Tintin (magazine)
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Le journal de Tintin (French version) or Kuifje (Dutch version), was a weekly Belgian comics magazine of the second half of the 20th century. Subtitled "The Journal for the Youth from 7 to 77", it has been one of the major sources of creation in the Franco-Belgian comics scene and published some famous series such as Blake and Mortimer, Alix, and the principal title The Adventures of Tintin. The first publication was in 1946, and it ceased publication in 1993.
The magazine Tintin was part of an elaborate publishing scheme. The magazine's primary content focused on a new page or two from several forthcoming comic albums which had yet to be published as a whole, thus drawing weekly readers who could not bear to wait until later for entire albums. There were several ongoing stories at any given time, giving wide exposure to lesser known artists. Tintin was also available bound as a hardcover or softcover collection. The content always included filler material, some of which was of considerable interest to fans, for example alternate versions of pages of the Tintin stories, and interviews with authors and artists. Not every comic appearing in Tintin was later put into book form, which was another incentive to subscribe to the magazine. If the quality of Tintin printing was high compared to American comic books through the 1970s, the quality of the albums was superb, utilizing expensive paper and printing processes (and having accompanyingly high prices).
