Bob De Moor has created quite a lot of birth cards over the years. Legendary for instance are those he created when his children Dirk, Chris, Johan, Annemie and Stefaan were born, some of these were published in the Bourdil-Tordeur book "Bob de Moor. 40 ans de bande dessineée, 35 ans au côtés d'Hergé". But Bob De Moor also made
Read MoreIn 1955 the family De Moor wanted to have a house that was closer to the Studio Hergé. So the couple and their kids settled in Ukkel (Uccle in French) one of the 19 municipalities located in Brussels where they found a safe haven on the Coghensquare number 41. Bob and Jeanne De Moor would continue to live there for
Read MoreOn April 11, 1946 the weekly lifestyle magazine Zondagsvriend published a story called "Een dolle weddenschap" (English for "A foolish bet"). The story, spread over the entire page 11 (and a small part on page 14), takes place in 1893 and is about a cowboy who accepts the challenge to jump out of a balloon with a parachute. The story
Read MoreToday exactly 22 years ago Bob De Moor passed away. With his disappearance the Franco-Belge comic scene lost a monument. For the occasion we contacted a few comic authors who have known Bob De Moor to send us a tribute. Today we publish 4 of these drawings which clearly show the respect these comic authors had for Bob De Moor.
Read MoreOut now is the brand new album, "Coeur Glacé" (Eng. "Ice cold heart") by Johan De Moor, son of Bob De Moor, on a scenario by Gilles Dal. The book can now be ordered via Amazon France and via all local comic stores of course. For the launch of the promo campaign of the book Johan De Moor and Gilles Dal launched a video (you can view it
Read MoreWe are sorry to inform you that the French edition of "Le mystère du vieux château" originally planned via the Brussels based editor La Crypte Tonique (you might know them from their recent Paul Cuvelier editions) on 300 copies has been canceled. Technical issues are at the basis of the cancelation. [caption id="attachment_827" align="alignleft" width="220"] The cover of the Dutch
Read MoreIn 1972 Bob De Moor would create "Barelli et le Bouddha boudant" (published in Tintin in 1972), the first new full Barelli album after 1964's "Barelli et les agents secrets". For this album Bob De Moor abandoned the sketchy way as used in "Barelli et les agents secrets" and returned to the clear 'Tintin' line. If you look well you'll see
Read MoreOn June 24th 1989 Chris De Moor, oldest son of Bob De Moor, celebrated his 40th birthday at the Salle St Pie X in Forest, Brussels (BE). The invitation for that birthday party was created by Bob De Moor (thanks to Alain Demaret for the tip and scan). As usual it also holds references to his son's real life. We
Read MoreA few weeks ago we stumbled on a 1946 collection of 'Zondagsvriend' and started turning pages and pages and pages. The bundle helt 10 drawings by Bob De Moor which so far have never been re-published in any format. They sometimes show the comic author Bob De Moor at work in a way very few people know. It also shows a Bob De
Read MoreOn December 14th 1950 the 'timbre Tintin' was launched. This was a kind of gift voucher in the format of a stamp which needed to be cut out and which could be exchanged for products derived from the Tintin Journal such as chromos, wallets, pencils, soaps, stationary, shirts, etc... These stamps were included on products from participating brands. They were
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