In the past 2 years we have been using a lot of pictures taken from the archives of Johannes Stawowy, as you can see here for instance. But a few weeks ago Johannes sent us also a couple of scans of drawings Bob De Moor made when corresponding with him or when signing a scrapbook. Today we show you 4
Read MoreOver the past few months we only had a few Cori related posts. In the next days we are going to change this and give you an insight on how Bob De Moor worked to create this excellent series. [caption id="attachment_1544" align="alignleft" width="144"] Cori as sketched by Bob De Moor.[/caption] Today we present you a sketch of Cori which Bob
Read MoreOn September 22nd 1990, Christiane De Meulenaere & Charly Collin married and especially for the occasion Bob De Moor created a drawing which was used to congratulate the newly wed couple. The connection with the family De Moor is the following, Christiane De Meulenaere is the sister of Luc De Meulenaere, husband of Annemie De Moor, daughter of Bob De
Read MoreWhen preparing drawings for his later Cori albums, Bob De Moor preferred to follow the same procedure as he did with Hergé when working on the Tintin albums, and that was to first prepare a case on a separate paper and then careful trace that copy onto another paper from where it was again traced to be put on the final
Read MoreFrom 1977 (starting on 22/11/1977) to 1978 Bob De Moor saw his reboot of the Cori saga, "L'Invincible Armada - Les Espions de la Reine", published in Nouveau Tintin, Eppo, Junior, ... The cover used to announce this brilliant first part of the rebooted Cori saga on the first glance looks exactly the same as the one used for the
Read More[caption id="attachment_343" align="alignleft" width="211"] "Un printemps à Québec"[/caption] In 1988 the Canadian Québec based publisher Réal Fillion issued a book "Un printemps à Québec" holding a portfolio of 14 drawings in color by some of the most famous comic artist from that time. The portfolio we talk about here was published on the occasion of the 1st 'Festival de la BD
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