Monthly Archives: January 2007

Stripgids : de Achterkant van Kuifje

Posted on January 31, 2007 by Wim Lockefeer

Dit artikel verscheen in Stripgids, nr 2 in december vorig jaar.

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Charles Burns For Altoids

Posted on January 31, 2007 by Wim Lockefeer

Seeing Charles Burns in Angoulème reminded me of the Altoids campaign he did a couple of years back. Since they’re no longer available on the Altoids site, I’m reposting them here. Enjoy.

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Superheroes hit the pavement

Posted on January 30, 2007 by Wim Lockefeer

Julian Beever is a pavement artist par excellence. His trompe l’oeuils are simply awesome. Here are two examples, featuring Spider-Man and Batman. Be sure to check out the rest of his site !

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Balrog !

Posted on January 29, 2007 by Wim Lockefeer

My youngest son Dieter got to watch Fellowship Of The Ring, and drew a nice balrog !

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Asterix Card Game

Posted on January 28, 2007 by Wim Lockefeer

Above is a card game that was given away as a bonus with cereal earlier this year. Print on cardboard, cut out and have hours of fun !

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Flash Gordon & Union Carbide

Posted on January 27, 2007 by Wim Lockefeer

Back in the early 1970’s, Union Carbide ran some advertisments in comic form with Flash Gordon. They are quite cheesy, and I really can’t understand how this was still a good idea in the 70’s.

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Batman Cookies

Posted on January 26, 2007 by Wim Lockefeer

These cookies are for sale in Belgium these days. They’re quite good.

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The Hulk New On PS2

Posted on January 25, 2007 by Wim Lockefeer

A nice advert for a Hulk game on the Sony PS2. (source : can’t remember. I think I got this via email)

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Angouleme Fast Food

Posted on January 24, 2007 by Wim Lockefeer

Toon and I left for Angoulême today. We were lucky : we arrived at 5 pm, and it started snowing at 5.15. Bart got stuck in the blizzard on the N10 between Poitiers and Angoulême and only got there at … Continue reading →

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Benjamin & Merel

Posted on January 23, 2007 by Wim Lockefeer

Benjamin Leroy and Merel Eyckerman are two Belgian illustrators, working for magazines and children’s books. Their work is very illustrative of recent trends in illustration, mixing a poetry reminiscent of fairy tales with a free line and a wicked sense … Continue reading →

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