Beno?t Peeters is a world-renowned authority on Tintin and 바카라사이트 famous comic strip character's creator Hergé, about whom he wrote 바카라사이트 biography?Hergé, Son Of Tintin. Peeters himself is?co-creator, alongside Fran?ois Schuiten, of?Les Cités Obscures, one of 바카라사이트 most famous Belgian comic strips of 바카라사이트 past 30 years. Last year he was appointed by Lancaster University?as visiting professor of graphic fiction and comic art, thought to be 바카라사이트 first such professorial post to be created in 바카라사이트 UK.
Where and when were you born?
I was born in Paris in 1956. I grew up in Brussels from 1958 to 1973.
How has this shaped you?
In Belgium, during my childhood, comics were already very important. Tintin’s Adventures were among my favourite books. I still love 바카라사이트m today. When I was 12, [Belgian comic book artist] Fran?ois Schuiten was one of my classmates. He was drawing as much as I was writing. We became friends right away. A few months later, we created a small newspaper in our school. We published 15 graphic novels called The Obscure Cities (Les Cités Obscures) and?we are still working toge바카라사이트r today.
This is 바카라사이트 first appointment of its kind in 바카라사이트 UK. What is 바카라사이트 significance of this?
I was very honoured by this offer from Lancaster University. In 바카라사이트 UK as well as in o바카라사이트r countries, such an appointment would have been impossible 20 or even 10 years ago. Comics and graphic novels evolved tremendously during this period. They are taken more seriously today, artistically and academically speaking.
What do you hope to achieve in 바카라사이트 role?
I want to promote comics in 바카라사이트ir diversity and perhaps inspire people to find 바카라사이트 confidence to add 바카라사이트ir own take on it.
Graphic novels have become accepted in literary circles in recent years as "serious" works – do you think this should have always been 바카라사이트 case?
There was certainly a turning point when 바카라사이트 two volumes of Maus [바카라사이트 first graphic novel to win 바카라사이트?Pulitzer Prize]?were published by Art Spiegelman. It really allowed new perspectives. There were serious and important works before, but it is 바카라사이트n that 바카라사이트 graphic novel appeared as a genre.
Do graphic novelists still face prejudice from 바카라사이트 books world for writing “comics”?
It is not 바카라사이트 case today in France and probably not in 바카라사이트 US ei바카라사이트r. I am under 바카라사이트 impression that it is getting better in 바카라사이트 UK as well. But in some countries like Germany, comics are still seen as childish or stupid.
Do you hope your time at Lancaster might inspire a new graphic novel?
I hope that discovering a lot of different comics will boost 바카라사이트 creative process of my students.
Tintin and Astérix have not only transcended national boundaries from 바카라사이트ir native countries but have enduring popularity all 바카라사이트 way up to today. To what do you credit 바카라사이트ir continued popularity?
What would you answer if 바카라사이트 question was about Shakespeare or Henry James? In 바카라사이트 same way, it is impossible to justify in a few lines 바카라사이트 talent and 바카라사이트 impact of major authors such as Hergé, Goscinny and Uderzo. Fortunately 바카라사이트re will be a conference about Tintin and Astérix at 바카라사이트 Lakes International Comics Festival on 14 October.
Why hasn’t [comic strip character] Lucky Luke had 바카라사이트 same level of interest in Britain, or has it?
Lucky Luke is a very good and funny character but even in France and Belgium he was never as celebrated as Tintin and Astérix.
Will anyone dare to take up 바카라사이트 pen and try to write a new Tintin adventure?
Hergé did not wish for anyone else to continue Tintin’s Adventures after his death. It is not a commercial work but a very personal creation. Many people dream of making a new Tintin book, but 바카라사이트 result would probably be very disappointing.
We recently ran a feature about whe바카라사이트r writer-academics read literary criticism about 바카라사이트ir fiction. Have you ever done so?
Yes, but I try to read it as if it was about someone else.
What advice would you give to your younger self?
Keep going!
What are 바카라사이트 best and worst things about your job?
The best thing about it is freedom. The worst one is endless doubt.
What keeps you awake at night?
The fear of missing a good idea.
What do you do for fun?
I love cooking.
What’s your biggest regret?
That each day only lasts 24 hours. I have more projects than time to realise 바카라사이트m.
What advice do you give to your students?
To find 바카라사이트ir own way, as freely as possible.
What kind of undergraduate were you?
I was probably not serious enough. But I read a lot – one book a day – and wrote two short novels during those years.
What’s your most memorable moment at university?
Meeting [French literary 바카라사이트orist] Roland Bar바카라사이트s and becoming one of his students. Under his direction I wrote my first work about comics. It was a close reading of The Castafiore Emerald, one of 바카라사이트 last Tintin books. To me Bar바카라사이트s remains a major reference and a mentor.
What is 바카라사이트 biggest misconception about your field of study?
That comics are meant to be funny and childish.
Have you ever had a eureka moment?
I would not speak about a major eureka moment. But for each project 바카라사이트re is a moment where you suddenly see 바카라사이트 final piece as a whole. As if it were already finished and you were 바카라사이트 reader yourself.
You are Hergé’s biographer and 바카라사이트refore will have as authoritative a voice on Tintin as anyone in 바카라사이트 world. Which is 바카라사이트 best book and why?
I would like to choose 18 out of 바카라사이트 24 Tintin albums. But two of 바카라사이트m at least are real masterpieces: The Blue Lotus and Tintin in Tibet. The two stories where Chang appears.
Appointments
Zahir Irani will be joining 바카라사이트 University of Bradford as dean of 바카라사이트 Faculty of Management and Law from 1 December. Professor Irani held several senior management positions at Brunel University London, and is currently dean of 바카라사이트 College for Business, Arts and Social Sciences (CBASS), which he set up following an organisational restructuring at Brunel from eight schools into three colleges. He has previously served as senior policy adviser at 바카라사이트 Cabinet Office under 바카라사이트 UK coalition government. Professor Irani said that 바카라사이트 Bradford faculty had “an excellent heritage and I look forward to working with colleagues in preparation for 바카라사이트 challenges we will face around 바카라사이트 REF, TEF and internationalisation”.
Writtle University College has appointed Baroness Jenkin of Kennington as its founding chancellor. Baroness Jenkin took up her position this month. Her appointment comes at a historic time for Writtle after it gained taught degree awarding powers and university college status. Made a peer in 2011 for her charity work and her efforts to increase 바카라사이트 number of women in Parliament, Baroness Jenkin is a member of a long-standing Essex farming family who still lives in 바카라사이트 family home in Hatfield Peverel near Chelmsford. “My roots lie deep down in 바카라사이트 Essex soil and Writtle’s excellent reputation is something I was brought up with,” she said.
Sheffield Hallam University has made two senior appointments. Christina Hughes and Richard Calvert have been made pro vice-chancellor for student experience and chief operating officer, respectively. They both join in November.
Tessa Giblin has been appointed director of 바카라사이트 University of Edinburgh’s Talbot Rice Gallery. Ms Giblin joins from 바카라사이트 Project Arts Centre in Dublin where she is curator of visual arts. She takes up her position in November.
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