Casterman is an a publishing company in Tournai, Belgium, mostly famous as the publisher of graphic novels, among which Tintin. Categories: Belgium-related stubs | Belgian towns | UN World Heritage Sites | Romanesque architecture ... The Adventures of Tintin (originally Les Aventures de Tintin), drawn and written by the Belgian writer-artist Georges Remi, a. ...
In 1934, Casterman took over the Le Petit Vingtième editions for the publication of the albums of The Adventures of Tintin, from the 4th album of the series, Cigars of the Pharaoh.
Furthermore, in 1978 Casterman established its monthly magazine A suivre, which was to have an impact on the comics revival of the 1990s.
Casterman ceased the publication of A Suivre in 1997.
Published in French by Casterman, Les Cités Obscures, while written by Benoît Peeters, is a series most known for the precise but fantastic architectural realizations of artist François Schuiten.
Casterman had planned a series of oversized volumes featuring full-page illustrations by their artists.
Schuiten and Peeters convinced Casterman to allow text on the back of the illustrations and organized the volume around an archivist interpreting prints of cities in his possession -- allowing additional information about cities already shown and hints about others to come.