Bob de Moor

Infobox Comics creator
name = Bob de Moor


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birthname = Robert Frans Marie De Moor
birthdate = December 20, 1925
location = Antwerp, Belgium
deathdate = death date and age|1992|8|26|1925|12|20
deathplace = Brussels, Belgium
nationality = Belgian
area = artist, writer
alias =
notable works = "The Adventures of Tintin" "Barelli" "Johan et Stephan"
awards = full list

Bob de Moor is the pen name of Robert Frans Marie De Moor (Antwerp, December 20, 1925 - Brussels, August 26, 1992), a Belgian comics creator. Chiefly noted as an artist, he is considered an early master of the Ligne claire style.cite web | last =Lambiek Comiclopedia | title =Bob de Moor | url =http://lambiek.net/artists/d/de-moor_bob.htm] He wrote and drew several comics series on his own, but also collaborated with Hergé on several volumes of "The Adventures of Tintin".

Biography

Bob de Moor started drawing with pencil at three or four. Living in a port town, he developed a strong interest for drawing sailing ships which carried into his professional career with his Cori series and other work. [Bourdil, Pierre-Yves and Tordeur, Bernard: "Bob de Moor. 40 ans de bande dessineée, 35 ans au côtés d'Hergé", pp. 14-5, Editions du Lombard, 1986] Following studies at the Antwerp Academy of Fine Arts, De Moor started his career at the Afim animations studios. His first album was written in 1944 for "De Kleine Zondagsvriend". ["Coup de chapeau a Bob de Moor", "Tintin" magazine, 1978] Beginning in March, 1951, starting with "Destination Moon", he began a collaboration with Hergé on Tintin albums and Tintin-related material which included extensive work on sketch studies, backgrounds, layout, and ultimately animated films. His co-worker Jacques Martin is quoted as saying that de Moor had an extraordinary facility to adapt himself to the style of others [Bourdil, Pierre-Yves and Tordeur, Bernard: "Bob de Moor. 40 ans de bande dessineée, 35 ans au côtés d'Hergé", pp. 91, Editions du Lombard, 1986] . This manifested in a seamless integration with Hergé's style, as well as in him being asked on occasion to complete the work of other artists.

Bibliography

Titles cited in Bob de Moor biography in "Coup de chapeau a Bob de Moor", "Tintin" magazine, supplement to Issue 171, 1979:

• 1949 "Le Vaisseau Miracle"
• 1949 "Guerre dans le Cosmos", Ed. Coune
• 1950 "Le Lion de Flandre", Ed. Deligne
• 1950 "L'Enigmatic Monsieur Barelli", Ed. du Lombard
• 1950 "Monsieur Tric", Ed. Bédéscope
• 1951 "Les Gars des Flandres", Ed. Bédéscope
• 1951 "Conrad le Hardi", Ed. Bédéscope
• 1952 "Barelli à Nusa-Penida"
• 1959 "Les Pirates d'eau douce"
• 1964 "Balthazar"
• 1966 "Barelli et les agents secrets, Ed. du Lombard
• 1971 "Le Repaire du loup", Ed. Casterman
• 1972 "Barelli et le Bouddha boudant", Ed. du Lombard
• 1973 "Bonne Mine à la mer" (Barelli), Ed. du Lombard
• 1974 "Barelli et le seigneur de Gonobutz"
• 1978 "Cori le Moussaillon: Les Espions de la Reine", Ed. Casterman

ources

* [http://bdoubliees.com/tintinbelge/auteurs2/demoor.htm Bob de Moor publications in Belgian "Tintin"] and [http://bdoubliees.com/journaltintin/auteurs2/demoor.htm French "Tintin"] BDoubliées fr_icon
* [http://lejournaldetintin.free.fr/affiche.php?action=auteur&valeur=De%20Moor Bob de Moor index of "Tintin" and "Kuifje" covers] LeJournalDeTintin.free fr_icon
* [http://www.bdparadisio.com/scripts/detail.cfm?Id=301 bdparadisio.com]
* [http://www.bedetheque.com/auteur-434-BD-De-Moor-Bob.html] ;Footnotes

External links

* [http://lambiek.net/artists/d/de-moor_bob.htm Bob de Moor biography] on Lambiek Comiclopedia