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Masterclasses

Discover the secrets of 9th art in the company of exceptional speakers

Published on 12 September 2024

Masterclasses

Throughout this year, the Comics Art Museum is hosting a series of masterclasses. Once a month, we will be welcoming a renowned author. The author will give a talk on the theme and/or angle of…
Sunday sketching sessions

Published on 10 September 2024

Join a sketching session led by a cartoonist every 3rd Sunday of the month.
The Comic Book Observatory 2024

Published on 23 December 2024

Are you Belgian and/or do you live in Belgium?Have you published a comic between January and December 2024? This form is for you! For the past 3 years, the Belgian Comic Strip Centre has been…

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Peyo, Johan and Peewit, The Smurfs and the Magic Flute

Alongside Tintin, the Smurfs are the most important figures of Belgian comic strips. Their global celebrity is due to some 300 medium-length cartoon films directed by Hannah-Barbara in California between 1981 and 1990. Since then, the Smurfs were unrivalled. However, the invention of their universe and their unparalleled success for a person born in Europe, are indeed Belgian.

Willy Vandersteen, Willy and Wanda, An Island called Hoboken

In the Dutch-speaking part of the country, Spike and Suzy are, for most readers, at least as important as the adventures of Tintin created by Hergé. For them, Willy Vandersteen is the father of Flemish comics as we know them today: printed in a newspaper, with a family in the lead role recognisable to all, popular with the young and the old.