Today we present you a detail which will very well explain how Bob De Moor and Geert De Sutter worked for creating the album "Barelli in bruisend Brussel" album. The detail was sent to us by Geert De Sutter a few weeks ago. The album itself originally was published in 1988 and reissued in 1989 and 1994. [caption id="attachment_1500" align="alignleft"
Read MoreTo celebrate the 35 years of the Tintin Journal in 1981, the younger generation of Tintin comic artists was asked to create their version of the older generation's work. The results were published under "Brouiller les cartes" in a special of Tintin Journal, issue 39 of 1981. One of the 3 pages based on Bob De Moor's work was created by Michel
Read MoreIn June 2014 we published a story on Jet Magazine, which Lombard launched in January 1990 in order to look for brand new comic talent. Today we offer you an original drawing which Bob De Moor made for Jet issue 9 to promote a drawing contest related to the Koksijde Stripfestival aka Strip Koksijde (and Festival BD Coxyde for our
Read MoreOn Wednesday August 29th the Flemish newspaper De Morgen published a series of article around Willy Vandersteen who had died the day before. On page 5 of the Focus extra they also published an article about Bob De Moor's friendship with Willy Vandersteen plus a cartoon Bob De Moor had made the day before for the occasion. Willy Vandersteen (15
Read MoreYesterday we published a follow up to our March 5th article about the cartoon 'Salon van de Vlaamse Humor' by Bob De Moor. We were able to prove that the drawing dated from the 60s. And today we can also pinpoint a final date to it: 1961. It was again Yves Kerremans who went searching for some extra info. [caption
Read MoreOn March 5th we published an article on a cartoon 'Salon van de Vlaamse Humor' by Bob De Moor which was published in postcard format in 1980. We also said in that article that it was highly doubtful that the cartoon had been made that same year, but instead probably in the early 60s. That seems to be correct like
Read MoreUpdate: Also Editions Le Lombard have no clue what the card was used for. In 1987 the Lombard publishing house would release a postcard featuring Barelli, Anne Nannah and what seems to be 4 other colleagues in an office. On the back of the card we can see 'Copyright by Lombard 1987 De Moor' plus the phrase "Pour ta promotion,
Read MoreIn 1979 and 1980 the Stripcentrum Karel Driesen, aka SDK, released a series of postcards including work by Franquin, Willy Vandersteen, Marc Sleen and also Bob De Moor. The postcards nowadays fetches up to 35 Euros, depending on the comic author featured, nevertheless they are not that widely known, at least not to the big public. [caption id="attachment_1463" align="alignleft" width="300"] The cartoon as
Read MoreBob De Moor has drawn a lot before he started publishing in magazines and newspapers. We were lucky to lay our hands on a lot of this early material via access to various private collections and of course thanks to the families De Moor and Van Looveren who have provided us with a lot of material, which we will release
Read MoreIn 1971 Bob De Moor was asked to create the cover artwork for a special issue of 'Les cahiers de la bande dessinée' on Hergé. He decided to give them a 'Tintin gone Hergé'. A shocking exercise that leaves Snowy shocked (to the point of loosing the bone he so much cherishes). [caption id="attachment_1454" align="alignleft" width="259"] The 1971 drawing by
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