ina ve ▁went ▁to ▁see ▁T int in ▁cre ator ▁Her g é ▁to ▁propose ▁creating ▁the ▁magazine . ▁Her g é , ▁who ▁had ▁worked ▁for ▁Le ▁So ir ▁during ▁the ▁war , ▁was ▁being ▁pro sec uted ▁for ▁having ▁collabor ated ▁with ▁the ▁Germ ans ▁and ▁did ▁not ▁have ▁a ▁publish er ▁at ▁the ▁time . ▁After ▁consult ing ▁with ▁his ▁friend ▁Ed gar ▁Pierre ▁Jacob s , ▁Her g é ▁agreed . ▁The ▁first ▁issue ▁of ▁T int in ▁magazine ▁was ▁published ▁on ▁ 2 6 ▁September ▁ 1 9 4 6 . ▁Sim ult ane ously , ▁a ▁Dutch ▁version ▁was ▁also ▁published , ▁entitled ▁Ku if je ▁( K u if je ▁being ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁T int in ▁in ▁Dutch ). ▁ 4 0 , 0 0 0 ▁copies ▁were ▁printed ▁in ▁French , ▁and ▁ 2 0 , 0 0 0 ▁in ▁Dutch . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 6 , ▁Le ▁Lomb ard ▁was ▁acquired ▁by ▁M édia - Part icip ations , ▁and ▁today ▁publish es ▁around ▁one ▁hundred ▁titles ▁ann ually . ▁More ▁recently , ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁Le ▁Lomb ard ▁joined ▁with ▁twelve ▁other ▁European ▁com ics ▁publishing ▁actors ▁to ▁create ▁Europe ▁Comics , ▁a ▁digital ▁initi ative ▁co - fund ed ▁by ▁the ▁European ▁Commission ' s ▁Creative ▁Europe ▁program . ▁ ▁Notable ▁titles ▁Al pha ▁An gry ▁Bird s ▁St ella ▁Bob ▁Mor ane ▁Bud dy ▁Long way ▁Ch lor oph yl le ▁Ch ick