This morning we received the following scans of 2 drawings (each sized 13,5 x 10 cm), both were sketched by Bob De Moor. Both sketches feature elements from the 7th Tintin album "Explorers on the Moon", the first one showing a drunk Captain Haddock floating in space (taken from page 10 in the album), the second showing Captain Haddock jumping
Read MoreTogether with Editions Moulinsart, the French publisher Hachette has been releasing 2-weekly 'En avion Tintin' packages via newspaper shops in Belgium. The packages hold an airplane, helicopter or rocket, a figurine and a 24-pages book explaining the background of the Tintin story in which the airplane appeared plus historical info on the airplane itself. So far 41 packages have been released,
Read MoreIn 1949, the Poperinge (Belgium) publisher Sansen released a comic by Bob De Moor called "Bloske & Zwik, Detectives" (read also: Bob De Moor's most expensive album available now? A first edition from "Bloske en Zwik, Detectives" from 1949). The story itself had seen a pre-publication in ’t Kapoentje from December 6th, 1948, until April 28, 1949. Today we pick
Read MoreIn 1991 the Belgian village of Welkenraedt was the decor for the "Tout Hergé" exhibition which lasted 3 months (from June 8 till September 15). It was the biggest exhibition on Hergé and his work held so far. Johannes Stawowy, from whom we have already received lots of material on Bob De Moor, sent us a few pictures today when
Read MoreIn 1971 Bob De Moor was asked to create the cover artwork for a special issue of 'Les cahiers de la bande dessinée' on Hergé. He decided to give them a 'Tintin gone Hergé'. A shocking exercise that leaves Snowy shocked (to the point of loosing the bone he so much cherishes). [caption id="attachment_1454" align="alignleft" width="259"] The 1971 drawing by
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 MoreToday we present you a document which Bob De Moor sent to the editorial staff of the Journal Tintin, more precisely to Jean-Luc Vernal, the editor in chief of the Journal Tintin from 1979 to 1988, and which has been sold on Catawiki recently. We also have a rare interview with Bob De Moor which Régric (comic author behind Lefranc,
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 MoreOn March 9 1983 the Flemish satirical weekly De Zwijger (English: The silent one) invited several comic authors for a tribute to Hergé who had passed away the week before on March 3. For the occasion De Zwijger invited such comic authors as Theo van den Boogaard, Luc Zeebroek (which is another nickname for Kamagurka), Jan, Kamagurka, Mark Smeets, Quirit, Luk Vandevijver,
Read More"La veuve d'Hergé sort de l'ombre" - Paris Match 8-14/05/2014 Since Bob De Moor wanted to complete the unfinished "Tintin and Alph-Art" album, but was refused to do so in the end, we thought that this particular newsbit might interest more than just one reader (and that's probably an understatement). Note: It's not the intention to start posting Tintin news
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