In June you could read an article on the site about “Histoire de mon pays: histoire de Belgique. Degré moyen”, a book published by the French publisher Editions de l’Ecole in 1960. The book counted 64 pages and all featured drawings made by Bob De Moor. Back then I assumed that the cover was not by Bob De Moor and
Read MoreWhen "Tintin and the Lake of Sharks" (French: "Tintin et le lac aux requins") animation film was released in December 1972 by Belvision on a scenario by Greg (Michel Regnier), Belvision put a lot of effort in promoting the film the best they could. Apart from the well known film poster (also designed by Bob De Moor) several other promotional
Read MoreIn 1980 the team at the non-governmental environmental organization Greenpeace were looking out for a second boat to supplement the Rainbow Warrior. A scoping team was across all European ports in order to find a ship. When they returned to the headquarters they recommended an old North Sea pilot boat called the Sirius, a ship originally owned by the Royal
Read MoreIn 1991 the Antwerp based book fair called Boekenbeurs in collaboration with the Belgian Post launched an envelope and stamp holding 'Cori Le Moussaillon', and this to promote the youth philately. Whereas the stamp is widely known, the drawing on the envelope is less known (to some extent). [caption id="attachment_1137" align="alignleft" width="212"] The detail on the envelope, the print quality
Read MoreThat Bob De Moor had an immense admiration for Hergé is an understatement. Both ended up being so symbiotic that in the end you couldn't read Tintin without thinking of both. There are a lot of drawings around where Bob De Moor pays tribute to Hergé (including this "De la planche aux planches" in a one-page Barelli story from 1986)
Read MoreIn 1989 Haarlem born Rob Harren (Lombard Nederland) was asked to put Le Lombard back on the rails and especially make sure that their comic authors got pre-publications, something which until today is key to get a (new) comic series off the ground. He contacted Bob De Moor and Belgian comics writer and mystery novelist André-Paul Duchâteau to join Le Lombard
Read MoreUPDATE: Pierre Gay worked on these particular pages. We added his comments. Between 1987 and 1994 Boogaloo, Casterman, Rijperman, and the Standaard Uitgeverij would re-release 8 Johan & Stefaan (Snoe & Snolleke) albums in color. As we reported already a while back, this coloring included redrawing as well as you can see in this earlier article on "De Gele Spion",
Read MoreA few days ago we reported about 2 drawings which were put up for auction by the Liège based auction house BD Enchères (aka Les Carmes Ltd.). The 2 drawings went for quite low prices, allotment 413 (which we discussed in last week's article) went for 125 Euros, that's 150 Euros all costs included. Allotment 414, which we will discuss
Read MoreBelgium is not an easy country to govern politically, and that's an euphemism really. Officially the Kingdom of Belgium, it is a federal monarchy in Western Europe, a founding member of the European Union (and that's why it hosts the EU's headquarters as well as well as those of several other major international organizations such as NATO) with a population
Read MoreLast Friday 3 October we were at the reception for the 25th anniversary (and it’s 30th if you count from the creation of the non-profit organization) of the Belgian Comic Strip Center at the Zandstraat 20 in Brussels. Present were hundreds of people who came to honor the center and its legacy. The combination of sparkling wine and all kinds
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