Tintin (character) with word balloons, in which he depicted a boy and a little white dog. Abbe Wallez thought that these characters could be developed further, and asked Hergé to use characters like these for an adventure that could be serialised in . Hergé agreed, creating "The Adventures of Tintin" as a result. Images of Tintin and Snowy first appeared in the youth supplement on 4 January 1929, in an advert for the upcoming series. However, Hergé would later insist that Tintin would only be "born" on 10 January 1929, when "Tintin in the Land of the Soviets" began to be serialised
Willoughby the Dog Willoughby the Dog Willoughby is a minor animated cartoon fictional character in the Warner Bros. "Looney Tunes" series of cartoons. He is a hound dog who is characterized by his below-average intelligence and overall gullibility. Willoughby first appeared in the 1940 cartoon "Of Fox and Hounds". He was created and voiced by Tex Avery. According to Chuck Jones, the character was based on Lennie, from "Of Mice and Men" (of which the title of "Of Fox and Hounds" is a knockoff). Critic Steven Hartley described this short as lacking in creativity, originality, excitement, and story construction, particularly compared to Avery's