Raymond Leblanc (born May 22, 1915, in Neufchâteau, Belgium – died March 21, 2008, in Brussels) was a Belgian comic book publisher 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.
He was the Belgian publisher of the popular "Tintin" comic-book magazine. Leblanc started the weekly in 1946 with the participation of Georges Rémi (nom de plume "Hergé"), who had created the character Tintin in 1929. Under Leblanc's guidance, the boy reporter became the hero of a weekly children's magazine, with Hergé as the artistic director.
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He was a resistance fighter during World War II.
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He founded the Lombard publishing house, for readers "from 7 to 77". He sold the company in 1986. He also launched the ad agency Publiart, which often used cartoon characters; and Belvision studios, which created hand-drawn animation for TV.
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Raymond was named the comic-book industry's first recipient of the "Alph-Art d'Honneur" prize in 2003, at the 30th annual comic book festival in Angouleme, France, the industry's main awards ceremony and show.
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