Captain Haddock home, Marlinspike Hall (or "Moulinsart" in the original French). Harry Thompson, author of "Tintin: Hergé and his creation", writes that the introduction of this large and luxurious country house was "to provide a suitable ancestral home for Tintin and himself to move into." To achieve this in terms of the plot, Hergé also details Haddock's ancestry, something Thompson regards as distinctive: "Haddock is the only regular character whose relatives turn up in the Tintin stories at all (if one discounts Jolyon Wagg and his dreadful family)." As Haddock's role grew, Hergé expanded his character, basing him upon aspects of friends,
Greg (cartoonist) Greg (cartoonist) Michel Régnier (5 May 1931 – 29 October 1999), best known by his pseudonym Greg, was a Belgian cartoonist best known for "Achille Talon", and later became editor of "Tintin" magazine. Regnier was born in Ixelles, Belgium in 1931. His first series, "Les Aventures de Nestor et Boniface", appeared in the Belgian magazine "Vers l'Avenir" when he was sixteen. He moved to the comic magazine "Héroic Albums", going on to work for the Franco-Belgian comics magazine "Spirou" in 1954. In 1955 he launched his own magazine, "Paddy", but eventually discontinued it. The series for which Greg is best