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Raymond Leblanc (; 22 May 1915 – 21 March 2008) was a Belgium 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.
The Adventures of Tintin creator Hergé, having worked for the collaborationist newspaper Le Soir, was out of a job and even denied the right to work. Leblanc arranged a meeting with Hergé, understood his dilemma, and saw an opportunity. Leblanc offered to clear Hergé's name and, that settled, offered him a new publishing venue for The Adventures of Tintin: the opportunity to continue to serialise his title in Leblanc's new weekly 12-page, comics journal, Le journal de Tintin ( Tintin magazine), the first project of Le Lombard. Hergé accepted, and in 1946, Belgian comics fans were treated, not only to the return of Tintin, but to the debut of many new Franco-Belgian comics on a weekly basis, some appearing in Hergé's signature ligne claire style.
The years 1954 and 1956 saw Leblanc launching two other creative ventures: the advertising agency PubliArt, a publicity division of Le Lombard using comics characters in its projects, and Belvision Studios, which produced short and full-length animated films for television and cinema.
Leblanc received the Alph-Art d'Honneur prize in 2003 at the 30th annual Angoulême International Comics Festival, in Angoulême, France, for his contribution to the Franco-Belgian comics industry. (See photo of Leblanc accepting the honour, age 87.)
Leblanc died aged 92 on 21 March 2008 in Brussels, Belgium.
Animated feature films
Animated shorts
Selected works created and produced by Belvision
Animated TV series
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Categories: 1915 Births, 2008 Deaths, Belgian Magazine Publishers, Belgian Magazine Founders, Belgian Resistance Members, Belgian Film Directors, Belgian Film Producers, Belgian Animated Film Directors, Belgian Animated Film Producers, Comic Book Publishers, The Adventures Of Tintin, People From Neufchâteau, Luxembourg Province, Tintin People
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