Coloured inks on paper
9,5 x 10,5 cm ( 3,74 x 4,13 in )
Signed bottom right
id. 6966
1965 was a special year for Hergé because it saw the publica-tion of the third edition of his L?Ile Noire (The Black Island) in Journal Tintin, where it was billed as the publishing novelty of the year. This new version, which was revised and corrected by Bob De Moor, gave readers something to chew on while waiting for the album which was to follow the famous Bijoux de la Castafiore (The Castafiore Emerald, as it is known in English translation), published two years earlier.More importantly, it was in 1965 that Hergé ? alias Georges Remi ? began planning the next episode in his Adventures of Tintin, producing his first synopsis for what was soon to become Vol 714 pour Sydney (Flight 714 to Sydney).And the young Dominique was to receive a personal dedication from the hand of Hergé himself, beneath the image of Tintin, Professor Cuthbert Calculus and Snowy all waltzing through the air.