast white landscapes. It is widely considered to be his masterpiece. However, it caused Hergé to undergo ''another'' Creator Breakdown -- after the book was released, he decided that there was no way he would ever write such a good Tintin story again, and effectively gave up trying to do so. The remaining three Tintin stories were released at a far slower rate than the previous ones, and took the form of experimental character pieces which tended to mock the characters Hergé had been writing over the previous decades. ''Tintin and Alph-Art'' might have seen a return to the more traditional storyline, but we'll never know since Hergé sadly suffered AuthorExistenceFailure with the story only half-finished.

* Hergé died partway through his work on Tintin and Alph-Art; the unfinished draft has been published as part of the regular series of Tintin albums.