The Ephemerist

It came to mind that most of you probably have never been to Het Besloten Land, doubtlessly one of the best comic stores in Belgium (Matt Madden even calls it “one of those mythically great European comics shops I’ve been hearing about for years”).

On the inside it’s just filled to the brim with nothing but good comics, but the outside is really unique. Belgian cartoonist Johan De Moor, son of Hergé right-hand man Bob De Moor, painted the complete shop front from top to bottom, and inside and out, in his own, surrealist style.

And since it’s a lazy Sunday, here are some pictures. I hope they’ll convince you to come over.

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Entrecomics reports on a Spanish project involving illustrative artists and cartoonists illustrating poems. They cite examples by Johan De Moor (above) and Joost Swarte, but (as far as I understand the text - I can do a wild guess when it comes to Spanish) there’s supposed to be a lot more.

I like this kind of endeavours. They bring good cartooning under the attention of different audiences, and they encourage cartoonists to do different things and stay creative.

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Since this blog is something of a continuation of my Yahoo Group, i’ve decided to post some stuff from time to time that has made the rounds there. I’ll try to limit myself to stuff that’s fairly public domain.

To start with, here’s a series of illustrations that Johan De Moor did for a publication that was meant to show us Belgian citizens the way through our labyrinthine government bodies.

What’s interesting about this, is that De Moor has brought back to life Balthazar, a character his father, Bob De Moor, created as a filler in Tintin magazine. Bob De Moor, of course, being the genius that gave the later Tintin books the lustre they deserved.

Enjoy…

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