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Inauguration of the Marc Sleen Museum
08/05/2009
Alongside its scientific activities, in the unique setting of what used to be a newspaper office, the Marc Sleen Foundation also proposes a standing exhibit, a reading room and series of temporary exhibits to discover the many facets of this exceptional work by a superb storyteller, a master comic strip artist and a brilliant cartoonist: Marc Sleen.
Alongside its scientific activities, in the unique setting of what used to be a newspaper office, the Marc Sleen Foundation also proposes a standing exhibit, a reading room and series of temporary exhibits to discover the many facets of this exceptional work by a superb storyteller, a master comic strip artist and a brilliant cartoonist: Marc Sleen.
Marc Sleen (Gentbrugge, 1922) is an eminent member of the upper crust of Belgian comic strip artists. In the 40s and 50s, he created as many as six series simultaneously, but the real source of his reputation and popularity is his Nero comic strip, optimistic and funny, targeting the general public. Steen uses sparkling wit, constant inventiveness and boundless imagination to tell the story of a family as eccentric as it is charming. Gags, pranks and puns add zest to their fabulous adventures.
In 2009, the work of Marc Sleen, a living legend of Belgian comic strip art in Flemish, is officially transferred to rue des Sables in Brussels, just across from the Belgian Comic Strip Center, in the new foundation named after him. The choice of a building in Rue des Sables was no accident. In this same street, just a few yards away from the new Marc Sleen Foundation, Nero first saw the light in 1947. At the time, the artist was an illustrator and cartoonist for “De Nieuwe Gids”, a daily paper. From his desk on the first floor in the layout section, Marc Steen saw the windows of the former Magasins Waucquez, the future Belgian Comic Strip Center, every time he looked up. By setting out in
By setting up in rue des Sables, the Marc Sleen Museum has doubled back in time – the hero of more than 200 comic books has come back home. The address is also a new homage to a great Belgian artist.
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1 year Marc Sleen Museum
18/06/2010 > 26/09/2010
Marc Sleen was certainly a visionary when in 1995, in the comic strip story The Ghost of Sand Street, he had his brainchild Nibbs meet a ghost in the completely run-down building along Sand Street in Brussels. At that time, no-one could ever have imagined that, with effect from 2009, that same building would be housing the Marc Sleen Museum.
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Marc Sleen on the Tawanese television
13/08/2009
In order to complete a travel program, the Taiwanese television produced a reportage over the Comic Strip culture in Belgium. The team was really pleased of its venue, as it had the chance to interview Marc Sleen, who was, per coincidence, visiting its own museum! De reportage will be shown during the fall on the Taiwanese television, and will probably be broadcast in other Asiatic countries.
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Inauguration of the Marc Sleen Museum
08/05/2009
Alongside its scientific activities, in the unique setting of what used to be a newspaper office, the Marc Sleen Foundation also proposes a standing exhibit, a reading room and series of temporary exhibits to discover the many facets of this exceptional work by a superb storyteller, a master comic strip artist and a brilliant cartoonist: Marc Sleen.
More info…
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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