In July 1950 Barelli appeared for the very first time in the Journal Tintin ("L'enigmatique monsieur Barelli" Tintin, 30/1950 - 9/1951). This makes that Barelli has just celebrated his 70th birthday. Below is the first page as it was published in the Journal Tintin. And this can not go unnoticed of course. BD Must is now releasing a special anniversary
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A few weeks ago I came across a drawing which depicted a scene on an exotic beach with 3 cabin boys opening a treasure chest. The scene was adorned with Nesquik banners on the left and right and was clearly made to be part of a display. The drawing itself was on sale as being from Johan De Moor. However,
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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
Read MoreIn 1989 Haarlem born Rob Harren (Lombard Nederland) was asked to put Le Lombard back on the rails and especially make sure that their comic authors got pre-publications, something which until today is key to get a (new) comic series off the ground. He contacted Bob De Moor and Belgian comics writer and mystery novelist André-Paul Duchâteau to join Le Lombard
Read More[caption id="attachment_631" align="alignleft" width="300"] The jury for the 'Bronzen Adhemar 1991' in Turnhout, Belgium. From the left to the right: Ad Hendrickx, Bob De Moor, Jan Smet, Marc Sleen, Manu Manderveld, Patrick Van Gompel, Hec Leemans.[/caption] Ad Hendrickx, owner of the Turnhout (Belgium) based comic shop 'Tistjen Dop', sent us this nice picture of Bob De Moor when he was
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