In July 1950 Barelli appeared for the very first time in the Journal Tintin ("L'enigmatique monsieur Barelli" Tintin, 30/1950 - 9/1951). This makes that Barelli has just celebrated his 70th birthday. Below is the first page as it was published in the Journal Tintin. And this can not go unnoticed of course. BD Must is now releasing a special anniversary
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A while ago a drawing of 4 illustrations (completed in watercolor) to be used for the 2nd volume of "L’histoire de la Marine", namely "L'histoire de la marine de 1700 à 1850165", got auctioned. Only the coloring was attributed to Bob De Moor, but it's highly probable that he also made the drawings of the boats unlike what the auction
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A few weeks ago I came across a drawing which depicted a scene on an exotic beach with 3 cabin boys opening a treasure chest. The scene was adorned with Nesquik banners on the left and right and was clearly made to be part of a display. The drawing itself was on sale as being from Johan De Moor. However,
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A few days ago we announced the imminent publication in album format (for the very first time) of the 1948 story “Dat wondere pimpeltje” for which the script was written by Jozef Van Overstraeten based on his book with the same title from 1946. We took the opportunity to catch up with Johan De Moor as he delivered the cover
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In 1948 Bob De Moor drew a story, written by Jozef Van Overstraeten (who was the president of the V.A.B. or the Vlaamse Automilistenbond - an association for cardrivers basically) called "Dat wondere pimpeltje" (That wonderful pimple). The comic was published in the Kleine Zondagsvriend of that year. Note that this is one of the few occasions were the stories
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In 1989 Casterman and Rijperman released the first color album version of the Johan and Stefan album "De Zondebokken" ("Les Bouts Emissaires" in French, and "De Geitenrijders" in the original Flemish version which was also the very first Snow en Snolleke album ever). For that reedition Bob De Moor would prepare a lot of different versions of the cover artwork.
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In April this year we posted a drawing showcasing the lack of materials the Belgian population was confronted with as the second war continued. During (and especially at the end of) and also after the German occupation of Belgium, people were confronted with a lot of products not being available. The drawing, or rather the cartoon, laughed with the use
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In September 2015 this site published the article "The cover for 'War In The Cosmos' which never got used for a French reprint" showing a drawing which appeared to be a never published before front cover for a new french version of “Oorlog In Het Heelal”, the story Bob De Moor created for the weekly magazine Ons Volk in 1949.
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In December 2016 this site published an article titled "Sinterklaas with Bob De Moor in 1960" showing a cartoon which was published in the daily Het Nieuws van den Dag of 2 November 1960 (and which Yves Kerremans sent to us). The drawing in that article depicts Sinterklaas on a roof full of antenna and was made for the 'Help
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"De Leeuw van Vlaanderen", probably one of the best known (and appreciated) album ever created by Bob De Moor has seen several reeditions overtime since it's creation almost 70 years ago. Bob De moor always took care of the cover artwork which changed with almost every edition. However, when in 2002 the BCB (Belgisch Centrum van het Beeldverhaal) and the
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