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The Belgian capital, also the capital of comics, could not afford a more beautiful setting than this building designed by Victor Horta.
The museum is housed in the former Waucquez (Victor Horta) stores, a fine setting for this museum. It tells the whole story of comics, from their beginnings in New York to the present day, with an emphasis on Belgian history. Hergé and Tintin are in the spotlight, with a reconstruction of the famous red-and-white rocket. Models and specialized machines show the evolution of the cartoon. The center houses a gigantic library of over 30,000 works.
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Opening time and information on COMIC STRIP MUSEUM
Tue-Sun (7/7 school vacations) 10am-6pm. Closed on 25/12 and 01/01. Adults: €14. 6-11 yrs: €6. 65+ and 12-25: €11.
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Welcome to the Belgian Comic Strip Center !
A veritable temple to the comic strip, the CBBD is also an undisputed masterpiece of Art Nouveau.
The marriage of 9th Art and Art Nouveau
Located in the heart of Brussels, in a majestic Art Nouveau building designed by Victor Horta in 1906, the Belgian Comic Strip Center opened its doors to the public on October 6, 1989. In just a few years, this grand museum has become one of Brussels' main attractions. Every year, over 200,000 visitors choose to explore the permanent and temporary exhibitions on its 4,200 m² of floor space.
Located in one of Brussels' oldest districts, a stone's throw from the Ilot Sacré, the Grand-Place and the Quartier Royal, the Belgian Comic Strip Center attracts a growing number of visitors every year, who come to enjoy the architectural splendor of the site and the communicative pleasures of comic strips.
The Belgian Comic Strip Centre brings together everything to do with European comic strips, from their prestigious origins to the most recent developments.
While temporary and permanent exhibitions help to make this temple a lively, dynamic and attractive place, this tool for the promotion of comics (associated with the creation of the Brussels Comics Trail, the annual issue of comics stamps, etc.), cultural ambassador for Belgium, its regions and communities, and renowned reference tool on the comics planet, is also a documentation center unique in the world. The CBBD also produces conferences, books and creative workshops for numerous partners, and acts as their advisor.
The CBBD's mission
The non-profit organization "Centre Belge de la Bande Dessinée" was founded in 1984. It is a private non-profit organization with both French- and Dutch-speaking members. Half of its members come from the world of comics and the professional associations of comics authors. The association's presidents have been Bob De Moor (1984-1992), Jean Van Hamme (1992-2000), Guy Dessicy (2000-2012), Ferry Van Vosselen (2012-2022) and today Pieter de Poortere. The association's objectives are twofold: to preserve and promote the art of comics, and to safeguard and enhance the architectural masterpiece that houses it.
The Kingdom of Comics
From classic comics to graphic novels, over 700 comic strip artists make Belgium the country with the highest density of artists per square kilometer! Like nowhere else, this popular form of expression has become an authentic art form. Like nowhere else, comics are part of people's reality and imagination.
To enter the Belgian Comic Strip Center is to share in the extraordinary marriage of the Ninth Art and Art Nouveau, two modes of artistic expression for which Brussels was the cradle of world renown.
In addition to the permanent spaces, temporary exhibitions await you.
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Members' reviews on COMIC STRIP MUSEUM
The ratings and reviews below reflect the subjective opinions of members and not the opinion of The Little Witty.
Cela dit, je déconseille TRÈS fortement ce musée, qui n'a malheureusement aucun interêt, pour les novices ou amateurs.
Voir la photo résummant bien le vide intellectuel et artistique de ce lieu : "Témoignage : action de témoigner..."
- Il n'y a casiment pas d'originaux ou d'objets exposés ayant un quelquonque interêt. L'essentiel de ce qui est exposé consiste en des planches imprimées, ou des reproductions de planches intermédiaires (encrages, croquis...)
- Du point de vue éducatif, il n'y a quasiment rien à apprendre ou découvrir sur la bande dessinée. Les cartel sont mal écrits ( je cite "une BD réaliste est une BD où le dessin est réaliste", " la série est caractérisée par sa capacité à s'auto-référencer, rajoutant ainsi son caractère méta." Ce n'est même pas du français...). Le parcours "Histoire de la BD" laissait grandement à désirer : c'est simplement déscriptif, avec une succession d'exemples, parfois douteux, tel que la grotte de Lascaux. Avez-vous travaillé avec un historien ?
En somme je suis perplexe concernant les choix qui ont été faits : pourquoi si peu d'oeuvres ? Pourquoi si peu d'informations ? À qui s'adresse le lieu ? Un fan n'apprendra rien (quel intêret de voir exposées des planches que j'ai déjà lu), une personne ne connaissant rien ne viendra pas, un enfant s'ennuira.
Il y aurait également quelque chose à dire sur la place laissée aux artistes ou éditrices femmes, largement absentes.