Dirk Stallaert completed the new cover for the reissue in black and white of the original version of “The secret of Vulcania”

From 1 February 1954 until 25 May 1954 the newspapers De Nieuwe Gids, De Antwerpse and ’t Vrije Volksblad published the Snoe & Snolleke story "Het geheim van Vulcania". The album has since the publication in 1954 never been published in album format, at least not in its original form, black and white that is. In 1993 the album saw

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Taking hurdles with Bob De Moor

While going through the archives of the family De Moor I stumbled on this cartoon which must date from the era when Bob De Moor worked for several magazines, which dates this drawing between 1946 and 1951. The drawing itself has no reference to what magazine it was published in but looking at the style used, it's my guess it's

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Rocket roof trouble with Hergé and Bob De Moor

Together with Editions Moulinsart, the French publisher Hachette has been releasing 2-weekly 'En avion Tintin' packages via newspaper shops in Belgium. The packages hold an airplane, helicopter or rocket, a figurine and a 24-pages book explaining the background of the Tintin story in which the airplane appeared plus historical info on the airplane itself. So far 41 packages have been released,

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