As you all know, Citroën was a brand of cars which always have had a special place in the over of Bob De Moor. The Citroën cars pop up in almost every Barelli album plus he also made a special Citroën cover for the book “La 22, Enquête sur une mystérieuse Citroën” by Hervé Laronde and Fabien Sabatès published by
Read MoreIn the past few months we dedicated 2 articles to the cover drawing which Bob De Moor completed in August 1992 for the 1994 publication "La 22, Enquête sur une mystérieuse Citroën". The book, written by Hervé Laronde and Fabien Sabatès and published via the French publisher Rétroviseur, features the very last drawing Bob De Moor would complete before succumbing
Read More[caption id="attachment_799" align="alignleft" width="212"] In the bottom left corner you can see the date 08-1992[/caption] On June 14th we posted an article about the very last drawing Bob De Moor ever made. Some doubted this was the case and we received various emails asking if this was really the last drawing. It was, not only did confirm Johan De Moor
Read MoreUpdate: 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 MoreBrussels based Bob de Moor passionate Alain Demaret passed us a nice batch of rarities. In the next weeks we'll publish several of these. The first batch includes 3 scans from a Citroën calendar from 1987 (made in 1986). Citroën was sponsor for the Centre Belge de la Bande Dessinée aka CBBD (for that year at least). The drawings will
Read MoreUpdate: Roger Leloup has confirmed us that he did not work on the page Bob De Moor created for the Jo & Zette version of the "Thermozéro" album. Last year the news popped up that the unreleased Tintin album “Thermozéro” with a scenario by Greg would get a release after all. Back then we hinted at the possible inclusion of
Read MoreA few days ago we offered you an insight into Bob De Moor's trip to Mülheim in 1986 to represent the Studios Hergé and to explain how he worked. This was possible thanks to the archives of Johannes Stawowy. Today these archives take us to Brussels in 1986, more precisely to the Studios Hergé based at the Avenue Louise 162
Read MoreIn March we reported about quite a rare item that was (and still is) being sold on eBay for the ridiculous sum of € 55: a promotional poster in French, commissioned by the Citroën Garage Royen in Woluwe, Belgium. Although we didn't succeed in convincing the owner to have the original drawing scanned, we did manage to lay our hands on
Read More[caption id="attachment_352" align="alignleft" width="212"] The iglo towers of Bob de Moor for the boy scouts[/caption] In 1984 Bob de Moor was asked to provide a drawing for the Boy Scouts calendar 1985. 2 projects were started, one with igloos and another one with huge wipers which made the window washers redundant. In the end the choice was made to go
Read MoreThis item is now on auction on eBay for 55 euros: http://fave.co/1ge8HkB . The item is a rather rare one, and up to now we haven't been able securing a proper scan of the page which was commissioned by the Citroën Garage Royen in Woluwe, Belgium. You can get it right here: http://fave.co/1kCF7Vh
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