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 MoreBob De Moor congratulates Christiane & Charly in 1990!
On September 22nd 1990, Christiane De Meulenaere & Charly Collin married and especially for the occasion Bob De Moor created a drawing which was used to congratulate the newly wed couple. The connection with the family De Moor is the following, Christiane De Meulenaere is the sister of Luc De Meulenaere, husband of Annemie De Moor, daughter of Bob De
Read MoreA 1960s Journal Tintin cartoon by Bob De Moor – Part 2
Two weeks ago you could read about a Journal Tintin publicity cartoon created by Bob De Moor. The cartoon presented on our website came from the mold used to print the cartoon in the actual publication. It was Olivier Marin who acquired this rarity and also him who made the print so we were able to show it to you. [caption
Read MoreLefranc album ‘Repaire du Loup’ by Jacques Martin & Bob De Moor to be reissued in a big ‘remastered’ format
"Le Repaire du loup" was the 4th volume in the Lefranc series by Jacques Martin, but unlike the first 3, this 4th volume was drawn by Bob De Moor. Pre-published in the Belgian Journal Tintin between April 21st 1970 and 8 September 1970 it was finally published in album format in 1974 by the Belgian editor Casterman. This year, 41
Read MoreTibet’s Chick Bill celebrating his 25th anniversary with Bob De Moor – the demo version!
A while back we posted an article on Tibet's Chick Bill celebrating his 25th anniversary. On that occasion the issue 39 of the Tintin Journal of 1978 was dedicated to Chick Bill with tributes from Bob De Moor and his colleagues Walthéry, Peyo, Derib, Franquin, Paape, Greg, Craenhals, Denayer, Morris, Dany, Leloup, Géri, Roba and Reding. As we explained in that article,
Read MoreA self-portrait from 1941, signed Bob De Moor
After a brief stay in Mexico, with limited internet access unfortunately, we return to our daily routine of news updates. Today we present you an almost 74-year old drawing. [caption id="attachment_1391" align="alignleft" width="237"] Bob De Moor's self-portrait as made on November 7, 1941.[/caption] As we all know Bob De Moor loved making self portraits, most often they were more about
Read MoreA capstan traced for the Cori album ‘L’invincible Armada 2 – Le Dragon des Mers’
When preparing drawings for his later Cori albums, Bob De Moor preferred to follow the same procedure as he did with Hergé when working on the Tintin albums, and that was to first prepare a case on a separate paper and then careful trace that copy onto another paper from where it was again traced to be put on the final
Read MoreA 1960s Journal Tintin cartoon by Bob De Moor – Part 1
In the 60s Bob De Moor created several cartoons which have been published left and right, in bigger and smaller magazines. Most of these publications are close to unknown to most of you today and are often very difficult to trace back. It's also not always easy to find out where a drawing was actually published. In some cases it's
Read MoreOne version of the many ‘Barelli et le bouddha boudant’ test drawings
In 1974 Bob De Moor would publish "Barelli et le bouddha boudant". Among Bob De Moor fans, the story and especially the cover of this album are widely considered as being the best in the Barelli series. Not many know however that Bob De Moor actually completed several versions of the album cover, not one, not two, not three, not four,
Read MoreBlack day for artists worldwide as freedom of speech ends in bloodbath at French office Charlie Hebdo
With over 12 people killed and several severely injured during a terrorist raid by Islam extremists on the offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, January 7th, 2015 will go into history as the 9/11 of art. So far the shooting cost the lives of 5 cartoonists: Charb, Cabu, Wolinski, Philippe Honoré and Tignous. [caption id="attachment_1367" align="alignleft" width="273"] Johan De Moor's
Read MoreBob De Moor goes Edgar P. Jacobs in 1984 + rare radio interview
Today we present you a document which Bob De Moor sent to the editorial staff of the Journal Tintin, more precisely to Jean-Luc Vernal, the editor in chief of the Journal Tintin from 1979 to 1988, and which has been sold on Catawiki recently. We also have a rare interview with Bob De Moor which Régric (comic author behind Lefranc,
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