In the period 1982-1983 Bob De Moor created an extended version of the Barelli story “Barelli à Nusa-Penida” (volume 1 & 2), which was originally published back in 1951 for the Tintin Journal. The recreated versions were released in album format via Le Lombard with new/reworked pages and other cover artwork. And that's precisely what we will talk about this time.
Read MoreToday's article was triggered by a mail we got from Petja van den Hurk who pointed us towards this blogpost by Peter Velter on the Joost Swarte website. The article recalled an aborted project from 1975 to unite a number of comics by well known underground authors in one album. But although the project never got realised, Velter did compile
Read MoreDuring the 60s and 70s, Lombard would publish several collections at a rather moderate price. The low price also had as a result that the French versions didn't come in the normal hardcover versions but - very unusual on the French speaking bookmarket - in a cheaper paperback version. The stories were often also shorter, 32 instead of 44 pages.
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