In 1948 en 1949 a new Bob De Moor (under the Artec Studios flag) series saw a publication: 'Janneke en Stanneke'. It was the weekly comic strip publication 't Kapoentje which published the different stories. 'Stories' because many people think that there is only one Janneke en Stanneke story, namely the one which in the end got re-published for the
Read MoreOn October 1948 't Kapoentje published the final page of "Willem De Vrijbuiter" (later renamed "Willem Koelbloed" for the publication in De Volksmacht in 1949) which was one of the more realistic stories Bob De Moor would create in his early career and which together with for instance "De Verklikker" (KZV 1949) would form a test platform for his Flemish Trilogy
Read MoreIn 1977 Brabantia Nostra would release a 248 pages counting book titled "Het Beeldverhaal in Vlaanderen" by CISO founder and editor Danny De Laet. The cover of this book was drawn by Bob De Moor en shows Monsieur Tric (Troc) leaning on a globe with several comic strips on it plus the onomatopoeias as used in comics. If you are
Read MoreFrom issue 14 on (1947), the weekly youth magazine KZV aka Kleine Zondagsvriend started publishing the stories from Hobbel & Sobbel. Unlike many other older series from Bob De Moor, this one was - just like Bart de Scheepsjongen - partially published in colour (and partially in grey tones and partially in black and white) when it appeared in the
Read MoreThe Artec Studios were founded in order to sell Bob De Moor's comics with or without scenarios by John Van Looveren and this to a rather huge number of publications. However, some of these drawings were not (completely) by Bob De Moor. Due to the enormous work that Van Looveren contracted, several people started helping out. Today we present you such
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