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 MoreA forgotten Bob De Moor drawing from Ons Volkske
A few weeks ago I was able to trace back a few copies of Hop!, a French comics magazine. In issue 25 of that magazine, dating from 1981, there's a 4 page article written by Jean Marie Smits on the flemish production by Bob De Moor including a drawing which hasn't been republished before. We got in touch with Smits to
Read MoreEl Spectro meets Bob De Moor in ‘Trans-Amazonie’
In 2013 the second volume in the El Spectro series by graphic artist Yves Rodier and storywriter Frédéric Antoine was published: "Trans-Amazonie". So what does that have to do with Bob De Moor you may think. We all know that Yves Rodier is a huge Bob De Moor fan (if you don't, then you should check out this interview we
Read MorePaul Henri Charles Spaak with beard after a long trip
In the archives of the family De Moor there are several cartoons which refer to political situations that took place. Since the events often took place more than 60 years ago, it's not always easy to understand what was the real political background of these cartoons. [caption id="attachment_1699" align="alignleft" width="300"] The undated cartoon featuring a bearded Paul Henri Charles Spaak.[/caption]
Read MoreA previously unknown sketch for the 2nd page of ‘Barelli et la mort de Richard II’
A week ago I was bidding on an original of Bob De Moor on eBay, unfortunately my much too late arrival in Ankara (caused by the terror attack in Ankara) made it impossible to keep up with the auction biddings like I had planned and I saw I got outbid by 5 euro when I was finally able to check the
Read MoreWar scene in water colour by Bob De Moor
Today I present you a rather rare item which I found in the archives of the family De Moor. [caption id="attachment_1690" align="alignleft" width="300"] Water colour on paper. Notice the B in the bottom right corner.[/caption] The undated drawing is very unlike Bob De Moor as you can see. The realistically drawn scene represents a war scene with a US soldier
Read MoreFee & Fonske or Mieleke & Dolf?
Between 1949 and 1951 Ons Volkske featured the adventures of Fee & Fonske under the name "De Fratsen van Fee en Fonske" (which would also appear as "De avonturen van Mieleke en Dolf" both in Kuifje Weekblad... and Ons Volkse), see also our article "Mieleke & Dolf / Bouboule & Noiraud make their entry in 1949". As you can see,
Read MoreA house in De Kempen – undated drawing by Bob De Moor
During the Christmas period following Bob De Moor's death in 1992, his wife Jeanne De Belder sent out a Christmas Card with a drawing De Moor had made in the late 50ies / early 60ies. It's was Luc De Meulenaere who tipped me off on this particular card. While cruising through the archives of the family De Moor one drawing
Read More‘De zwarte draak’ – the complete version – confirmed for Fenix 110
A few months ago we wrote that the team behind Brabant Strip had been able to find the original newspaper clippings of the 1954 Snoe and Snolleke story "De zwarte draak" ("The black dragon"). We now can confirm that the re-edition - in its complete version including the 4 missing strips from the Standaard Uitgeverij version - will be released as Fenix 110 by the
Read MoreWillem (Koelbloed) De Vrijbuiter in colour
On October 1948 't Kapoentje published the final page of "Willem De Vrijbuiter" (later renamed "Willem Koelbloed" for the publication in De Volksmacht in 1949) which was one of the more realistic stories Bob De Moor would create in his early career and which together with for instance "De Verklikker" (KZV 1949) would form a test platform for his Flemish Trilogy
Read More‘Het Mollenrijk’ in colour in Gazet van Antwerpen in 1992
Last year we wrote about a significant difference in a sequence of Bob De Moor's Snoe & Snolleke album “Het Mollenrijk” as published in the Flemish newspaper Het Nieuws van de Dag and the version of the albums as published by Bédéscope. The two versions were finally included in one edition, that by Brabant Strip in 2003 (a highly recommended
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