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 MoreNew colored version of b&w version “Tintin and the Lake of Sharks” by Bob de Moor turns up (updated)
Update: We have updated the article with a comparison with the black and white version too. And guess what, there are also differences with that version too, which makes 3 different versions of one album, only one was commercially released. [caption id="attachment_288" align="alignleft" width="213"] Copyright © HERGÉ / Moulinsart[/caption] A while back we talked about a black & white version of
Read MoreTintin & Snowy test drawing by Bob de Moor for Belvision’s ‘Tintin and the Lake of Sharks’
This Tintin & Snowy drawing was completed by Bob de Moor in 1972 for the Studios Hergé. Of course it was made for the "Kuifje en het Haaienmeer" (that's the dutch title - so you also get to learn Bob's language bit by bit ) as produced by the Belvision studios. Note again that the different drawing is due to
Read MoreBob de Moor test drawing for Tintin and Snowy animated film “Tintin and the Lake of Sharks”
We unearthed this test drawing by Bob de Moor for the Tintin story "Tintin and the Lake of Sharks". The drawing was completed around 1972. Note that the different way of drawing is due to the purpose of the drawing: to serve as a guideline for the animators at the Belvision studios. For those interested to know how Bob de
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Read More“The last Pedestrian” by Bob de Moor in German (1957 & 2013)
[caption id="attachment_275" align="alignleft" width="203"] As it appeared in the Swiss monthly magazine Miggis Kinderpost in 1957.[/caption] Olivier Marin (comic artist known from his 'Les enquêtes auto de Margot' series) sent us this lovely frontpage from the Swiss monthly magazine Miggis Kinderpost which took over material from the Tintin Journal. The same drawing also appeared in the Tintin journal of course.
Read More“Le Nain noir” by Scott Walter with cover artwork by Bob de Moor
A while back we found a few copies of the Bob de Moor illustrated book "Le Nain noir" ("The Black Dwarf") by Walter Scott on Amazon. This 184 pages counting book was released in 1979 by les Editions Jacques Glénat holding a translation of the original english text by Albert Montémont. The little book with the Bob de Moor artwork
Read MoreOriginal drawing by Bob de Moor of Barelli with indications for the printer
Original drawing by Bob de Moor of Barelli with indications in dutch for the printer ("Tek inverseren" dutch for "Invert the drawing"). The height of the 'Barelli logo' is 115 mm as indicated by de Moor himself. Notice that this is almost the same drawing like you will find on the Barelli albums released in the 70s and of course
Read MoreInterview with BD Must on the reissue of the 5 Cori albums
[caption id="attachment_253" align="alignleft" width="217"] The first Cori volume is now also colored.[/caption] If you can now find the Barelli, Monsieur Tric or Cori albums in excellent hardcover editions, then that is largely due to the small Belgian editor BD Must éditions who took it upon themselves to start reissuing the work from Bob de Moor. Since 2001 the Brussels based editor
Read More20th anniversary of the Tintin Journal with Bob de Moor
[caption id="attachment_246" align="alignleft" width="178"] 20th anniversary of the Tintin Journal with Bob de Moor[/caption] On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Tintin journal the whole editorial staff went having dinner at the Brussels based hotel Amigo and this on September 30 1966. For the occasion Bob de Moor designed a pastiche picture of Hergé which was added on
Read MoreBob de Moor selfie with Tintin and Snowy
[caption id="attachment_243" align="alignleft" width="229"] Bob de Moor selfie with Tintin and Snowy[/caption] Selfies nowadays are extremely popular and for those unfamiliar with the phenomenon, selfies are self-portrait photographs, typically taken with a hand-held digital camera or camera phone. But did you know that Bob de Moor was actually a professional selfie-maker? Throughout his career he has created several 'selfies' portraying
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