edition was cancelled, leaving the French edition remaining. In 1988, the circulation of the French version had dropped to 100,000, and when the contract between the Hergé family and Raymond Leblanc finished, the name was changed to Tintin Reporter. Alain Baran, a friend of Hergé, tried to revive the magazine in December 1992. The magazine disappeared after six months, leaving behind a financial disaster. The circulation of the magazine dropped dramatically, and publication of the Dutch version Kuifje ceased in 1992, and the French version, renamed Hello Bédé, finally disappeared in 1993. International editions A Portuguese version was published between 1968 and 1983. A Greek version existed during 1969–1972. An Egyptian (Arabic) version existed from 1971 to 1980. Spirou and Tintin rivalry From the beginning, Tintin magazine was in competition with Spirou magazine. As part of a gentlemen's agreement between the two publishers, Raymond Leblanc of Le Lombard and Charles Dupuis of Dupuis, if one artist was published by one of the magazines, he would not be published by the other one. One notable exception, however, was André Franquin, who in 1955, after a dispute with his editor, moved from the more popular Spirou to Tintin. The dispute was quickly settled, but by then Franquin had signed an agreement with Tintin for five years. He created Modeste et Pompon for Tintin while pursuing work for Spirou. He quit Tintin at the end of his contract. Some artists moved from Spirou to Tintin like Eddy Paape and Liliane & Fred Funcken, while some went from Tintin to Spirou like Raymond Macherot and Berck. Main authors and series : Tounga (1961–1985), Bob Binn (1960–1977), Marc Franval (1963–1974) Andreas: Rork (1978–1993) Dino Attanasio: Signor Spaghetti (1957–1978), Modeste et Pompon, (1959–1968) Jo-El Azara: Taka Takata (1965–1980) Bara: Max L'Explorateur (1968–1975), Cro-Magnon (1974–1993) Berck: Strapontin (1958–1968) Gordon Bess: Redeye (1969–1990) Bom: Julie, Claire, Cécile et les autres... (1982–1993) Cosey: Jonathan (1975–1986) François Craenhals: Le Chevalier Ardent (1966–1986), Pom et Teddy (1953–1968) Paul Cuvelier: Corentin (1946–1984, sporadically) Dany: Olivier Rameau (1968–1988) Bob de Groot: Clifton (1970–1990), Robin Dubois (1969–1986) Bob de Moor: Barelli (1950–1986, sporadically), Professeur Tric (1950–1979) Christian Denayer: Alain Chevalier (1976–1985), Casseurs (1975–1990) Derib: Buddy Longway (1972–1987), Go West (1971–1978), Yakari (1978–1982) André-Paul Duchâteau: Ric Hochet (1959–1992), Chick Bill (1965–1970) Dupa: Cubitus (1968–1993), Chlorophylle (1971–1983) André Franquin: Modeste et Pompon (1955–1959) Fred and Liliane Funcken: Various historical comics (1952–1988) Géri: Mr. Magellan (1969–1979) Christian