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
Read MoreFrom 1 February 1954 until 25 May 1954 the newspapers De Nieuwe Gids, De Antwerpse and ’t Vrije Volksblad published the Snoe & Snolleke story "Het geheim van Vulcania". The album has since the publication in 1954 never been published in album format, at least not in its original form, black and white that is. In 1993 the album saw
Read MoreGood news reaches us from the Brabant Strip headquarters. The team behind Brabant Strip have been able to find the original newspaper clippings of the 1954 Snoe and Snolleke story "De zwarte draak" ("The black dragon") during a foray at the Vossenplein in Brussels. [caption id="attachment_1424" align="alignleft" width="300"] Notice the difference in language in both versions.[/caption] This re-edition is important for
Read MoreOut now is the 100th album in the Fenix Collection by Brabant Strip, namely Bob De Moor's “Le Mystère du vieux chateau fort” albeit in a Dutch version with the title "Het Mysterie van de Oude Burcht". The album is released as a hard cover, full color, in Dutch and they have succeeded in keeping the original colors of the
Read MoreOn December 31st 1954, the Flemish newspaper Het Nieuws van de Dag announced a brand new story of Bob De Moor‘s ‘De avonturen van Nonkel Zigomar, Snoe en Snolleke': “Het Mollenrijk”. Yesterday we talked about the differences between the cover version of the albums as published by Bédéscope and Brabant Strip. Today we focus on what is quite a remarkable change
Read MoreOn December 31st 1954, the Flemish newspaper Het Nieuws van de Dag (not to be confounded with the Dutch newspaper De Courant/Nieuws van de Dag) announced a brand new story of Bob De Moor's 'De avonturen van Nonkel Zigomar, Snoe en Snolleke': "Het Mollenrijk". It would take 26 years before it would be released in an album format - in french
Read More[caption id="attachment_477" align="alignleft" width="213"] De cover as drawn by Johan De Moor[/caption] From 5 January 1956 till 29 Februari 1956, the daily newspaper De Nieuwe Gids (and related titles) published the Uncle Zigomar story "De Sprekende Wandelstok" (Eng: "The Talking Cane"). The story was the 15th and last volume in the series, and unlike other Uncle Zigomar stories it never
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