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Many cartoonists draw themselves into their work. Bill Waterson looks like Calvin's dad. Jon Arbuckle is Jim Davis' alter ego. Robert Crumb, Chris Ware, Moebius

Many cartoonists draw themselves into their work. Bill Waterson looks like Calvin's dad. Jon Arbuckle is Jim Davis' alter ego. Robert Crumb, Chris Ware, Moebius, they all draw impressions of themselves or alter egos into their work. Here's a picture of Herge as a young man I looked up out of curiosity: https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/Herg%C3%A9#/media/Fichier:Galerie_de_Traitres_-_Herg%C3%A92.JPG https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/Herg%C3%A9#/media/Fichier:Gal... Does he resemble Tintin to you? I would say he totally does.

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peter_l_downs 3y ago
He totally does! I grew up reading the comics and still consider myself a fan, thanks for teaching me something new about Tintin. Very cool.
jaggederest 3y ago
To expand even more broadly, many authors set their works in familiar circumstances, perhaps most legendarily John Steinbeck with Salinas and the central California coast and Stephen King's "Derry" (Bangor) Maine