[caption id="attachment_458" align="alignleft" width="300"] On the right the Casterman version from 1989, on the left the Magnum series version from 1979.[/caption] Today you'll see a very good example of how an album in the Oncle Zigomar series got rewritten, renamed, partially redrawn, and a bit brutalized (for the dutch market?). Victim of today is the album "De sigarillo’s van Koningin
Read MoreThe drawing by Bob De Moor, the final version, case 9 (page 43) from the 1949 Tintin album "Prisoners of the Sun" - Copyright © Hergé / Moulinsart In late 1979 the Studio Hergé (or better, Publiart) accepted an advert proposal from the dutch raincoat maker AGU. Under the Kangourak Salik brand several of the characters from the Tintin comic books
Read More[caption id="attachment_436" align="alignleft" width="231"] The original coverartwork for this Oncle Zigomar album[/caption] "De rode caballero" or "Le caballero rouge" (or "The red caballero" in english) was the 14th story in the Oncle Zigomar adventures, but only the 2nd album to be published in the Periodica (and Bédéscope) series. Originally the story ran in the flemish newspaper De Nieuwe Gids and
Read MoreToday a nice item arrived in our mailbox. Sender: Luc De Meulenaere, the husband of Annemie De Moor, that's right, daughter of Bob De Moor. The drawing was made by Bob De Moor in 1990 especially for the occasion and given to Luc De Meulenaere, who is a singer - a Tenori 1 - attached to the Brussels theatre "La
Read More[caption id="attachment_427" align="alignleft" width="300"] Scrapbook front and inside[/caption] A week ago or so, I stumbled on a small website for local sales and much to my surprise I saw someone offering a selfmade scrapbook of Bob De Moor's "Barelli à Nusa-Penida" (volume & & 2) newspaper clippings in black and white (without the heading unfortunately). The price was so low
Read More[caption id="attachment_385" align="alignleft" width="300"] The original drawing as made by Bob de Moor[/caption] In 1965 the Belgian government decided to start subsidizing the national film production. Numerous Belgian productions were supported with public funds, and Belgian cinema achieved international standing. In 1989 flemish film director Robbe De Hert and co-director Luc Pien investigated this film climate, like a kind of
Read More[caption id="attachment_380" align="alignleft" width="300"] Copyright © Hergé / Moulinsart / Bob de Moor[/caption] In 1979 Hergé made a poster drawing for the "Prix Stéphane Janssen 1979 Royal Waterloo Golf Club". You'll notice that Stéphane Janssen is also featured in the drawing, namely below on the right (you can see the drawing in crayon of Janssen's head right here, and 2
Read More[caption id="attachment_377" align="alignleft" width="219"] "Pastiche 3" by Roger Brunel[/caption] We all know the pastiche pages made by Bob de Moor, you can find some examples here, here, here, here and here (and there are more to come of course), but de Moor also was 'victim' of pastiches. A first one we show here is a Barelli pastiche made by Roger Brunel.
Read More[caption id="attachment_369" align="alignleft" width="300"] UNICEF stickers 1980[/caption] In 1980 a pair of stickers were sold for UNICEF. The stickers were part of an action that was directed to raise awareness that hunger was still a problem (and it also was against the sale of weapons to countries were this was the case). The anti-weapon vs food subject is present in
Read More[caption id="attachment_360" align="alignleft" width="218"] "Mystère à Montreuil" aka "La Marque Verte"[/caption] In 1990 "Professor Sató's 3 Formulae, Volume 2: Mortimer vs. Mortimer" was published, it was the twelfth book in the Blake and Mortimer series and although started by Edgar P. Jacobs, it was Bob de Moor who completed it after the death of Jacobs. Although lots has been written
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