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.^[1] He wrote and drew several comics series on his own, but also collaborated with Hergé on several volumes of The Adventures of Tintin.

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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. ^[2] Following studies at the Antwerp Academy of Fine Arts, De Moor started his career at the Afim animations studios.^[1] His first album was written in 1944 for "De Kleine Zondagsvriend".^[3] 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 ^[4]. 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.

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Cover of L'enigmatique monsieur Barelli (1956) one of de Moor's most notable solo projects

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

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Footnotes

[edit] External links

• Bob de Moor biography on Lambiek Comiclopedia