Back Milú AN কুট্টুস Bengali/Bangla དཀར་ཕྲུག Tibetan Milou Breton Milú Catalan Filuta (Tintin) Czech Terry Danish Struppi German Milú Spanish Milu (komikia) Basque
| Snowy | |
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&sq=Albert Einstein&lang=en&file=File:Tintin_and_Snowy_from_Tintin_in_the_Land_of_the_Soviets_(1929).jpg) Tintin and his dog Snowy in a panel of Tintin in the Land of the Soviets, their first appearance, by Hergé | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Casterman (Belgium) |
| First appearance | Tintin in the Land of the Soviets (1929) The Adventures of Tintin |
| Created by | Hergé |
| In-story information | |
| Full name | Snowy (Milou in the original French) |
| Species | Dog (Wire Fox Terrier) |
| Partnerships | List of main characters |
| Supporting character of | Tintin |
Snowy (French: Milou [milu][1]) is a fictional character in The Adventures of Tintin, the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Snowy is a white Wire Fox Terrier who is a companion to Tintin, the series' protagonist. Snowy made his debut on 10 January 1929 in the first installment of Tintin in the Land of the Soviets, which was serialised in Le Petit Vingtième until May 1930.
Snowy is modeled in part on a Fox Terrier at a café that Hergé used to frequent.[2] Milou, Snowy's original French name, was the nickname of Hergé's first girlfriend.[3]
In the first eight Tintin adventures, Snowy regularly addresses his internal monologue to the reader. Hergé diminished Snowy's speaking role after the introduction of Captain Haddock in the ninth story, The Crab with the Golden Claws.[4] As of 1 January 2025, Snowy and other characters appearing in the 1929 The Adventures of Tintin comic strips have entered the public domain in the United States,[5] but not in Hergé's native Belgium, which will be in 2054.
- ^ Peeters 2012, p. 341, "Character Names in French and English".
- ^ "Snowy : Real life inspiration". Characters of Tintin. Official Hergé website. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
- ^ Farr (2007): 24
- ^ Farr (2007): 31
- ^ Jenkins, Jennifer; Boyle, James. "Public Domain Day 2025". Duke University School of Law. Archived from the original on 31 December 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2025.