Bob De Moor illustrates Charles Kleinberg’s poetry recital ‘La Lune Violée’
From 3 to 8 December 1985 the Belgian French speaking poet Charles Kleinberg presented a…
Read MoreTintin turns into Hergé, a 1971 drawing up for auction at Sotheby’s
In 1971 Bob De Moor was asked to create the cover artwork for a special issue of 'Les cahiers de la bande dessinée' on Hergé. He decided to give them a 'Tintin gone Hergé'. A shocking exercise that leaves Snowy shocked (to the point of loosing the bone he so much cherishes). [caption id="attachment_1454" align="alignleft" width="259"] The 1971 drawing by
Read MoreThe sketch for Lefranc’s ‘Le repaire du loup’ cover of the Journal Tintin of April 21st, 1970
In 1970 the Journal Tintin started with the pre-publication of the Lefranc album "Le repaire du loup". As you all know, this album was drawn by Bob De Moor under guidance of Jacques Martin. The 4th album in the Lefranc series would surprisingly only be released some 4 years later by Casterman. [caption id="attachment_1449" align="alignleft" width="209"] The sketch as made
Read MoreBob De Moor explains how he worked on ‘The lake of Sharks’ animation film (The Johannes Stawowy Archives – Part 4)
Johannes Stawowy's personal archives of Bob De Moor‘s visit to Mülheim, Germany back in 1986 keep on revealing their secrets. Today we received some further material which Bob De Moor drew during the Q&A session in March 1986. As you might remember, In this article we showed you a photograph of Bob De Moor explaining how he worked on the "Lake of
Read MorePreviously unpublished birthday drawing from 1965 finally revealed…
Unlike what many might thing, there are a lot of drawings being made by comic artists which risk to never see the light of day, especially if they have been giving to a relative who is not into selling these treasures. Today I reveal you such a small treasure which I spotted when I visited Annemie De Moor and Luc
Read MoreThe genesis of the cult car Citroen traction avant 22 model drawing by Bob De Moor (part 3)
In 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 MoreBarelli and Tintin in Germany (The Johannes Stawowy Archives – Part 3)
In November 2014 we presented you 2 articles based on Johannes Stawowy's archives of Bob De Moor's visit to Mülheim, Germany back in 1986, and more precisely the Q&A session which took place on March 14 & 15 of 1986. There is a lot more that can be told from this visit to Germany, so today we bring you part
Read More1954 Snoe en Snolleke album ‘De zwarte draak’ finally to be released in original version in 2015
Good news reaches us from the Brabant Strip headquarters. The team behind Brabant Strip have been able to find the original newspaper clippings of the 1954 Snoe and Snolleke story "De zwarte draak" ("The black dragon") during a foray at the Vossenplein in Brussels. [caption id="attachment_1424" align="alignleft" width="300"] Notice the difference in language in both versions.[/caption] This re-edition is important for
Read MoreTintin and Captain Haddock go Stella Artois with Bob De Moor
In the archives of the family De Moor we stumbled on a drawing Bob De Moor made for the Studios Hergé (Publiart to be precise) and it shows Captain Haddock, Tintin and Snowy on a boat. Tintin is pointing to a star on the horizon - which is in reality a pint of beer from the Stella Artois brand -
Read MoreA 1962 cartoon featuring a priest and his ‘churchavan’…
In 1962 Bob De Moor was one of the winners of what we suppose was the 'Kartoenale', a yearly cartoon evenment in Knokke-Heist (at the Belgian coast) which was organised for the very first time in 1962. The cartoon we show you today was the cartoon that made him win that year. [caption id="attachment_1414" align="alignleft" width="300"] The priest on holiday with
Read MoreHobbel & Sobbel in colour or in black & white?
From issue 14 on (1947), the weekly youth magazine KZV aka Kleine Zondagsvriend started publishing the stories from Hobbel & Sobbel. Unlike many other older series from Bob De Moor, this one was - just like Bart de Scheepsjongen - partially published in colour (and partially in grey tones and partially in black and white) when it appeared in the
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