Brussels' Comic Book Route
The Brussels' Comic Book Route (or also The comic strip route in Brussels) is a path composed by several comic strip murals which deck the walls of several buildings throughout the inner City of Brussels as well as the neighborhoods of Laeken and Auderghem. The large comic strip murals show motifs of the most famous and popular Belgian comics, for instance The Adventures of Tintin, Lucky Luke, Gaston, Marsupilami and Gil Jourdan.
The project began in 1991 by initiative of the local authorities of the city of Brussels in collaboration with the Belgian Comic Strip Center. At its beginning, the project only intended to embellish empty walls and gables of buildings in the city. It then became an opportunity to remember that many well-known comic artists around the world were linked to Belgium's capital, which also claims to be the capital of bande dessinée, or "comic strip".[1]
Today, the Brussels' Comic Book Route offers more than 50 mural paintings, most of them located inside the Pentagon (as the city center is often called due to its geometrical shape). Following its trail, the Comic Book Route is a good way to discover the capital and even penetrate some neighborhoods less crowded by tourists. The Brussels tourist association Pro Velo organizes a 2-hour bike tour starting at the Bicycle Riders House (Maison des cyclists).
Broussaille was the first comic book wall to be painted,[2] based on an original project of the Belgian comic book artist Frank Pé. With its surface of about 35 square metres (380 sq ft), the mural painting was inaugurated in July 1991 at the intersection between the central streets Marché au Charbon and Teinturiers. As with most of the mural paintings, the Belgian association «Art Mural» was in charge of the execution of the fresco painting.
«Art Mural» is an association created by five artists in 1984, mainly aimed to realize mural painting in public areas. Since 1993 it has been devoted to the creation and realization of new murals for the Brussels' Comic Book Route, with a rhythm of two to three new works per year.[3] Georgios Oreopoulos and David Vandegeerde are the only two remaining founder members of the association who have been always involved in all the projects and mural paintings, helped with a large number of other artists who have collaborated and worked together with them.
List of comic strip mural paintings
In the center of Brussels
N° | Mural painting | Author | Date | Realisation | Location | Surface |
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1 | Victor Sackville | Francis Carin | August 2002 | Oreopoulos G. Vandegeerde D. |
Rue du Marché au Charbon / Rue des Teinturiers (Kolenmarkt / Verversstraat) |
± 50 m² |
2 | Broussaille | Frank Pé | September 1999 | Mangnay J.-Y. Oreopoulos G. Pieterhons R. Vandegeerde D. |
Rue du Marché au Charbon / Rue des Teinturiers (Kolenmarkt / Verversstraat) |
± 45 m² |
3 | Le Passage | François Schuiten | July 1995 | Oreopoulos G. Vandegeerde D. |
Rue du Marché au Charbon 17 (Kolenmarkt 17) |
±20 m² |
4 | Ric Hochet | Tibet | November 1994 | Oreopoulos G. Vandegeerde D. |
Rue du Bon Secours 9 (Bijstandsstraat 9) |
±30 m² |
5 | The Adventures of Tintin | Hergé | July 2005 | Oreopoulos G. Vandegeerde D. |
Rue de l'Étuve 33 (Stoofstraat 33) |
± 36 m² |
6 | Olivier Rameau | Dany | June 1997 | Oreopoulos G. Vandegeerde D. |
Rue du Chêne 9 (Eikstraat 9) |
±60 m² |
7 | Le jeune Albert | Yves Chaland | May 2000 | Mangnay J.-Y. Oreopoulos G. Pieterhons R. Vandegeerde D. |
Rue des Alexiens 49 (Cellebroerstraat 49) |
± 110 m² |
8 | Monsieur Jean | Dupuy and Berberian | November 2002 | Oreopoulos G. Vandegeerde D. |
Rue des Bogards / Rue du Midi (Bogardenstr. / Zuidstraat) |
± 64 m² |
9 | XIII | William Vance Jean Van Hamme |
September – October 2010 | Oreopoulos G. Vandegeerde D. Kuleczko R. |
Rue Philippe de Champagne 33 (Philippe de Champagne straat 33) |
± 43 m² |
10 | Yoko Tsuno | Roger Leloup | June 2010 | Oreopoulos G. Vandegeerde D. Ardila A. Kuleczko R. Dussart G. |
Rue Terre-Neuve 15 (Nieuwland 15) |
± 55 m² |
11 | Isabelle | Will | October 1997 | Oreopoulos G. Vandegeerde D. |
Rue de la Verdure 13 (Loofstraat 13) |
±86 m² |
12 | The Adventures of Nero | Marc Sleen | May 1995 | Oreopoulos G. Vandegeerde D. |
Place Saint-Géry (Sint Gorikplein) |
±40 m² |
13 | L'Ange | Yslaire | May 1998 | Oreopoulos G. Vandegeerde D. |
Rue des Chartreux 19 (Kartuizersstraat 19) |
± 22 m² |
14 | Astérix | Goscinny and Uderzo | August 2005 | Oreopoulos G. Vandegeerde D. Marcelle Bordier Koen Weiss |
Rue de la Buanderie 15 (Washuisstraat 15) |
± 145 m² |
15 | Lucky Luke | Morris | June 1993 | Oreopoulos G. Vandegeerde D. |
Rue de la Buanderie / Rue 't Kindt | ±180 m² |
16 | Cori, de Scheepsjongen ("Cori, the Cabin Boy") | Bob de Moor | September 1998 | Oreopoulos G. Vandegeerde D. |
Rue des Fabriques 21 (Fabriekstraat 21) |
± 48 m² |
17 | Les rêves de Nic | Hermann Huppen | October 1999 | Mangnay J.-Y. Oreopoulos G. Pieterhons R. Vandegeerde D. |
Rue des Fabriques / Rue de la Senne (Fabrikstraat / Zennestraat) |
± 160 m² |
18 | Caroline Baldwin | André Taymans and Bruno Wesel | July 2003 | Oreopoulos G. Vandegeerde D. |
Place de Ninove 10 |
±150 m² |
19 | Blake and Mortimer | Edgar P. Jacobs | May–June 2005 | Oreopoulos G. Vandegeerde D. |
Rue du Houblon 24 (Hopstraat 24) |
±104 m² |
20 | Cubitus | Dupa | October 1994 | Oreopoulos G. Vandegeerde D. |
Rue de Flandre 109 (Vlaamsesteeenweg 109) |
±35 m² |
21 | Billy the cat | Stéphane Colman and Stephen Desberg | July 2000 | Mangnay J.-Y. Oreopoulos G. Pieterhons R. Vandegeerde D. |
Rue d'Ophem 24 (Oppemstraa 24) |
± 50 m² |
22 | Spike and Suzy | Willy Vandersteen | June 1995 | Oreopoulos G. Vandegeerde D. |
Rue de Laeken 116 (Lakensestraat 116) |
±25 m² |
23 | FC de Kampioenen | Hec Leemans | April 2011 | ART MURAL asbl. Oreopoulos G. Vandegeerde D. Ardila A. Kuleczko R. Dussart G. |
Rue du Canal 27 (Vaartstraat 27) |
±90 m² |
24 | Corto Maltese | Hugo Pratt | August - September 2009 | Oreopoulos G. Vandegeerde D. Ardila A. Kuleczko R. Dussart G. |
Quai des péniches (Akenkaai) |
± 850 m² |
25 | La Vache (The cow) | Johan De Moor | March - April 1999 | d'Hainaut E. Oreopoulos G. Vandegeerde D. |
Rue du Damier 23 (Damstraat 23) |
32 m² |
26 | Gaston statue | André Franquin | February 1996 | Delhaize Le Lion | Boulevard Pachéco / Rue des Sables (Pachécolaan / Zandstraat) | |
27 | Le Scorpion | Enrico Marini | May 2002 | Oreopoulos G. Vandegeerde D. |
Rue du Treurenberg 16 (Treurenbergstraat 16) |
± 35 m² |
28 | Poje | Cauvin and Carpentier | Unknown | Oreopoulos G. Vandegeerde D. |
Rue de l'Ecuyer 55 / Rue de dominicains (Schildknaapstraat 55 / Predikherenstraat) |
Inconnu |
29 | Gaston | André Franquin | February 2007 | Oreopoulos G. Vandegeerde D. |
Rue de l'Écuyer 9 (Schildknaapstraat 9) |
± 39 m² |
30 | Quick & Flupke | Hergé | July 1996 | Oreopoulos G. Vandegeerde D. |
Rue des Capucins / Rue Haute 191 (Kapucijnenstr. / Hoogstraat 191) |
±150 m² |
31 | Odilon Verjus | Laurent Verron and Yann le Pennetier | June 2004 | Oreopoulos G. Vandegeerde D. |
Rue des Capucins 13 (Kapucijnenstraat 13) |
± 33 m² |
32 | Blondin et Cirage | Jijé | November 1998 | Oreopoulos G. Vandegeerde D. |
Rue des Capucins 15 (Kapucijnenstraat 13) |
± 32 m² |
33 | Passe-moi l'ciel | Stuf and Janry | July 2002 | Oreopoulos G. Vandegeerde D. |
Rue des Minimes 96 (Minimenstraat 96) |
± 28 m² |
34 | Boule et Bill | Jean Roba | October 1995 | Oreopoulos G. Vandegeerde D. |
Rue du Chevreuil 19 (Reebokstraat 19) |
25 m² |
35 | La Patrouille des Castors | Mitacq | April 2003 | Oreopoulos G. Vandegeerde D. |
Rue Blaes 200 / Rue Pieremans 47 (Blaesstraat 200 / Pieremansstraat 47) |
± 50 m² |
36 | Jojo | André Geerts | September 1996 | Oreopoulos G. Vandegeerde D. |
Rue Piermans 41 (Pieremansstraat 41) |
±56 m² |
37 | Le Chat | Philippe Geluck | August 1993 | Oreopoulos G. Vandegeerde D. |
Bld du Midi 87 (Zuidlaan 87) |
±80 m² |
38 | Heads of Tintin and Snowy | Hergé | Unknown | Lombard Editions | Avenue Paul-Henri Spaak 7 (Paul-Henri Spaaklaan 7) |
- |
39 | Tintin in America | Hergé | January 2007 | - | Hall of the South railway station | Unknown |
40 | Signor Spaghetti | Dino Attanasio | Unknown | Unknown | Rue van Bergen (Van Bergenstraat) |
Unknown |
41 | Yakari | Derib and Job | Unknown | Unknown | Rue Dethy (Dethystraat) |
Unknown |
42 | Spirou | Robert Velter | Unknown | Unknown | Place Sainctelette, 2 (Saincteletteplein) |
Unknown |
In La(e)ken
N° | Mural painting | Author | Date | Realisation | Location | Surface |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Titeuf | Zep | September 2006 | Oreopoulos G. Vandegeerde D. Weiss K. Ardila A. |
Avenue Emile Bockstael 1 (Emile Bockstaellaan 1) |
± 160 m² |
2 | Gil Jourdan | Maurice Tillieux | May 2009 | Oreopoulos G. Vandegeerde D. Ardila A. Kuleczko R. |
Rue Léopold 1er / Rue Thys-Vanhamstraat (Léopold I Straat / Thys-Vanhamstraat) |
± 77 m² |
3 | Natacha | François Walthéry | October 2009 | Oreopoulos G. Vandegeerde D. Ardila A. Kuleczko R. Dussart G. |
Rue Jan Bollen 23 (Jan Bollenstraat 23) |
± 200 m² |
4 | Martine | Marcel Marlier and Gilbert Delahaye | October 2004 | Oreopoulos G. Vandegeerde D. |
Avenue de la Reine 325 / Rue Stéphanie (Koninginnelaan 325 / Stefaniastraat) |
± 180 m² |
5 | Le Roi des mouches | Mezzo | June 2007 | Oreopoulos G. Vandegeerde D. Pieterhons R. |
Rue Hubert Stiernet 23 (Hubert Stiernetstraat 23) |
± 96 m² |
6 | Lincoln | Olivier Jouvray and Jérôme Jouvray | May 2006 | Oreopoulos G. Vandegeerde D. |
Rue des Palais outre-pont / Rue Arthur Cosyn (Paleizenstraat over de bruggen / Arthur Cosyn straat) |
± 120 m² |
7 | Kiekeboe | Merho | April 2009 | Oreopoulos G. Vandegeerde D. Ardila A. Kuleczko R. |
Av. du Gros Tilleul / Av. de Madrid (Madridlaan / Dikkelindelaan) |
± 81 m² |
8 | Petit Spirou | Tome and Janry | Mai 1996 | Oreopoulos G. Vandegeerde D. |
Boulevard du Centenaire, Place de Bruparck (Eeuwfeestlaan, Bruparckplein) |
±50 m² |
In Auderghem
N° | Mural painting | Author | Date | Realisation | Location | Surface |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Gil Jourdan | Maurice Tillieux | Unknown | Unknown | Rue du Vieux Moulin (Oudemolenstraat) |
Unknown |
2 | Gil Jourdan | Maurice Tillieux | Unknown | Unknown | Rue Emile Idiers (Emile Idiers straat) |
Unknown |
3 | Le Scrameustache | Gos and Walt | November 2008 | Unknown | Chaussée de Wavre 1314 (Wavrelaan 1314) |
± 50 m² |
See also
References
- ↑ Herbez, Ariel (30 May 2009). "Bruxelles, capitale de la BD". Le Temps (in French). Switzerland. Archived from the original on 12 June 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
Plus que jamais, Bruxelles mérite son statut de capitale de la bande dessinée.
- ↑ "Tous les murs BD de Bruxelles" [All the BD walls in Brussels]. eBru.be (in French). 19 September 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
- ↑ "Présentation de l'association "ART MURAL"". art-mural.eu (in French). 19 September 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
Bibliography
- La BD dans la ville. Author: Thibaut Vandorselaer (French)
- Bruxelles dans la BD, itinéraire découverte, 2004 Versant Sud, B-1348 Lovain-la-Neuve. Author: Thibaut Vandorselaer (French)
External links
- Les fresques sur le site de Bruxelles-ville
- Le site de l'asbl Bruxelles BD, responsable du développement du parcours BD à Bruxelles !
- Galerie photo des fresques BD de Bruxelles, avec une carte
- Une autre galerie de photographies des fresques bd de Bruxelles
- Toute la liste des fresques BD à Bruxelles par ordre chronologique avec liens vers pages individuelles
- La page consacrée au "Parcours BD de Bruxelles" sur le site de l'a.s.b.l. ART MURAL, qui a réalisé toutes les fresques BD Art Mural asbl