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, an interior designer
Throughout his whole life Bob De Moor would work on all kinds of interior design, just like Hergé actually did. Nothing exceptional, in the end we all have gone through that process before heading to IKEA (to name just one store). But things get a bit different when you can actually draw as well as the aforementioned two gentlemen. Stefaan De
Read MoreThe test drawing for the 1973 version of ‘De Leeuw van Vlaanderen’
In July 1973, Bob De Moor would see his "De Leeuw van Vlaanderen" (after the historical novel written by the Flemish writer Hendrik Conscience in 1838) reissued in the CISO series, namely as CISO 13. For the occasion Bob De Moor completed a different front cover than the one used for the 1952 original and later versions, even post 1973
Read More2 covers, 2 different colours for Danny De Laet’s ‘Het Beeldverhaal in Vlaanderen (en Elders)’
In 1977 Brabantia Nostra would release a 248 pages counting book titled "Het Beeldverhaal in Vlaanderen" by CISO founder and editor Danny De Laet. The cover of this book was drawn by Bob De Moor en shows Monsieur Tric (Troc) leaning on a globe with several comic strips on it plus the onomatopoeias as used in comics. If you are
Read MoreBob De Moor inspired by Hergé’s ‘Cigars of the Pharaoh’ for ‘Bloske & Zwik, Detectives’?
In 1949, the Poperinge (Belgium) publisher Sansen released a comic by Bob De Moor called "Bloske & Zwik, Detectives" (read also: Bob De Moor's most expensive album available now? A first edition from "Bloske en Zwik, Detectives" from 1949). The story itself had seen a pre-publication in ’t Kapoentje from December 6th, 1948, until April 28, 1949. Today we pick
Read MoreBarelli dissected – from polaroid to drawing for ‘Barelli in bruisend Brussel’ (part 3)
A few weeks ago we presented you the first and second article in a series of articles that will treat the genesis of the 1988 album “Barelli in bruisend Brussel”. The assistant of Bob De Moor for that album was Geert De Sutter, who took care of the background/decors in the album. Since both men only had a few months
Read MoreTric goes fishing in 1951, slightly corrected by Johan De Moor in 2012
When Jean-Michel Boxus, boss of the Brussels based editor BD Must, started work on the reissue of the Monsieur Tric albums (available here), he also decided to include all of the Monsieur/Professeur Tric/Troc stories which never had been published before in album format. The stories concerned are the ones which never had been published as a one page story in
Read MoreSnowy in an early 1950 Bob De Moor drawing. How did that happen?
On January 26 1950 Bob De Moor again got the chance to complete the frontpage of yet another Tintin magazine, Tintin N°4 of that year more precisely. The subject of the drawing was "La classe sans maitre", a class where the teacher was nowhere to be seen, resulting in quite some mayhem. We all know that frontpage, at least I
Read MoreBarelli in Madrid with Citroën and the Coconuts
As you all know, Citroën was a brand of cars which always have had a special place in the over of Bob De Moor. The Citroën cars pop up in almost every Barelli album plus he also made a special Citroën cover for the book “La 22, Enquête sur une mystérieuse Citroën” by Hervé Laronde and Fabien Sabatès published by
Read MoreBob De Moor’s ‘Le Lion des Flandres’ / ‘De Leeuw van Vlaanderen’ restored – soon out via BD Must
A few days ago we showed you a first glimpse on the work done by BD Must for the re-release of the Flandres Trilogy by Bob De Moor which consists of the 3 albums “Le Lion des Flandres” ("De Leeuw van Vlaanderen"), “Les gars de Flandre” ("De Kerels van Vlaanderen") and “Conrad le Hardi” (“Sterke Jan”). We then showed you a
Read MoreExclusive glimpse on the upcoming re-publication of the Flandres Trilogy
When we interviewed Jean-Michel Boxus from BD Must in April 2014 he told us that he - amongst other things Bob De Moor related - planned to re-release the Flandres Trilogy which consists of the 3 albums “Le Lion des Flandres”, “Les gars de Flandre” and “Conrad le Hardi”. Today we received a first look on the restoration for one
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