The Hergé Foundation, often known as Moulinsart is the official organization that looks after the world of the famous comic creator Hergé

Hergé

Georges Prosper Remi , better known by the pen name Hergé, was a Belgian comics writer and artist. His best known and most substantial work is the 23 completed comic books in The Adventures of Tintin series, which he wrote and illustrated from 1929 until his death in 1983, although he was also...

, and his famous creation The Adventures of Tintin

The Adventures of Tintin

The Adventures of Tintin is a series of classic comic books created by Belgian artist , who wrote under the pen name of Hergé...

, along with his other comics like Quick and Flupke and Jo, Zette and Jocko

Jo, Zette and Jocko

The Adventures of Jo, Zette and Jocko is a comic book series created by Hergé, the Belgian writer-artist who was best known for The Adventures of Tintin...

. They run Hergé's estate, and the official Tintin website. In 2006 the Hergé Foundation received the Light of Truth Award for the works of Tintin in Tibet

Tintin in Tibet

Tintin in Tibet is the twentieth title in the comic book series The Adventures of Tintin, written and drawn by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Originally serialised from September 1958 in the French language magazine named after his creation, Le Journal de Tintin, it was then first published in book...

.

Moulinsart

The name Moulinsart was chosen as another name for the foundation's commercial and copyright wing. It is named after Moulinsart

Marlinspike Hall

Marlinspike Hall is Captain Haddock's country house in Hergé's comic book series The Adventures of Tintin.The hall is modeled after the central section of the Château de Cheverny...

, the chateau

Château

A château is a manor house or residence of the lord of the manor or a country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally—and still most frequently—in French-speaking regions...

 where Captain Haddock

Captain Haddock

Captain Archibald Haddock is a fictional character in The Adventures of Tintin, the series of classic Belgian comic books written and illustrated by Hergé...

 lives in the books. In English Moulinsart is known as Marlinspike.

Editions Moulinsart

The foundation has released many books on the subject in French

French language

French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

under the publishing name editions moulinsart.