Update: Part 2 of this story can be read right here. In 1994 the French publisher Rétroviseur published the book "La 22, Enquête sur une mystérieuse Citroën" by Hervé Laronde and Fabien Sabatès. The 179 page book was about the legendary 'Citroen traction avant 22' and had a cover created by Bob De Moor. Very special about this drawing is
Read More[caption id="attachment_777" align="alignleft" width="300"] Poster from Comic Reddition 15 and the original - Copyright © Hergé / Moulinsart[/caption] In issue 15 of the German comic info magazine Comic Reddition released in November 1989, the publisher added a 2 colour poster of a cover by Bob De Moor for a Danish and American edition of the double album collectors' edition of
Read More[caption id="attachment_771" align="alignleft" width="233"] Front cover 1949 album "Bloske en Zwik, detectives"[/caption] In 1949, publisher Sansen in Poperinge released a comic by Bob De Moor called "Bloske en Zwik, detectives". The story itself had been pre-published in ’t Kapoentje, in colour, from December 6th, 1948, until April 28, 1949. Today, 65 years later, this first and only edition is yours for
Read More[caption id="attachment_766" align="alignleft" width="206"] Click to enlarge[/caption] On June 25th, 1952 the Tintin weekly presented a cover by Bob De Moor for the article "Dans les coulisses du Tour de France" (2 pages) which itself would be illustrated by 12 more drawings by Bob De Moor. In De Moor's cover you see the sportsmen passing over sets (also known as Belgian blocks), passing Paris (you'd
Read More[caption id="attachment_763" align="alignleft" width="180"] Copyright © Hergé / Moulinsart[/caption] In 1985 the Studio Hergé was approached by the French publicity agency APM to complete a project for candy producer Haribo, just for the French market we assume. The theme for the Haribo-publicity had to be "Explorers on the Moon" and the design was meant to be on small candy bags.
Read More[caption id="attachment_756" align="alignleft" width="291"] Karel Driesen as Napoleon[/caption] In the 70s a series of supporters of the Flemish comic world started organizing events and publishing magazines. The eccentric comic fanatic Karel Driesen (often misspelled with double 's') was one of those (colorful) people. Driesen, a close friend of Willy Vandersteen, started 'Stripcentrum Karel Driesen' through which he published several magazines
Read More[caption id="attachment_744" align="alignleft" width="300"] Cover included in CISO SF issue 5-6 (01.09.1971)[/caption] On June 4th, we published the article Bob De Moor goes SF with "War in the universe", about the Bob De Moor science fiction story - "War in the universe" (Original Dutch title: "Oorlog in het heelal") - which ran in issue 34 1949 of the weekly youth
Read More[caption id="attachment_734" align="alignleft" width="112"] Copyright © Hergé / Moulinsart[/caption] "The Black Island" is the 7th volume of The Adventures of Tintin and was published in its original version in Le Petit Vingtième weekly from April to November 1937. In 1943, "The Black Island" was coloured and re-drawn in Hergé's distinctive ligne-claire style for republication. In the early 1960s however, Hergé's
Read More[caption id="attachment_722" align="alignleft" width="250"] Monsieur Tric dreams of becoming a famous filmstar.[/caption] In 1957, in issue 36 of the Tintin journal, you could find the Meester Mus / Monsieur Tric story "Vedette de cinema"/"Filmster", a story by Bob De Moor on a scenario by René Goscinny. In the story he meets film director Lecri, a self-proclaimed cinema celebrity, who says that Tric
Read More[caption id="attachment_711" align="alignleft" width="300"] The wedding invitation of Annemie De Moor and Luc De Meulenaere (click to enlarge)[/caption] On 29 september 1984 the daughter of Bob De Moor, Annemie, married with Luc De Meulenaere. For the occasion Bob made a drawing representing the couple. For the actual wedding party invitation card Bob would have the drawing he made of the couple
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