Belgian Comic Strip Center

The Belgian Comic Strip Center (Centre Belge de la Bande dessinée or CBBD) pays tribute to the Belgian love of comic strips (called "bande dessinées" in French) and to many worldwide comic artists.

The museum is housed in an Art Nouveau building that was designed by the well-known Belgian architect, Victor Horta.

Inside the Museum

In the first part of the museum, there is a small exhibition dedicated to the comic book creation process, from the initial idea until it takes form and is ready to print.

In the “Espace Saint Roche,” there is always a temporary exhibition of some of the 6,000 original comic strips housed in the museum, many of which were rescued from the trash cans of the main editors.

One of the areas of the museum called “le Musée de l’Imaginaire” reflects the origins of the cartoon strips with special detail on classic characters, while on the second floor, the exhibitions focus on current comic strips, especially based on politics, satire, and erotica.

The Brussels Comic Strip Center pays special tribute to Tintin, the famous reporter created by Hergé in 1929, which has been translated into 40 languages and has sold more than 140 million copies of his comics worldwide.

Comic Strip Tour

For those who are hungry for more, Brussels is full of murals, graffiti, and shops from the fascinating world of comics. On this tour, you can see the Ninth Art with various urban cartoons scattered on different murals around the city, see the house that inspired Hergé to create the setting for Tintin's house, or discover everything related to the Smurfs, among other things.

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