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The Partners of the Belgian Comic Strip Center

Partners? The word is self-explanatory. One person can set up a project, elaborate it himself, but sooner or later he will need the help of partners from the private or public sector. The Belgian Comic Strip Center is happy to count the federal government, the French and the Flemish community and the country’s three regions among his partners.

The Belgian Post, Philately Department

The Belgian Post is one of the Belgian Comic Strip Center's main partners. It does not offer financial support as much as an active contribution. Before the foundation of the Belgian Comic Strip Center, the Belgian Post had already issued a number of comic strip stamps (Tintin, Bob and Bobette, the Smurfs, etc). After the opening of the Belgian Comic Strip Center this became an annual tradition. In the past ten years, no less than 21 well-known series have received their own stamp. Furthermore, the Post Office increasingly often asks comic strip artists to design their new stamps!

Bakelandt Smurf Michel Vaillan XIII

Comics that have been honoured with a comic strip stamp are:

Tintin (Hergé), the Smurfs (Peyo) and Bob and Bobette (Vandersteen). Then from 1989: Spirou (Tome and Janry), Nero (Marc Sleen), Lucky Luke (Morris), Gaston Lagaffe (Franquin), Blake and Mortimer (Jacobs), Cori le Moussaillon (De Moor), Cités obscures (Schuiten), Boule et Bill (Roba), Natacha (Walthéry), Cubitusl (Dupa), Sammy (Berck, Jean-Pol and Cauvin), Chlorophylle (Macherot), Jommeke (Jef Nys), and Ric Hochet and Chick Bill (Tibet and Duchâteau). For the tenth anniversary of the Belgian Comic Strip Center in 1999, the Post Office issued a stamp sheet with 9 stamps – including one stamp devoted to the Belgian Comic Strip Center – with Corentin (Cuvelier), Hassan et Kaddour (Laudy), La Patrouille des Castors (Mitacq), Gil Jourdan (Tillieux), Jerry Spring (Jijé), Tif en Tondu (Dineur), Buck Danny (Hubinon and Charlier) and Timur (Sirius). Later Kiekeboe (Merho), Luc Orient (Eddy Paape), Bakelandt (Hec Leemans), Chevalier Ardent (Craenhals), XIII (Vance et Van Hamme), Michel Vaillant (Graton), Briochon (Jean-Pol), Alix (Jacques Martin), Jeremiah (Hermann) were added to the list.

The National Lottery

Since the autumn of 2005 has been proud to count the National Lottery as one of his privileged partners. The National Lottery’s project aims are essentially social and cultural in nature. In that respect a partnership with the Belgian Comic Strip Center is a perfect match.
http://www.loterie-nationale.be

Comic Strip Publishers

Among the many publishers of comic books, the Belgian Comic Strip Center is glad to have developed occasional or regular partnerships with the publishers listed below.

Many others support and contribute to the library.

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