The Slate article above gives a very brief outline of Tintin creator Herge's life.
One likes to imagine that making a career out of comics would be good work - doing something you love, in your own studio, that sort of thing.
But it didn't work out that way for Herge, apparently:
As the strain of producing the Tintin strip, as well as other assorted other projects, took its toll on him, Remi suffered an array of psychosomatic symptoms, including outbreaks of eczema and boils, and was plagued by recurring nightmares of whiteness. (Evidently there was nothing more terrifying than a blank page.) Remi seems to have retained an unhealthy distance from his own life, disappearing into his work until the work itself became the problem.Ah well, being untalented at art has its up side after all.
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