[caption id="attachment_380" align="alignleft" width="300"] Copyright © Hergé / Moulinsart / Bob de Moor[/caption] In 1979 Hergé made a poster drawing for the "Prix Stéphane Janssen 1979 Royal Waterloo Golf Club". You'll notice that Stéphane Janssen is also featured in the drawing, namely below on the right (you can see the drawing in crayon of Janssen's head right here, and 2
Read More[caption id="attachment_377" align="alignleft" width="219"] "Pastiche 3" by Roger Brunel[/caption] We all know the pastiche pages made by Bob de Moor, you can find some examples here, here, here, here and here (and there are more to come of course), but de Moor also was 'victim' of pastiches. A first one we show here is a Barelli pastiche made by Roger Brunel.
Read More[caption id="attachment_369" align="alignleft" width="300"] UNICEF stickers 1980[/caption] In 1980 a pair of stickers were sold for UNICEF. The stickers were part of an action that was directed to raise awareness that hunger was still a problem (and it also was against the sale of weapons to countries were this was the case). The anti-weapon vs food subject is present in
Read More[caption id="attachment_360" align="alignleft" width="218"] "Mystère à Montreuil" aka "La Marque Verte"[/caption] In 1990 "Professor Sató's 3 Formulae, Volume 2: Mortimer vs. Mortimer" was published, it was the twelfth book in the Blake and Mortimer series and although started by Edgar P. Jacobs, it was Bob de Moor who completed it after the death of Jacobs. Although lots has been written
Read More[caption id="attachment_356" align="alignleft" width="205"] Bob de Moor and Barelli on a deserted island[/caption] In 1981 several Tintin Journal cartoonists were asked to create a page depicting their ideal deserted island for a special issue on the aspect of deserted islands. The cover for that issue was created by Ernst, with other contributors (next to that of Bob De Moor) offering drawings or
Read More[caption id="attachment_352" align="alignleft" width="212"] The iglo towers of Bob de Moor for the boy scouts[/caption] In 1984 Bob de Moor was asked to provide a drawing for the Boy Scouts calendar 1985. 2 projects were started, one with igloos and another one with huge wipers which made the window washers redundant. In the end the choice was made to go
Read More[caption id="attachment_348" align="alignleft" width="300"] The Machines - "A World Of Machines" (1982)[/caption] In 1982 the Belgian poppy new wave act The Machines released their debut album "A World Of Machines". The cover artwork was by none else but Bob de Moor, who was actually replacing the late Guy Peelaert (David Bowie has used his artwork on the "Diamond Dogs" album).
Read More[caption id="attachment_343" align="alignleft" width="211"] "Un printemps à Québec"[/caption] In 1988 the Canadian Québec based publisher Réal Fillion issued a book "Un printemps à Québec" holding a portfolio of 14 drawings in color by some of the most famous comic artist from that time. The portfolio we talk about here was published on the occasion of the 1st 'Festival de la BD
Read More[caption id="attachment_339" align="alignleft" width="232"] The original cover drawing[/caption] In 1956 the album "De schele zilvervos" (dutch for"The squint-eyed silver fox") by Bob de Moor was released. This 4th album in the 'Nonkel Zigomar, Snoe en Snolleke' series has a peculiar twist in the original cover artwork if you compare it to later editions. In the very first artwork (which you
Read More[caption id="attachment_330" align="alignleft" width="227"] Televisier magazine issue of June 8 1974 - Copyright © Hergé / Moulinsart[/caption] This morning we received a scan from the dutch Televisier magazine issue of June 8 1974. The cover shows a still from the film "Tintin and the Lake of Sharks" but for the rest the magazine published the same colored version as the
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