By the end of 2010, all of our trains will have been refurbished, so if you are nostalgic about the old furniture, treat yourself to a collector's item!
Comic Strip
- Belgium, Homeland of the 9th Art
- In the Footsteps of Tintin...
- Mural Paintings "Comic Strips"
- Comic Strip Agenda
- Mini-Trips Comic Strips
- Tintin Route in Brussels
- Comic strip locations in Brussels
- Hergé Museum
Comic Strip Agenda
In all of Brussels
New 11/09/2010›12/09/2010 : COMIC STRIP FESTIVAL 2010 (REGION BRUXELLOISE) © Fête BD 2010/ Région Bruxelles Capitale Brussels will be invaded by comic strips! Spirou, Tintin, Schuiten, and Kid Paddle... |
12/09/2010 : BALLOON'S DAY PARADE (REGION BRUXELLOISE) © BALLOON'S DAY PARADE This tradition goes back to 1924 and attracts every year hundreds of thousands of spectators. For the 2nd time, the city of Brussels is organizing its Balloon Day Parade. Come and see helium inflated balloons of 20m high having a walk in the capital of the country accompanied by folk groups from Brussels, police parades and marching bands. Balloons will be inflated by specialists especially coming from the United States. |
Brussels
15/06/2010›30/01/2011 : THE STUDIO OF FRANQUIN, JIJÉ, MORRIS AND WILL (BRUXELLES) © cbbd 2010 This exhibition, initiated by Isabelle, André Franquin¿s daughter, and with the support of the artist Frédéric Jannin is neither an exhaustive record nor an informative account of La Bande des Quatre. Rather, it is a declaration of love. |
18/06/2010›26/09/2010 : LE FANTÔME DE LA RUE DES SABLES (THE GHOST OF SAND STREET) (BRUXELLES) © Marc Sleen Marc Sleen was certainly a visionary when in 1995, he had his brainchild Nibbs meet a ghost in the completely run-down building along the Rue des Sables in Brussels. At that time, no-one could ever have imagined that 15 years later, that same building would be housing the Marc Sleen Museum. |
02/08/2010›31/12/2010 : COMIC STRIP MARKET PLACE SAINT-GÉRY (BRUXELLES) Marché BD © Mohamed Aouamri 2009 was proclaimed "Year of the Comic Strip in Brussels. From 2 August onwards you can visit the capital's first comic strip market.
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11/09/2010›12/09/2010 : COMICS FESTIVAL BELGIUM - COMIC STRIPS FESTIVAL OF BRUSSELS (SAINT-GILLES) © Comics Festival 2010 The Comic strip festival of the Brussels Capital Region is more dynamic than ever. This year again it welcomes more than 70 comic strip authors for two days. There is a also a large exhibition on the work of Raoul Cauvin (promoter of the 2009 festival), who will be present with all the comic strip drawers.
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03/10/2010 : COMIC STRIP FESTIVAL OF AUDERGHEM (AUDERGHEM) © ASBL BéDémoniaque The association BéDémonique organises its Comic strip festival of Auderghem. Programme: exhibitions, drawing competitions, playful activities, comic strip fairs, signing sessions... |
28/11/2010 : COMIC STRIP FESTIVAL UCCLE (UCCLE) © Service Ucclois de la Jeunesse Comic strip festival of Uccle. Numerous comic strip artists will be present. |
23/01/2011›27/06/2011 : COMIC STRIP FAIR (AUDERGHEM) © A.S.B.L. BéDémoniaque/Malik The association A.S.B.L. BéDémoniaque organises a comic strip flea market for both professionales and individuals. You can find all kinds of comic strip products. |
29/05/2011 : COMIC STRIP FESTIVAL GANSHOREN - BRUSSELS (KOEKELBERG) © FESTIVAL BD GANSHOREN Book signing by Belgian and foreign comic strip writers - Comic strip fair - Award for the national comic strip contest and the Carolus Quintus prize - Activities for young and old (comic strip workshops, reading corner,...). |
Wallonia
Walloon Brabant :
16/10/2010›17/10/2010 : 4th INTERNATIONAL COMIC STRIP ENCOUNTERS IN WALLOON BRABANT (WAVRE) © TURK - DE GROOT / LE LOMBARD 2010 International encounters of Comic Strip in Walloon Brabant. Numerous comic strip authors will be present on this occasion. Activities: sale of new comic strips, fair of second-hand comic strips, signing sessions, exhibitions, animations for children, conferences, contest, gourmet cabaret night and improvisation night. |
05/03/2011 : LARGE TINTIN FAIR (NIVELLES) © Gérald DEWINTER 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. |
Hainaut :
01/01/2010›19/09/2010 : 25 YEARS TOURIST OFFICE OF SILLY (SILLY) © http://sisilly.skynetblogs.be A series of activities based on comic strips to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the tourist office. |
04/09/2010›05/09/2010 : FIRST COMIC STRIP FESTIVAL OF MERBES-LE-CHÂTEAU (MERBES-LE-CHATEAU) © Office du Tourisme de Merbes-le-Château Comic strip fair and second-hand books. |
18/09/2010›02/10/2010 : FROM MARLIER TO MARTINE (COMINES-WARNETON) © Gilbert Delahaye/Marcel Marlier/Léaucour Création |
26/02/2011›27/02/2011 : THE BOOK AND COMIC STRIP FAIR (MOUSCRON) © Dany / OPT Fair of new books, second-hand books, comic strips, postcards.
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Liège :
01/02/2010›31/12/2010 : WASHING BUBBLES IN COMICS (SPA) © Marc Renier Warnauts The exhibition will focus on laundering through different aspects: the different ways of doing the laundry according to the period (since the Egyptians until our time), do the methods used by comics' characters fit the reality, the role of the woman and the mother, the only one to do the laundry and the chauvinists like Lucky Luke who never do it, scenes illustrating the washing context at the beginning of the 20th century, every day gags, etc. In short, take a fresh look at the comic strip! |
01/03/2010›30/12/2010 : FUNNY INVESTIGATION IN THE MUSEUM OF FOREST AND WATER (SPA) |
04/04/2010›30/09/2010 : FROM THE ENGRAVING TO THE COMIC BOOK: 400 YEARS OF ILLUSTRATIONS IN SPA (SPA) © http://www.spavillaroyale.be Exhibition on the evolution of engraving. |
05/06/2010›31/12/2010 : TOYS GET OUT OF THEIR BOX (FERRIERES) © P-E Paulis & Musée du jouet - Ferrières Biennial exhibition linking toys and comic strips. |
01/07/2010›01/11/2010 : PREHISTORY OF COMIC STRIPS AND ANIMATED CARTOONS (FLEMALLE) |
03/07/2010›15/09/2010 : HOUTE-SI-PLOU: VERHALEN OVER WATER (ANTHISNES) © http://www.avouerie.be Historic comic strip exhibition on water, a popular theme in numerous stories in Anthisnes. |
06/08/2011›07/08/2011 : SPECIAL COMIC STRIP AND BOOK WEEKEND FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNGSTERS (HERMALLE-SOUS-HUY) © asbl Au coeur du livre Come and buy some great second-hand comic strips and books for children and youngsters! |
Luxemburg :
01/04/2010›30/11/2010 : DES RACINES ET DES SONGES (VIRTON) |
17/04/2010›21/11/2010 : THE MIDDLE AGES IN COMIC BOOKS (BOUILLON) © http://www.archeoscopebouillon.be Totally new and realized in partnership with "les Amis de la Tour Jean sans Peur" (Paris), this exhibition relates a hundred year of medieval Franco-Belgian, Flemish, Italian and American comic books through four principal themes. |
16/10/2010›17/10/2010 : COMIC STRIP FESTIVAL ARLON (ARLON) © Marc Hardy/ Festival BD Arlon Old and new comic strips on a surface of 3000 m², dedications, exhibitions, activities,... |
01/07/2011›30/07/2011 : EBULLITIONS 7 (REDU) © SDAC This travelling exhibition that highlights comic strips wants to promote 7 comic strip authors that have a link with the province of Luxemburg: Alain Baudson, Didot, La Hesse & Frémok, Pierre-Emmanuel Paulis, Stédo, Etienne Willem. |
Namur :
01/01/2010›30/12/2010 : COMIC STRIPS STORIES AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE MUSEUM (BEEZ) © http://www.msw-bd.be All along the year 2010, the ninth art will have the place of honour in the 21 Walloon museums. Comic strip amateurs and Wallonia lovers, this is the opportunity to share an amazing travel through various attractive, playful and original activities! Events, exhibitions: here are some of the activities that will be proposed. Besides the various activities specific to the museum, the travelling exhibition of the same name will be extended. However, it is in new and colourful aspect that the visitor will start his surrealist walk. These few pages realised by young students of the Institut St-Luc invite you to discover Wallonia in a crazy way. Indeed, it is the personality and creativity of young artists that are highlighted. |
12/03/2010›31/10/2010 : FOLKLORE IN DOLLS AND COMIC BOOKS (FOSSES-LA-VILLE) © http://www.fosses-la-ville.be Traditionally, every year, on the Friday before the Laetare, the tourist office of Fosses-la-Ville inaugurates a new exhibition in the museum: "Le Petit Chapitre". This friendly event officially starts the festivities of the carnival! This year, the tourist office decided to exhibit the folk puppet collection created by the lamented Melle Arnould! This year's theme: the comic book. We will be pleased to exhibit original pages and reproductions of comic books related to folklore! |
21/03/2010›07/11/2010 : MACHINES EN BULLES (TREIGNES) |
28/03/2010›14/11/2010 : DES JEUX DU STADE AUX JEUX DU CIRQUE (TREIGNES) |
15/04/2010›15/10/2010 : STRAWBERRIES AND FOXES IN COMIC STRIPS AND PHILATELY (WEPION) © www.museedelafraise.be This year, the wealth of our comic strip heritage will be put to the fore. Wépion owes its name to the Latin word "vulpes" meaning "fox". The presence of both strawberries and foxes in the comic strips will delight comic strip fans from 7 to 77 years old. |
01/05/2010›01/09/2010 : COMIC STRIPS AND MEDIEVAL WORKS (NAMUR) |
01/06/2010›30/09/2010 : JIJÉ A WALLOON ARTIST IN THE SERVICE OF COMIC STRIPS (JAMBES) |
27/04/2011›15/05/2011 : CARREFOUR BD (ROCHEFORT) © Tibet 03.2001 The great illustrators will be honoured again at the 17th Carrefour de la Bande Dessinée in Rochefort. The guest of honour will be Midam, the author of KIDPADDLE. The Cour aux Bulles, the nerve centre of the event, will bring together caricaturists, portraitists, face-painting for children, comics, drawing classes, and more... And, of course, don't forget the traditional signing session. |
