In 1959 the Studio Vandersteen was working on getting the first 40 page album released of De Rode Ridder (The Red Knight), namely "Het gebroken zwaard" (The broken Sword). For the title page Vandersteen's publisher Wim Goderis was looking for a vignette, more precisely a vignette with De Rode Ridder (The Red Knight) waving with his sword while being seated
Read MoreToday exactly 22 years ago Bob De Moor passed away. With his disappearance the Franco-Belge comic scene lost a monument. For the occasion we contacted a few comic authors who have known Bob De Moor to send us a tribute. Today we publish 4 of these drawings which clearly show the respect these comic authors had for Bob De Moor.
Read More[caption id="attachment_756" align="alignleft" width="291"] Karel Driesen as Napoleon[/caption] In the 70s a series of supporters of the Flemish comic world started organizing events and publishing magazines. The eccentric comic fanatic Karel Driesen (often misspelled with double 's') was one of those (colorful) people. Driesen, a close friend of Willy Vandersteen, started 'Stripcentrum Karel Driesen' through which he published several magazines
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
Read More[caption id="attachment_309" align="alignleft" width="300"] Hec Leemans[/caption] Hector (Hec) Leemans is a Flemish cartoonist and scenario writer who was 'trained' according to the press (but Hec Leemans says he just visited the studio one day and Bob de Moor gave him some very useful tips) by Bob de Moor as a 15-year old. Debuting with the series Circus Maximus, he hit the
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