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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Famous Flemish comic collector Yves Kerremans contacted us a few weeks ago with a drawing by Bob De Moor he had found back in the daily Het Nieuws van den Dag of 2 November 1960. It depicts Sinterklaas on a roof full of antenna. Since it's December 6th tomorrow, the day of Sinterklaas we thought it to be the perfect
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In 1982, more precisely from October 8 until November 15, the comic shop Stripgalerij Wonderland (located at the Paardsdemerstraat 19 in Hasselt (Flanders)) had an exposition on Bob De Moor. The expo opened the same day as the comic shop opened its door as it happens. The expo on Bob De Moor was followed by one on the work of
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Yesterday you could read an article regarding a cartoon-esque drawing by Bob De Moor which was found in a notebook which belonged to the late Dutch-born Lily Schmutzer. Schmutzer also followed drawing lessons at the ‘Academie voor Schone Kunsten’ from 1940 until 1945, just like Bob De Moor. Coincidentally, that very article revealed to Carine Weve that Bob De Moor
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A few days ago we received a mail including a scan of a drawing Bob De Moor had made on February 24, 1943. This drawing, which has never been published before, was included in a A5-sized notebook owned by Lily Schmutzer (1922 - 2000). Here's a detail of the drawing, further down below you can see the complete drawing. It's
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In 1981 the city of Clichy (a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France) organised it's 8th comic festival (from 12 til 14 June included). For the occasion Bob De Moor was a central guest together with Jean-Claude Fournier. Jean-Claude Fournier, known simply as Fournier, is a French cartoonist best known as the comic book artist who handled Spirou
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