UPDATE: Pierre Gay worked on these particular pages. We added his comments. Between 1987 and 1994 Boogaloo, Casterman, Rijperman, and the Standaard Uitgeverij would re-release 8 Johan & Stefaan (Snoe & Snolleke) albums in color. As we reported already a while back, this coloring included redrawing as well as you can see in this earlier article on "De Gele Spion",
Read MoreA few days ago we reported about 2 drawings which were put up for auction by the Liège based auction house BD Enchères (aka Les Carmes Ltd.). The 2 drawings went for quite low prices, allotment 413 (which we discussed in last week's article) went for 125 Euros, that's 150 Euros all costs included. Allotment 414, which we will discuss
Read MoreBelgium is not an easy country to govern politically, and that's an euphemism really. Officially the Kingdom of Belgium, it is a federal monarchy in Western Europe, a founding member of the European Union (and that's why it hosts the EU's headquarters as well as well as those of several other major international organizations such as NATO) with a population
Read MoreLast Friday 3 October we were at the reception for the 25th anniversary (and it’s 30th if you count from the creation of the non-profit organization) of the Belgian Comic Strip Center at the Zandstraat 20 in Brussels. Present were hundreds of people who came to honor the center and its legacy. The combination of sparkling wine and all kinds
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