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The Comic Strip Kingdom: Brussels' Trail of Fantasy |
| Section: CULTURE / PATTERNS |
| Author: Dave Bartruff |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 2/1/1997 |
| Size: 262 Words, 1,694 Characters |
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But Belgium's art has another, farcical face, with equally grand repute: the comic strip.
The art form was launched as an editorial novelty in the Belgian press in 1929 with Tintin, the Reporter, by the artist...
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...w a whimsical trail, accentuated by gigantic frescoes of comic characters that cover entire walls and highlight gables of downtown buildings. The way was created in 1991 with twelve stops, beginning with the breathtaking medieval Grand Place and ending at the Belgian Center for Comic Strip Art, the world's first comic art museum and, for devotees of the craft, the most amusing place on earth.
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