[caption id="attachment_322" align="alignleft" width="215"] Bob de Moor in "De Kastarrally"[/caption] In 1987 flemish cartoonist Jean-Pol saw the Kramikske album "De Kastarrally" released. In that very story, you'll see Bob de Moor doing a cameo on pages 10 (see the page on the left), 11 and 12, and then further on the pages 14, 15, 16 as Bob 'The Moor' also
Read More12 years after he released his last Barelli story, the second part of "Monsieur Barelli à Nusa Penida", in 1964 a brand new Barelli adventure would pop up in the Tintin Journal: "Barelli et les agents secrets" (French for "Barelli and the secret agents"). On the left we show you the original black and what drawing made for the Tintin
Read More[caption id="attachment_309" align="alignleft" width="300"] Hec Leemans[/caption] Hector (Hec) Leemans is a Flemish cartoonist and scenario writer who was 'trained' according to the press (but Hec Leemans says he just visited the studio one day and Bob de Moor gave him some very useful tips) by Bob de Moor as a 15-year old. Debuting with the series Circus Maximus, he hit the
Read MoreUpdate: We have updated the article with a comparison with the black and white version too. And guess what, there are also differences with that version too, which makes 3 different versions of one album, only one was commercially released. [caption id="attachment_288" align="alignleft" width="213"] Copyright © HERGÉ / Moulinsart[/caption] A while back we talked about a black & white version of
Read MoreThis Tintin & Snowy drawing was completed by Bob de Moor in 1972 for the Studios Hergé. Of course it was made for the "Kuifje en het Haaienmeer" (that's the dutch title - so you also get to learn Bob's language bit by bit ) as produced by the Belvision studios. Note again that the different drawing is due to
Read MoreWe unearthed this test drawing by Bob de Moor for the Tintin story "Tintin and the Lake of Sharks". The drawing was completed around 1972. Note that the different way of drawing is due to the purpose of the drawing: to serve as a guideline for the animators at the Belvision studios. For those interested to know how Bob de
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Read More[caption id="attachment_275" align="alignleft" width="203"] As it appeared in the Swiss monthly magazine Miggis Kinderpost in 1957.[/caption] Olivier Marin (comic artist known from his 'Les enquêtes auto de Margot' series) sent us this lovely frontpage from the Swiss monthly magazine Miggis Kinderpost which took over material from the Tintin Journal. The same drawing also appeared in the Tintin journal of course.
Read MoreA while back we found a few copies of the Bob de Moor illustrated book "Le Nain noir" ("The Black Dwarf") by Walter Scott on Amazon. This 184 pages counting book was released in 1979 by les Editions Jacques Glénat holding a translation of the original english text by Albert Montémont. The little book with the Bob de Moor artwork
Read MoreOriginal drawing by Bob de Moor of Barelli with indications in dutch for the printer ("Tek inverseren" dutch for "Invert the drawing"). The height of the 'Barelli logo' is 115 mm as indicated by de Moor himself. Notice that this is almost the same drawing like you will find on the Barelli albums released in the 70s and of course
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