A few weeks ago I was able to trace back a few copies of Hop!, a French comics magazine. In issue 25 of that magazine, dating from 1981, there's a 4 page article written by Jean Marie Smits on the flemish production by Bob De Moor including a drawing which hasn't been republished before. We got in touch with Smits to
Read MoreWhilst cruising through the archives of the family De Moor, I stumbled on a drawing which appeared to be a never published before front cover for a new french version of "Oorlog In Het Heelal". "Oorlog In Het Heelal" was originally created by Bob De Moor for the weekly magazine Ons Volk in 1949. It got 2 later publications, but
Read MoreIn July 1973, Bob De Moor would see his "De Leeuw van Vlaanderen" (after the historical novel written by the Flemish writer Hendrik Conscience in 1838) reissued in the CISO series, namely as CISO 13. For the occasion Bob De Moor completed a different front cover than the one used for the 1952 original and later versions, even post 1973
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 MoreA few days ago you could read an article on the work Armand "Mon" Van Meulenbroeck did for Artec Studios, the company founded by Bob De Moor and John Van Looveren. Today we present you another comic which has always been attributed to Bob De Moor, but which is not by Bob De Moor at all: Tim & Tom. [caption
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
Read More[caption id="attachment_458" align="alignleft" width="300"] On the right the Casterman version from 1989, on the left the Magnum series version from 1979.[/caption] Today you'll see a very good example of how an album in the Oncle Zigomar series got rewritten, renamed, partially redrawn, and a bit brutalized (for the dutch market?). Victim of today is the album "De sigarillo’s van Koningin
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