In 1989 Casterman and Rijperman released the first color album version of the Johan and Stefan album "De Zondebokken" ("Les Bouts Emissaires" in French, and "De Geitenrijders" in the original Flemish version which was also the very first Snow en Snolleke album ever). For that reedition Bob De Moor would prepare a lot of different versions of the cover artwork.
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In April this year we posted a drawing showcasing the lack of materials the Belgian population was confronted with as the second war continued. During (and especially at the end of) and also after the German occupation of Belgium, people were confronted with a lot of products not being available. The drawing, or rather the cartoon, laughed with the use
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In September 2015 this site published the article "The cover for 'War In The Cosmos' which never got used for a French reprint" showing a drawing which appeared to be a never published before front cover for a new french version of “Oorlog In Het Heelal”, the story Bob De Moor created for the weekly magazine Ons Volk in 1949.
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In December 2016 this site published an article titled "Sinterklaas with Bob De Moor in 1960" showing a cartoon which was published in the daily Het Nieuws van den Dag of 2 November 1960 (and which Yves Kerremans sent to us). The drawing in that article depicts Sinterklaas on a roof full of antenna and was made for the 'Help
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"De Leeuw van Vlaanderen", probably one of the best known (and appreciated) album ever created by Bob De Moor has seen several reeditions overtime since it's creation almost 70 years ago. Bob De moor always took care of the cover artwork which changed with almost every edition. However, when in 2002 the BCB (Belgisch Centrum van het Beeldverhaal) and the
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During (and especially at the end of) the German occupation of Belgium, people were confronted with a lot of products not being available. By then the use of use of ersatz products was common. For those not familiar with the term 'Ersatz', it is a German word literally meaning substitute or replacement and often refers to things of poorer quality.
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This morning we received the following scans of 2 drawings (each sized 13,5 x 10 cm), both were sketched by Bob De Moor. Both sketches feature elements from the 7th Tintin album "Explorers on the Moon", the first one showing a drunk Captain Haddock floating in space (taken from page 10 in the album), the second showing Captain Haddock jumping
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2 years ago the ever prolific Brabant Strip team dedicated its 100th album in their Fenix Collection to the 1947 album “Le Mystère du vieux chateau fort”, this time in a Dutch version. This Bob De Moor album was one of the few ones published on a scenario by his brother-in-law John Van Looveren, and it's one of the most beautiful
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On May 7 1944, whilst Antwerp (and the rest of Belgium) were still under German occupation, John Van Looveren became a father of a boy, Ludo. John was Bob De Moor's brother-in-law and married to Bob's sister Alice De Moor. Both John and Bob were very close around that time. Bob had for instance illustrated a story by John a
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In the period 1982-1983 Bob De Moor created an extended version of the Barelli story “Barelli à Nusa-Penida” (volume 1 & 2), which was originally published back in 1951 for the Tintin Journal. The recreated versions were released in album format via Le Lombard with new/reworked pages and other cover artwork. And that's precisely what we will talk about this time.
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