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21/02/2009›31/12/2009 : BRUSSELS 2009 BD COMICS STRIP - 2009, COMIC STRIPS YEAR IN BRUSSELS (REGION BRUXELLOISE)![]() © BITC - O. van de Kerchove know more... |
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18/11/2007›22/02/2009 : NEW COMIC FOR CHILDREN (BRUXELLES)![]() © Karina Nestler know more... |
16/09/2008›11/01/2009 : FLORENCE-LES-DOIGTS-DE-FEE (BRUXELLES)This retrospective is dedicated to Florence Magnin, known for her science fiction and fantasy illustrations.know more... |
04/01/2009 : COMIC STRIP FAIR (AUDERGHEM)![]() © A.S.B.L. BéDémoniaque/Malik know more... |
24/02/2009›07/06/2009 : FROM YELLOW PERIL TO WORLD COMIC (BRUXELLES)For 20 years now, Asian comic strips have enjoyed great success in Europe, overturningestablished ideas and the way people read, create and publish comic strips. Nowadays, the comics artist Jiro Tanigushi is one of the most respected authors in this field…in Europe and worldwide. The exhibition at the Belgian Comic Strip Centre aims to explore the path from Asian to European comics. It also spotlights the mutual influences today behind what is sometimes known as 'world comic strips'. know more... |
27/03/2009›30/06/2009 : PLURAL PERSPECTIVES: THE BELGIAN COMIC STRIP (BRUXELLES)The exhibition presents, through the eyes of some 20 contemporary Belgian authors, one hundred years of international comic strips, and highlight links between the Belgian school in and major trends in comics worldwide.The approach adopted here is trans-generational, multi-disciplinary and international. The exhibition will be made up of 20 spaces. Each space will be devoted to the work of a contemporary author, as well as his 'personal museum': comic strips that the author used to read as a kid (and thus the comics that inspired them to work in the same field) and the graphic sources underpinning their work. The exhibition will pay most attention to modern-day comics creation and tries to answer the following question: How do we define a Belgian comic strip? know more... |
06/05/2009›16/08/2009 : FROM SUPERMAN TO THE RABBI'S CAT (BRUXELLES)This exhibition highlights the important role of many Jewish artists and authors in the world of comics by means of 230 works and documents: original drawings, archives…It describes the evolution of these comic strips, from the problems the New York Jewish artists encountered up to the creation of the superheroes and the choices that were made as a consequence of the Holocaust. Authors reconstruct stories linked to the Holocaust, such as Art Spiegelman in 'Maus'. During the 90s Giardino looks into the fate of the European Jews; Zentner and Pellejero introduce the figure of the Golem, in the context of the Jewish immigration in Argentina, and Sfar deals with the Jewish tradition and history in 'Le Petit Monde du golem' or 'The Rabbi's Cat'. know more... |
24/05/2009 : COMIC STRIP FESTIVAL GANSHOREN - BRUSSELS (KOEKELBERG)![]() © C.C. 'La Villa' know more... |
09/06/2009›27/09/2009 : THE WORLDS OF LANFEUST (BRUXELLES)Exhibition about the famous heroic fantasy comics series "Lanfeust de Troy" that is organized with the help of its writer and creator, Christophe Arleston. Discover in an original and playful way the different universes from this major series published by the éditions Soleil.know more... |
24/06/2009›27/09/2009 : WILLY VANDERSTEEN: THE BRUSSELS EPIC (BRUXELLES)This exhibition presents the period in which the father of "Spike and Suzy" used the "ligne claire" the most, when Vandersteen worked for the 'Editions du Lombard'. A number of albums form the height of Vandersteen's career: "The Spanish goast", "The Treasure of Beersel", "the Bronze key" or the "the Martians". The exhibition offers a modern outlook on an exceptional creator.know more... |
25/09/2009›03/01/2010 : THE SEXTIES CREPAX / CUVELIER / FOREST / PEELLAERT (BRUXELLES)This exhibition highlights the work of four authors, who have marked the evolution of comic strips with their graphic audacity and evolving histories, so that they were no longer aimed at children. These four authors, Guido Crepas, Paul Cuvelier, Jean-Claude Forest and Guy Peellaert - were inspired by painting, animated films, cinema, music, literature and photography. Their work represents the 60s, a time with many changes.know more... |
29/09/2009›06/12/2009 : COMIC STRIPS... 20 YEARS LATER (BRUXELLES)In 2009 the CBBD celebrates its 20th anniversary and tells about the changes in European comic strips these last few years. It highlights the most remarkable creations of the past two decades.know more... |
04/10/2009 : COMIC STRIP FESTIVAL OF AUDERGHEM (AUDERGHEM)![]() © ASBL BéDémoniaque know more... |
10/10/2009›11/10/2009 : COMICS FESTIVAL BELGIUM - COMIC STRIPS FESTIVAL OF BRUSSELS (SAINT-GILLES)![]() © Festival BD/Rég de Bxl-Cap. know more... |
21/11/2009›22/11/2009 : 1200 BULLES (1200 TEXT BUBBLES) (WOLUWE-SAINT-LAMBERT)![]() © Sophie Flamand Among the authors: Adeline Blondieau, Batem, Bercovici, Bom, Carpentier, Catheline, Clarke, Benoît Coppée, Carine De Brab, Serge Dehaes, Denys Mathey, Bruno Di Sano, André-Paul Duchâteau, Eddy Paape, André Geerts, Gil, Godi, Gos, Gürsel, Jakari, Jannin, Jarry, Kox, Legein, Lenaerts, Magda, Maingoval, Marco Paulo, Paluku, Sidney, Stuf, Bernard Swysen, Torton, Verelst, Verthongen, Viot, Walt, Wozniak. know more... |
New 29/11/2009 : COMIC STRIP FESTIVAL UCCLE (UCCLE)![]() © Service Ucclois de la Jeunesse know more... |
Wallonia
02/03/2009›27/09/2009 : MUSEUMS AND SOCIETY IN WALLONIA (MSW): MUSEUMS WORK ON SPEECH BUBBLES (WALLONIE)![]() © René Hausman know more... |
Walloon Brabant :
01/01/2009›31/12/2009 : ON IMAGINATION'S ROAD (WAVRE)![]() © Dany / OPT A discovery tour of ten comic strip sites of interest in Walloon Brabant. Begins at the Brabant Ardennes Tourist Information Centre . know more... |
07/03/2009 : LARGE TINTIN FAIR (NIVELLES)This large Tintin fair is organised for the occassion of the general meeting of the 'Amis de Hergé' and is dedicate to the famous Hergé. There will also be a signing session.know more... |
01/07/2009›13/09/2009 : THE IMAGES OF EPINAL: THE DELICIOUS PREHISTORY OF COMIC STRIPS (LOUVAIN-LA-NEUVE)![]() © Histoire de Madame Tartine / Musée de Louvain-la-Neuve know more... |
23/09/2009›15/01/2010 : THE PENCIL STROKE AND THE EMPIRE (WATERLOO)![]() © Dany / OPT know more... |
01/10/2009›31/10/2009 : SPORT AND NEWSPAPER DRAWINGS (LOUVAIN-LA-NEUVE)![]() © Dany / OPT know more... |
01/10/2009›31/10/2009 : PRESS CARTOON BELGIUM (LOUVAIN-LA-NEUVE)![]() © Dany / OPT know more... |
01/10/2009›31/10/2009 : THEMATIC COMIC STRIP EXHIBITION (OTTIGNIES)Presentation of a selection of press cartoons.know more... |
03/10/2009›30/10/2009 : KARTOON YA CONGO (WAVRE)Press cartoons from 1958 to 2008 on the historical events in the Congo (indepence, murder on Lumumba, Mobutu's coup...) from Belgian cartoonists in the Belgian press and from Congolese cartoonists in the Congolese press.know more... |
29/09/2010›28/10/2010 : 4th INTERNATIONAL COMIC STRIP ENCOUNTERS IN WALLOON BRABANT (WAVRE)![]() © MTAB know more... |
Hainaut :
24/01/2009›21/02/2009 : WILD INKS EXHIBITION (TOURNAI)![]() © Wild Inks Jampur Fraize know more... |
07/02/2009›08/02/2009 : THE BOOK AND COMIC STRIP FAIR (MOUSCRON)![]() © Dany / OPT Over 50 exhibitors will display statuettes and figurines, portfolios, cards, posters, books, and comic strips... Comic strip illustrators will take turns creating panels and signing. know more... |
21/03/2009›20/06/2009 : MICHAËL MATTHYS EXHIBITION (CHARLEROI)![]() © Michael Matthys - galerie J. Cerami know more... |
01/04/2009›30/04/2009 : ON THE SHEET IN A BARGE (GOZEE)![]() © Dany / OPT know more... |
25/04/2009›26/04/2009 : BULLEBEDE - COMIC STRIP FESTIVAL (TRAZEGNIES)![]() © BERCOVICI know more... |
30/04/2009›31/05/2009 : 35 YEARS OF GRAND PRIX AT THE ANGOULEME INTERNATIONAL COMIC STRIP FESTIVAL (THIEU)![]() © Lewis Trondheim Benoît Peeters, the main creator of this collective reminiscence, has chosen to show the magic of comic strips through a video installation. For the first time, a camera will enable the public to project themselves inside the images, into the very heart of the drawings. To complement the installation, the exhibition will also be offering an anthology of author self-portraits, drawn from their works, and accompanied by previously unpublished texts by Thierry Groensteen, a skilful theoretician and analyst of comic strips. know more... |
01/09/2009›31/10/2009 : "CHAOSLAND" IN RIBBON COUNTRY (COMINES-WARNETON)![]() © Ancestral Z et Mojojojo know more... |
Liège :
13/12/2008›04/01/2009 : SPA BULLES - COMIC STRIP EXHIBITION (SPA)![]() © Dany / OPT know more... |
01/01/2009›31/12/2009 : FROM THREAD TO FASHION (VERVIERS)![]() © Aqualaine / éditions Glénat know more... |
01/02/2009›28/02/2009 : PHYLACTERIES AND JAZZ ON EVERY FLOOR (LIEGE)In February in Liège.know more... |
01/04/2009›01/09/2009 : OP ZOEK NAAR BALLONNEN (SPA)![]() © Dessin de Marc Renier / Musée de la Ville d'eau Spa What if "we pretended that" you were a bobelin (local slang for someone taking a spa cure) who found a strange notebook with which you had to solve an amusing puzzle which involved exploring three very different places? The Forêt, Lessive and Ville d'eaux museums invite you to discover the drawings of comic strip artist Marc-Renier Warnauts, one of the chief artists in the revival of Belgian comic strips. know more... |
08/05/2009›20/09/2009 : THE CAR IN COMIC STRIPS (STAVELOT)![]() © OPT / Ricardo de la Riva In cooperation with the Spa Francorchamps Formula 1 Circuit Museum, the Stavelot Abbey will present an exhibition of comic strips inspired by vehicles (Hergé, Franquin, Graton, Jidéhem, etc.) in the countryside in wich they first appeared (originals and other panels). There will also be an exhibition of miniature cars based on comic strips during the same period. know more... |
01/07/2009›08/11/2009 : RAMI THE MAMMOTH (FLEMALLE)![]() © Rami le mammouth de B. Gazzotti / préhistosite de Ramioul know more... |
01/08/2009›02/08/2009 : SPECIAL COMIC STRIP AND BOOK WEEKEND FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNGSTERS (HERMALLE-SOUS-HUY)![]() © asbl Au coeur du livre know more... |
03/09/2009›31/10/2009 : LIÈGE IN COMIC STRIPS (LIEGE)![]() © Dany / OPT know more... |
23/10/2009›20/12/2009 : BEHIND THE COMIC-BOOK SCENES (HERSTAL)"From a little story in the wings to the opening of a Greg museum". Enter Achille Talon's father's (Michel Greg) museum. He will be the guest of honour along with many other people from the world of comic strips. At this exhibition dedicated to the crafts of the 9th Art, authors and illustrators from the region will shed some light on the "making of" a comic strip. The Greg Museum opens on October 23.know more... |
01/12/2009›31/12/2009 : COMIC STRIPS IN THE LIEGE REGION (CHAUDFONTAINE)![]() © Dany / OPT know more... |
12/12/2009›03/01/2010 : JEAN-PIERRE TALBOT, TINTIN IN THE CINEMA PAYS HOMMAGE TO HERGE (SPA)Exhibition of memorabilia from the making of the film of "The Blue Orange": the tiller of the "Golden Fleece", Tintin's golfing trousers and his quiff, a watercolour signed by Hergé, objects from Tintin's travels in the Congo, comic books from 1929 to 1931, and an original panel from Tintin in the Congo.know more... |
Luxemburg :
01/03/2009›15/11/2009 : THE COUNTRYSIDE AND JEAN-CLAUDE SERVAIS, BETWEEN CONTOURS AND DETOURS (SAINT-HUBERT)![]() © La belle coquetière par J.C. Servais / Dupuis 2008 know more... |
01/04/2009›30/11/2009 : ROOTS AND DREAMS (VIRTON)![]() © Musée Gaumais - Virton know more... |
12/04/2009›06/06/2009 : THE TIME OF A COMIC STRIP (TRANSINNE)![]() © Le complexe du chimpanzé par Marazano & Ponzio © Dargaud At Easter: Launch of a comic strip about the Euro Space Center by Stam and Pilou; opening of the Stam and Pilou comic strips temporary exhibition. From April 4 to April 19: Dany exhibition at Redu, the Book Village. In May and June: Launch of the 3rd volume of Le Complexe du chimpanzé and opening of the temporary exhibition on three albums and Apollo 11. Launch of the "From comic strips to postage stamp" event. June 6: pre-sale of postage stamps with comic strip, space, and aviation themes, postmarking of comic strips with a Euro Space Centre stamp; joint event with the BCSC and Yoko Tsuno. know more... |
27/06/2009›31/08/2009 : CELTIX AND HIS COMIC BAND! (LIBRAMONT)![]() © Dessin de B. Clarys. Reproduction interdite know more... |
01/07/2009›31/08/2009 : THE ADVENTURES OF DJEAN D'MÂDY (VIRTON)![]() © Alain Baudson / MTG-SI Virton know more... |
06/07/2009›17/07/2009 : COMIC STRIP EXHIBITION (ARLON)Exhibition of comic strip plates from the Institut des Beaux-Arts Saint-Luc of Liège.know more... |
21/07/2009 : STEDO AT THE FIRMAN'S WORLD MUSEUM (ATHUS)![]() © L'univers des Pompiers know more... |
10/10/2009›11/10/2009 : THE ILLUSTRATED BANQUET (DURBUY)![]() © Dany / OPT know more... |
24/10/2009›25/10/2009 : LE TOUT BD DES 3 FRONTIERES (COMIC STRIPS) - COMIC STRIP AND CHILDREN'S BOOKS FESTIVAL (ARLON)Old and new comic strips on a surface of 3000 m², dedications, exhibitions, activities,...know more... |
24/10/2009›25/10/2009 : SURVEILLANCE AND PHYLACTERIES - THE DETECTIVE NOVEL IN WALLONIA-BRUSSELS (ARLON)Exhibition in the former Court House in Arlon.know more... |
Namur :
05/04/2009›08/11/2009 : IMAGES OF THE PHARAOH (TREIGNES)![]() Photo P. Cattelain © CEDARC asbl know more... |
12/04/2009›31/12/2009 : THE GALLO-ROMANS COME OUT OF THEIR BUBBLE … (ROCHEFORT)![]() © asbl Archéoparc de Rochefort-Malagne la Gallo-Romaine Tentoonstelling "Alix: Op reis in het Oude Rome en de wereld van het beeldverhaal van Jacques Martin". Er zijn diverse animaties voorzien, met als thema het dagelijkse leven van de Gallo-Romeinen in de loop van het jaar. know more... |
12/04/2009›31/10/2009 : STRAWBERRIES AND FOXES IN COMIC STRIPS (WEPION)![]() © Musée de la fraise et promotion du Pays de Wépion know more... |
08/05/2009›10/05/2009 : TINTIN FESTIVAL (NAMUR)![]() © Hergé/Moulinsart 2008 Louvain-la-Neuve classic-car rally and many other activities on the theme of Tintin and his adventures. know more... |
21/05/2009 : CARREFOUR BD (ROCHEFORT)![]() © Tibet 03.2001 know more... |
30/05/2009›01/06/2009 : ZOO AT THE ZOO (HAN-SUR-LESSE)![]() © OPT / J.L. Flemal know more... |
30/05/2009›30/08/2009 : WILHELM BUSCH, FROM CARICATURE TO COMIC STRIPS (NAMUR)The Rops Museum presents an exhibition dedicated to the disconcerting works of the German painter and caricaturist Wilhelm Busch, considered one of the fathers of comic strip. Several themes will be tackled in this exhibition: the artist's life, caricatures, paintings, photography, and the adventures of Max & Moritz, the first modern comic strip heroes. As with Pim Pam Poum and Hergé's Quick et Flupke, the jokes revolve around burlesque, sometimes sadistic incidents that are always humorous.know more... |
01/08/2009›31/08/2009 : TOUR-SHOW: PRINCESS TALIA (HAN-SUR-LESSE)![]() © Princesse Talia / J.C. Servais Original script and texts by Jean-Claude SERVAIS. know more... |
03/10/2009›04/10/2009 : MARTINE WEEKEND (CHEVETOGNE)As it does every year, the castle will open its rooms to an exhibition dedicated to a young heroine born over 50 years ago from the pen of poet Gilbert DELAHAYE and the pencil of illustrator Marcel MARLIER. The latter will be signing albums as enthusiastically as ever throughout the weekend.know more... |

















































