Why a Foundation?
The Marc Sleen Foundation and the associated Marc Sleen Museum originated from the author’s outspoken wish to have his work preserved and revealed to the public. Right from the start his wish was reinforced by the enthusiasm of several partners and that of a large community of comic strip fans. The Foundation carries out his conviction to encourage, mainly through the Museum, this enthusiasm in those who rediscover Sleen’s work as well as those who just get acquainted with it. In short, the Foundation makes, according to the author’s wish, the life work of Marc Sleen known to young and old.
For the comic strip world in Brussels the establishment of the Marc Sleen Foundation is a historic step forward. For the first time the works of a Belgian author are collected in an archive thanks to government aid. If this initiative is possible in Brussels of all places, it shows once again that this capital, on all levels of society, has a heart for the Ninth Art.
News
Marc Sleen and Brussels
05/10/2011 > 04/03/2012
In 1947, Marc Sleen and his wife moved from Ghent to Brussels. They finally settled in the village of Hoeilaart in the suburbs of Brussels, which is also famous for greenhouse-grown grapes. Given the fact that Marc Sleen spent so much of his time in the Belgian capital, it is no wonder that Brussels features so prominently as the background for the adventures of his comic strip heroes. Two Nero stories are even set entirely in Brussels: De zwarte toren (The Black Tower) (1983) and De verdorven stad (Sin City) (1984).
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New exhibition
05/04/2011 > 25/09/2011
On 12 April 2011, it was fifty years ago since Russian-born Yuri Gagarin was launched into space in Vostok 1. Even though this Russian’s adventure put a human being into space for the very first time, his space travel was preceded by various comic strip heroes. Not least Nero, who as early as in 1951, already set foot onto the planet of Pompelanium in the comic strip album De zwarte voeten (The Black Feet).
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Stichting Marc Sleen
Zandstraat 33-35
1000 Brussel
Tel.: + 32 (0)2 219 19 80
Fax: + 32 (0)2 219 23 76
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