In 1962 Bob De Moor was one of the winners of what we suppose was the 'Kartoenale', a yearly cartoon evenment in Knokke-Heist (at the Belgian coast) which was organised for the very first time in 1962. The cartoon we show you today was the cartoon that made him win that year. [caption id="attachment_1414" align="alignleft" width="300"] The priest on holiday with
Read MoreFrom issue 14 on (1947), the weekly youth magazine KZV aka Kleine Zondagsvriend started publishing the stories from Hobbel & Sobbel. Unlike many other older series from Bob De Moor, this one was - just like Bart de Scheepsjongen - partially published in colour (and partially in grey tones and partially in black and white) when it appeared in the
Read MoreOn September 22nd 1990, Christiane De Meulenaere & Charly Collin married and especially for the occasion Bob De Moor created a drawing which was used to congratulate the newly wed couple. The connection with the family De Moor is the following, Christiane De Meulenaere is the sister of Luc De Meulenaere, husband of Annemie De Moor, daughter of Bob De
Read MoreTwo weeks ago you could read about a Journal Tintin publicity cartoon created by Bob De Moor. The cartoon presented on our website came from the mold used to print the cartoon in the actual publication. It was Olivier Marin who acquired this rarity and also him who made the print so we were able to show it to you. [caption
Read More"Le Repaire du loup" was the 4th volume in the Lefranc series by Jacques Martin, but unlike the first 3, this 4th volume was drawn by Bob De Moor. Pre-published in the Belgian Journal Tintin between April 21st 1970 and 8 September 1970 it was finally published in album format in 1974 by the Belgian editor Casterman. This year, 41
Read MoreA while back we posted an article on Tibet's Chick Bill celebrating his 25th anniversary. On that occasion the issue 39 of the Tintin Journal of 1978 was dedicated to Chick Bill with tributes from Bob De Moor and his colleagues Walthéry, Peyo, Derib, Franquin, Paape, Greg, Craenhals, Denayer, Morris, Dany, Leloup, Géri, Roba and Reding. As we explained in that article,
Read MoreAfter a brief stay in Mexico, with limited internet access unfortunately, we return to our daily routine of news updates. Today we present you an almost 74-year old drawing. [caption id="attachment_1391" align="alignleft" width="237"] Bob De Moor's self-portrait as made on November 7, 1941.[/caption] As we all know Bob De Moor loved making self portraits, most often they were more about
Read MoreWhen preparing drawings for his later Cori albums, Bob De Moor preferred to follow the same procedure as he did with Hergé when working on the Tintin albums, and that was to first prepare a case on a separate paper and then careful trace that copy onto another paper from where it was again traced to be put on the final
Read MoreIn the 60s Bob De Moor created several cartoons which have been published left and right, in bigger and smaller magazines. Most of these publications are close to unknown to most of you today and are often very difficult to trace back. It's also not always easy to find out where a drawing was actually published. In some cases it's
Read MoreIn 1974 Bob De Moor would publish "Barelli et le bouddha boudant". Among Bob De Moor fans, the story and especially the cover of this album are widely considered as being the best in the Barelli series. Not many know however that Bob De Moor actually completed several versions of the album cover, not one, not two, not three, not four,
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