Brussels street art

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People don’t really know much about Belgium. At best, it boils down to this: Atomium, Manneken Pis, chocolate, French (!) fries… and comics! Belgium has such a rich tradition of comics – its best known export would definitely be ‘The adventures of Tintin‘ by Hergé. However, there are numerous others like Lucky Luke, Gaston or […] Read More

Happy B-day, DD

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One of my childhood heroes since I could read, and still today I fondly take one of my old comics and go through his adventures, all over again… Donald Duck turned 80 today, having made his first appearance in Disney’s short animated film The Wise Little Hen on 9 June 1931. Later on, Disney cartoonist Carl Barks took over […] Read More

Harajuku Girls

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It took some time to find them. The famous girls and boys from Harajuku. Dressed up to the nines. Every guide book claims that on sunday afternoon, the bridge between Harajuku Station and Yoyogi Park would be crowded with crazed Japanese fashionistas and girls and boys dressed up like Japanese Manga characters. Or caricatures. However, […] Read More