I’ve made my love for the Tintin graphic novels by Herge known before. I guess I’m not the only one.
Someone just bought the original artwork for the cover of the 1942 Tintin graphic novel The Shooting Star for a whopping 2.8 million…
This is the actual printed/colored cover as seen in the graphic novels:
And here’s the original artwork that was sold:
Not much to add here, just noting how popular the character and the original works of author/artist Herge remain.