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.
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Famous Flemish comic collector Yves Kerremans contacted us a few weeks ago with a drawing by Bob De Moor he had found back in the daily Het Nieuws van den Dag of 2 November 1960. It depicts Sinterklaas on a roof full of antenna. Since it's December 6th tomorrow, the day of Sinterklaas we thought it to be the perfect
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In 1982, more precisely from October 8 until November 15, the comic shop Stripgalerij Wonderland (located at the Paardsdemerstraat 19 in Hasselt (Flanders)) had an exposition on Bob De Moor. The expo opened the same day as the comic shop opened its door as it happens. The expo on Bob De Moor was followed by one on the work of
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Yesterday you could read an article regarding a cartoon-esque drawing by Bob De Moor which was found in a notebook which belonged to the late Dutch-born Lily Schmutzer. Schmutzer also followed drawing lessons at the ‘Academie voor Schone Kunsten’ from 1940 until 1945, just like Bob De Moor. Coincidentally, that very article revealed to Carine Weve that Bob De Moor
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A few days ago we received a mail including a scan of a drawing Bob De Moor had made on February 24, 1943. This drawing, which has never been published before, was included in a A5-sized notebook owned by Lily Schmutzer (1922 - 2000). Here's a detail of the drawing, further down below you can see the complete drawing. It's
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In 1981 the city of Clichy (a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France) organised it's 8th comic festival (from 12 til 14 June included). For the occasion Bob De Moor was a central guest together with Jean-Claude Fournier. Jean-Claude Fournier, known simply as Fournier, is a French cartoonist best known as the comic book artist who handled Spirou
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In the easter 1946 edition of KZV aka Kleine Zondagsvriend, Bob De Moor illustrated a story called "De duivel uit den hollen boomstronk" (The devil from the hollow tree stump) in the 'Professor Goudzoeker vertelt' series. The illustration - a splendid one - was one of many Bob De Moor would make for KZV for all kind of standalone stories
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In 1948 en 1949 a new Bob De Moor (under the Artec Studios flag) series saw a publication: 'Janneke en Stanneke'. It was the weekly comic strip publication 't Kapoentje which published the different stories. 'Stories' because many people think that there is only one Janneke en Stanneke story, namely the one which in the end got re-published for the
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In March 1999 a black and white version of the Snoe and Snolleke album "De Witte Maw-Maw" saw the light of day. It was a collaboration between 3 comic strip festivals and the Brussels based Enigma publishing house and it seems they had really big plans keeping the Bob De Moor fans busy for quite some time collecting all the
Read MoreFrom September 2 through September 4 you can visit the Brussels Comic Strip Festival in the Brussels park. The festival has been celebrating comics of all kinds in Brussels since 2010, and welcomes more than 100,000 visitors each year. Young or old, amateur or specialist, there is always something for everyone among the many activities on offer. For the 2016
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