On May 7 1944, whilst Antwerp (and the rest of Belgium) were still under German occupation, John Van Looveren became a father of a boy, Ludo. John was Bob De Moor's brother-in-law and married to Bob's sister Alice De Moor. Both John and Bob were very close around that time. Bob had for instance illustrated a story by John a
Read MoreWhen World War 2 ends in Europe in 1945 with the German surrender to the Western Allies and the Soviet Union in late April and early May 1945, Bob De Moor was probably among the first ones to celebrate this. For years he had been waiting for the allies to liberate Europe and in the final months he had also
Read MoreBob De Moor has drawn a lot before he started publishing in magazines and newspapers. We were lucky to lay our hands on a lot of this early material via access to various private collections and of course thanks to the families De Moor and Van Looveren who have provided us with a lot of material, which we will release
Read MoreOn September 7th 1950 the newspaper Het Nieuws Van De Dag announced a brand new story from Bob De Moor, "Het vals gebit" featuring Tijl Uilenspiegel and Lamme Goedzak, which would start the day after. It was the second album which Bob De Moor drew for that series after he debuted earlier that year with "De nieuwe avonturen van Tijl
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