Bob de Moor

Robert Frans Maria De Moor aka Bob de Moor ( born December 20, 1925 in Antwerp, † August 26 1992 in Brussels) was a Belgian comic book artist.

Career

De Moor studied at the Brussels Academy of Fine Arts, he worked on the animated films for the studio AFIM. In the years 1945 to 1947, he worked Small Zondagsvriend for the magazine. There he was, among other things, the adventures of Hobbel s Sobbel - a bumbling professor and his equally goofy wizard.

From 1950 - 1951 de Moor drew the series De nieuwe van avonturen Tijl Uilenspiegel for the daily newspaper Nieuws van de Dag. A total of four albums here long stories emerged. From 1951 drew de Moor for the same newspaper also the series Nonkel Zigomar (later: Johan en Stefan ). It was here that until 1956 15 albums long stories.

At the same time came for the Belgian comics magazine Tintin, the series Barelli and Monsieur Tric. In the series Barelli the title character, an actor, experiencing exciting adventures around the globe. In contrast, the short stories to tell Monsieur Tric of the misadventures of the main character in everyday life. Both series were continued by de Moor until the 1980s, although some were several years between the publications. The major interruptions were there partly due to that de Moor also worked as an employee and right hand of the Belgian comic artist Hergé since 1951.

For Herge's Tintin series de Moor was responsible in the following decades, especially for technical drawings, the landscape backgrounds, cityscapes, planes, boats and cars, where he was later supported in its work by Roger Leloup and Jacques Martin. He was also involved in the processing and upgrading of already created in the 1930's Tintin stories. Finally, he was so far responsible for the marketing of the characters Tintin, as he, advertising sheets and drew similar model templates.

In 1989, de Moor took over the post of art director in publishing Lombard. In the same year he made ready a volume in the series Blake and Mortimer.

Other Works (selection)

In addition to the series mentioned in the previous paragraph made ​​de Moor at a number of other comics and series, of which only a few are known in German. Some are here to be called to give an impression of the versatility of this signatory:

  • Bart de scheepsjongen (1945 - 1946), precursor to Cori, the cabin boy
  • Inspector Marks (1946 - 1947)
  • De funny Kapoentjes (1947 - 1949)
  • Willem de Vrijbuiter [ later: Willem Koelbloed ] (1947 - 1950)
  • Dat Wondere Pimpeltje (1948 )
  • Bloske en pince (1948 - 1949)
  • Janneke en Stanneke (1948 - 1949)
  • Het wonder chip (1949 )
  • De slaven van de keizer (1949 )
  • Het Halssnoer met de Groene emerald (1949 )
  • Mieleke en dof [ later: Fairy en Fonske ] (1949 - 1951)
  • The Vlaanderen trilogy consisting of the volumes De Leeuw van Vlaanderen (1949 ), Magnum, PI January (1951) and De kerels van Vlaanderen (1952 )
  • Cori, the cabin boy (1951 - 1993)
  • De zoetwaterpiraten (1959 )
  • Balthazar (1965 - 1967)
  • L. Frank Volume 4: Le repaire du loup (1970), Scenario: Jacques Martin

German publications

In the 1950s comics published by Bob de Moor in Periodicals as Dalla and children Miggis post. In the 1960s, Balthasar his series was included in the Swiss publication Tim. In 1972 there were also two gags von Balthasar in Zack. On albums publications (one band each ) in addition to its contributions to the L. Frank and Blake and Mortimer series especially noteworthy:

  • Barelli (4 volumes), Carlsen 1983-1984
  • Cori, the cabin boy (4 volumes), Feest 1987-1991

Since 1991 - and for more than 20 years - is by Bob de Moor - except reprints of previously published works - published nothing on German.

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