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BELGIUM
brought a French heritage. The 15th century had
a flowering of painting, music, architecture and
literature. Another surge in the arts followed
Belgian independence in 1830. There are many
village fairs and festivals where the traditional
arts, including Belgium Lace Curtains, are
displayed. Van Eyck, Breughel, Rubens, Magritte,
Dufay, Ockeghem, Deprés, de Lassus, Lully are
all Belgian artists and composers.
Many beers are brewed in Belgium and are
enjoyed in the outdoor cafés where Belgians go
to relax. Mussels, oysters, endive and frites, the
deep-fried potatoes [French fries] are favorite
dishes.
Belgium, Homeland of the 9th Art
shy away from some irony with regards to social topics.
Belgium is the homeland of the comic strip, both for its
large number of authors and their immense Brussels & Comic Strips
resourcefulness.
In Brussels, the Belgian Centre for Comic Strip Art is the
They have decorated Brussels metro stations, given their living expression of this with its thematic exhibitions, its
names to certain streets, they have their own centre (the library and its cafeteria, which are always very 'animated'.
famous CBBD), their schools and even statues of their Throughout the city, several bookshops are devoted
characters in public places.
exclusively to new, second-hand and collectors' comic
Tintin, Spirou, Lucky Luke, Gaston Lagaffe, the Smurfs, books, not to mention the amusing three-dimensional
Boule and Bill, Blake and Mortimer, Buck Danny, Spike gadgets that will brighten up any interior. But above all,
and Suzy, Tif et Tondu, Rick Hochet, Cubitus, Natacha, don't miss the 'comic strip trail', which has involved 30
Yoko Tsuno, Largo Winch ... the list is way too long to walls in the capital being covered with comic strip
enumerate all the comic strip heroes born here. Since characters that are larger than in life in every sense and
Hergé, Morris and Franquin up to Philippe Geluk, more
portrayed in the most comical situations. Without
than 700 authors have made our country the homeland
claiming to be Great Art, there's no denying that it is great
of the 9th Art.
in every other way!
Our comic strip drawers are aware of the fact that they
practice a different kind of art and explore different Belgian Centre for Comic Strip Art - CBBD
graphic directions. They also have typical style and do not
This is the Kingdom of the Smurfs, Tintin, Lucky Luke,
Spirou, Gaston Lagaffe, Spike and Suzy and plenty of
other paper heroes! One of the major Brussels tourist
attractions and a superb example of Art Nouveau
architecture, the Belgian Centre for Comic Strip Art brings
together everything related to the comic strip, from its
prestigious beginnings to its most recent developments,
over an area of more than 4,000 square metres:
permanent and temporary exhibitions, library,
documentation centre, bookshop, bar…
Espace Hergé, around a giant representation of the
façade of the castle of Moulins art with enlargements,
scale-models and numerous interactive items to get to
know Hergé's work better.
OPEN TRADE 15
Oct-Dec 2007