In 1989 Bob de Moor created this drawing for the Le Soir Illustré, it shows the late King Baudouin reading a Cori album whilst sitting on a throne constructed of comic albums. This drawing actually holds a lot of info if you look more closely. Bob de Moor included every single of his favorite fellow comic writer colleagues. Missing however
Read MoreThe author of the Bob de Moor Biography "De klare lijn en de golven" (Eng: "The clear line and the waves"), Ronald Grossey, will be interviewed for the Bob de Moor Facebook page and website. If you have (a) question(s) for him after reading the book (or perhaps even if you haven't read it yet), post it below in the
Read MoreIn 1972 this Barelli mini-poster by Bob de Moor was published in the french Tintin journal, number 1233 to be exact. It of course was part of the "Le bouddha boudant" album which was a real chef-d'oeuvre. The album was one of the Barelli albums that closed in most perfectly on the design as used by Hergé for Tintin. It's
Read MoreOn multiple occasions throughout his career Bob de Moor not only inserted cameo appearances in his work but he also 'arranged' meetings between with his characters and Hergé or in this case Tintin. More examples exist, we'll present them bit by bit.
Read MoreOut now is the complete 5 album collection of Cori le moussaillon by Bob de Moor as published by BD Must. The set holds 5 albums, 5 ex-libris and a dossier holding a couple of previously unreleased stories in an album format. You can order Cori le moussaillon - intégrale [5 albums + 5 ex-libris + dossier] now on Amazon.
Read MoreThis Bob de Moor drawing was used as starting point for the fly-leaf ('page de garde' in french) of the hardcover versions of the Barelli albums. And it was also re-used in print ads, with and without extra characters added.
Read More1987 Test drawing by Bob de Moor for the album "Le trésor du brigand" for the Oncle Zigomar series.
Read MoreThis Bob de Moor drawing dates from 1960 and was made for a DAF publicity in Tintin nr. 31 in 1960. It has been changing owner a lot in the past couple of months.
Read MoreWhen I was 15 years old, in 1989 that was, my mother gave me the book Bob de Moor. 40 ans de bandes dessinées, 35 ans aux côtés d'Hergé as a present when we visited the CBBD in Brussels. I had at that age not really seen nor read the stories from Bob de Moor. But, I did instantly like the
Read MoreWe did a Bob de Moor related interview with Merho, the best selling comic artist in Belgium. Merho (born in Antwerp, Belgium 24 October 1948) is the pseudonym of Robert Merhottein. He is a Belgian comic-book writer and artist, best known for creating the comic strip Kiekeboe (now named De Kiekeboes). He worked for five years as an assistant on
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