A while back we posted an article on Tibet's Chick Bill celebrating his 25th anniversary. On that occasion the issue 39 of the Tintin Journal of 1978 was dedicated to Chick Bill with tributes from Bob De Moor and his colleagues Walthéry, Peyo, Derib, Franquin, Paape, Greg, Craenhals, Denayer, Morris, Dany, Leloup, Géri, Roba and Reding. As we explained in that article,
Read MoreAfter a brief stay in Mexico, with limited internet access unfortunately, we return to our daily routine of news updates. Today we present you an almost 74-year old drawing. [caption id="attachment_1391" align="alignleft" width="237"] Bob De Moor's self-portrait as made on November 7, 1941.[/caption] As we all know Bob De Moor loved making self portraits, most often they were more about
Read MoreWhen preparing drawings for his later Cori albums, Bob De Moor preferred to follow the same procedure as he did with Hergé when working on the Tintin albums, and that was to first prepare a case on a separate paper and then careful trace that copy onto another paper from where it was again traced to be put on the final
Read MoreIn the 60s Bob De Moor created several cartoons which have been published left and right, in bigger and smaller magazines. Most of these publications are close to unknown to most of you today and are often very difficult to trace back. It's also not always easy to find out where a drawing was actually published. In some cases it's
Read MoreIn 1974 Bob De Moor would publish "Barelli et le bouddha boudant". Among Bob De Moor fans, the story and especially the cover of this album are widely considered as being the best in the Barelli series. Not many know however that Bob De Moor actually completed several versions of the album cover, not one, not two, not three, not four,
Read MoreWith over 12 people killed and several severely injured during a terrorist raid by Islam extremists on the offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, January 7th, 2015 will go into history as the 9/11 of art. So far the shooting cost the lives of 5 cartoonists: Charb, Cabu, Wolinski, Philippe Honoré and Tignous. [caption id="attachment_1367" align="alignleft" width="273"] Johan De Moor's
Read MoreToday we present you a document which Bob De Moor sent to the editorial staff of the Journal Tintin, more precisely to Jean-Luc Vernal, the editor in chief of the Journal Tintin from 1979 to 1988, and which has been sold on Catawiki recently. We also have a rare interview with Bob De Moor which Régric (comic author behind Lefranc,
Read More68 years ago, in 1947, Bob De Moor painted a drawing which has been part of the toilet ornaments of the family De Moor for years. Not surprisingly the drawing remained in the archives of the family De Moor and we can show it today for the very first time. [caption id="attachment_1353" align="alignleft" width="204"] A 1947 drawing by Bob De
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