Boule & Bill comic-strip works to go on show for first time at Ixelles gallery

30 octobre 2024

Un article pour The Bulletin

Some 100 original plates from the comic strip Boule & Bill by Belgian illustrator Jean Roba are going on show to the public for the first time at the Huberty & Breyne gallery in Ixelles from 29 November to 25 January.

The unprecedented retrospective marks the 65th anniversary of the birth of the two comic heroes, known in English as Billy & Buddy. It was in December 1959 that Roba published for the first time the adventures of the little boy Boule, his dog Bill and their family and their friends in the famous Spirou magazine.

Born in Schaerbeek in 1930, Roba honed his craft during the 1950s under his colleague Franquin, the visionary cartoonist who produced Spirou and Fantasio and created the characters Gaston Lagaffe and Marsupilami.

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