On March 9 1983 the Flemish satirical weekly De Zwijger (English: The silent one) invited several comic authors for a tribute to Hergé who had passed away the week before on March 3. For the occasion De Zwijger invited such comic authors as Theo van den Boogaard, Luc Zeebroek (which is another nickname for Kamagurka), Jan, Kamagurka, Mark Smeets, Quirit, Luk Vandevijver,
Read MoreIn 1947 Bob De Moor offered his services to Week-End (sometimes also written as Weekend), a Flemish weekly life style magazine on 40 pages edited by Socentra. Between May 4th 1947 and mid 1952 he would publish 2 series in the magazine: "Professor Quick" and "De lotgevallen van Babbel en Co". Today we'll take a closer look at what this
Read MoreIf you thought that Bob De Moor's finest medieval work had to wait till he was to create his Flemish trilogy for Tintin then you will reconsider this thought after reading this article, and especially after having seen the illustration we will present today. [caption id="attachment_1020" align="alignleft" width="184"] "De harde tocht" by A. Hublet[/caption] The first thing you need to
Read MoreLocated in the heart of Brussels, in a beautiful Art Nouveau building, created by Victor Horta in 1906, is the Belgian Comic Strip Center. It opened its doors to the public on October 6th 1989, 5 years after the non-profit organization “Belgian Comic Strip Center” was created in 1984. The Belgian Comic Strip Center’s presidents have been, in chronological order,
Read MoreIn 1945, the Antwerp based publisher De Vlijt published a book, "De Marsch tegen den dood" ("The march against the death" in English) by a certain Louis Kiebooms aka Louis Auguste Kiebooms (1903 - 1992). He was a Belgian member of parliament and mayor of the city of Wilrijk (Antwerp) between 1947 - 1953 and between 1958 - 1964, but
Read MoreThere are a lot of Bob De Moor serigraphs available online, some are genuine but a lot are actually counterfeits. But one which surely is genuine is the one currently on auction on Catawiki (where it has already reached € 400 605). It's a folder holding a set of 7 serigraphs plus 1 lithograph by Bob De Moor. Originally published
Read MoreIn 1988 Guy Delcourt Productions released the album "Les Belles Histoires d'Onc' Renaud Volume 2 - Le retour de la bande à Renaud". The album, just like the 1st volume from 1986, was a comic tribute to Renaud Pierre Manuel Séchan, known as Renaud, a popular French singer, songwriter and actor. Before you say 'Who?', know that with the exception
Read MoreBob De Moor has created quite a lot of birth cards over the years. Legendary for instance are those he created when his children Dirk, Chris, Johan, Annemie and Stefaan were born, some of these were published in the Bourdil-Tordeur book "Bob de Moor. 40 ans de bande dessineée, 35 ans au côtés d'Hergé". But Bob De Moor also made
Read MoreIn 1955 the family De Moor wanted to have a house that was closer to the Studio Hergé. So the couple and their kids settled in Ukkel (Uccle in French) one of the 19 municipalities located in Brussels where they found a safe haven on the Coghensquare number 41. Bob and Jeanne De Moor would continue to live there for
Read MoreOn April 11, 1946 the weekly lifestyle magazine Zondagsvriend published a story called "Een dolle weddenschap" (English for "A foolish bet"). The story, spread over the entire page 11 (and a small part on page 14), takes place in 1893 and is about a cowboy who accepts the challenge to jump out of a balloon with a parachute. The story
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