Editing Explorers on the Moon (section)

===Publication===
On 7 September 1950, Hergé broke off the story with the statement "end of part one".{{sfnm|1a1=Peeters|1y=2012|1p=227|2a1=Goddin|2y=2011|2p=13}} He felt the need for a break from work, having fallen back into clinical depression. He and his wife Germaine went on holiday to [[Gland, Switzerland|Gland]] in Switzerland, before returning to Brussels in late September.{{sfn|Peeters|2012|pp=227–228}} Many readers sent letters to ''Tintin'' magazine asking why ''Explorers on the Moon'' was no longer being serialised, with a rumour emerging that Hergé had died.{{sfn|Peeters|2012|p=230}} On 18 April 1951, he published an open letter in the magazine explaining his absence as a result of illness caused by exhaustion and included an illustration of himself sprawled out on an armchair.{{sfn|Peeters|2012|p=230}} As Hergé planned his return to work, covers of ''Tintin'' magazine announced the imminent return of the story.{{sfn|Goddin|2011|p=17}}

''Explorers on the Moon'' would resume after an eighteen-month hiatus,{{sfnm|1a1=Thompson|1y=1991|1p=149|2a1=Farr|2y=2001|2p=141}} returning in the 9 April 1952 issue, accompanied with a summary of the story so far.{{Sfn|Peeters|2012|p=232}} Its final installment appeared on 31 December 1953.{{sfn|Assouline|2009|p=172}}