[caption id="attachment_506" align="alignleft" width="209"] The Méhari tobacco campaign - Copyright © Hergé / Moulinsart[/caption] Bob De Moor was a chain smoker, and so was Hergé, so it wasn't really a surprise that in 1977 an advert turned up where Thomson and Thompson were smoking Méhari cigars. Truth be told, Hergé was furious that the agency had added the line 'Le
Read More[caption id="attachment_491" align="alignleft" width="225"] Yves Rodier on the roof of the Le Lombard building in Brussels.[/caption] Yves Rodier (born 5 June 1967) is a Franco-Quebec comic strip author who got widely known for having completed "Tintin and Alph-Art", albeit in a non-official version of course. It never got commercially released but despite that, it must be one of the most
Read More"La veuve d'Hergé sort de l'ombre" - Paris Match 8-14/05/2014 Since Bob De Moor wanted to complete the unfinished "Tintin and Alph-Art" album, but was refused to do so in the end, we thought that this particular newsbit might interest more than just one reader (and that's probably an understatement). Note: It's not the intention to start posting Tintin news
Read More[caption id="attachment_477" align="alignleft" width="213"] De cover as drawn by Johan De Moor[/caption] From 5 January 1956 till 29 Februari 1956, the daily newspaper De Nieuwe Gids (and related titles) published the Uncle Zigomar story "De Sprekende Wandelstok" (Eng: "The Talking Cane"). The story was the 15th and last volume in the series, and unlike other Uncle Zigomar stories it never
Read More[caption id="attachment_469" align="alignleft" width="300"] Advert featuring peasant woman - Copyright © Hergé / Moulinsart[/caption] In the series of Fruit d'Or adverts which Bob De Moor completed for Publiart/Studios Hergé, today let's check out one particular advert featuring Professor Calculus hovering in the air with a hamper of poultry in his left hand and a Fruit d'Or margarine/a cooking butter boat in
Read More[caption id="attachment_458" align="alignleft" width="300"] On the right the Casterman version from 1989, on the left the Magnum series version from 1979.[/caption] Today you'll see a very good example of how an album in the Oncle Zigomar series got rewritten, renamed, partially redrawn, and a bit brutalized (for the dutch market?). Victim of today is the album "De sigarillo’s van Koningin
Read MoreThe drawing by Bob De Moor, the final version, case 9 (page 43) from the 1949 Tintin album "Prisoners of the Sun" - Copyright © Hergé / Moulinsart In late 1979 the Studio Hergé (or better, Publiart) accepted an advert proposal from the dutch raincoat maker AGU. Under the Kangourak Salik brand several of the characters from the Tintin comic books
Read More[caption id="attachment_436" align="alignleft" width="231"] The original coverartwork for this Oncle Zigomar album[/caption] "De rode caballero" or "Le caballero rouge" (or "The red caballero" in english) was the 14th story in the Oncle Zigomar adventures, but only the 2nd album to be published in the Periodica (and Bédéscope) series. Originally the story ran in the flemish newspaper De Nieuwe Gids and
Read MoreToday a nice item arrived in our mailbox. Sender: Luc De Meulenaere, the husband of Annemie De Moor, that's right, daughter of Bob De Moor. The drawing was made by Bob De Moor in 1990 especially for the occasion and given to Luc De Meulenaere, who is a singer - a Tenori 1 - attached to the Brussels theatre "La
Read More[caption id="attachment_427" align="alignleft" width="300"] Scrapbook front and inside[/caption] A week ago or so, I stumbled on a small website for local sales and much to my surprise I saw someone offering a selfmade scrapbook of Bob De Moor's "Barelli à Nusa-Penida" (volume & & 2) newspaper clippings in black and white (without the heading unfortunately). The price was so low
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