Raymond Leblanc

Raymond Leblanc (; 22 May 1915 – 21 March 2008) was a Belgian comic book publisher, film director and film producer, best known for publishing works such as The Adventures of Tintin by Hergé and Blake and Mortimer by Edgar P. Jacobs. He debuted, published, and promoted many of the most famous Franco-Belgian comics. Leblanc and his two partners created Le Lombard publishing, Tintin magazine, PubliArt advertising agency, and Belvision Studios.

Biography Raymond Leblanc was a resistance fighter during the Second World War in the Mouvement National Royaliste (MNR) group. When the war ended in 1945, Leblanc set up new offices at 55, Rue du Lombard, establishing his publishing house, Le Lombard. Years later after Leblanc's retirement, he explained in an interview the beginnings of the Tintin legacy. On the subject of creating a new magazine for young people, he said, "We thought this was an interesting idea, and started looking for a name. We ended up eventually with Tintin, Hergé’s comic book hero. Literally everyone knew that character at that moment. The question however was, where was Hergé?"

Filmography

Animated TV series Chlorophylle (1954) Suske en Wiske (1955) Hergé's Adventures of Tintin (1957–1964)

Animated feature films (1964) Pinocchio in Outer Space (1965) Asterix the Gaul (1967) Asterix and Cleopatra (1968) Tintin and the Temple of the Sun (1969) Daisy Town (1971) – based on Lucky Luke Tintin and the Lake of Sharks (1972) I, Tintin (1975) – documentary The Smurfs and the Magic Flute (1976) Gulliver's Travels (1977)

Animated shorts Cubitus (1977) Clifton (1984) Oumpah-pah Spaghetti à la Romaine