A 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

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El 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

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Paul 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]

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War 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

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Fee & 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,

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A 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

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Willem (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

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‘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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