Belgian Comics Strip Center
Rue des Sables 20
1000 Brussels
Tel.: + 32 (0)2 219 19 80
Fax: + 32 (0)2 219 23 76
visit(arrobe)comicscenter.net
The Study Library
The Belgian Comic Strip Center houses probably the most important public comic strip library with the largest number of titles in the world. The study library contains the complete collection of albums, periodicals and reference works owned by the Belgian Comic Strip Center. Opening hours are slightly different from the Belgian Comic Strip Center's and the collection is only available for consultation on site.
Tuesday to Thursday : 12 to 5pm – Friday: 12 to 6pm
Friday : 12 à 18 heures
Saturday : 10am to 6pm
Closed on Sundays and Mondays.
Attention : access for over 16 years only.
What interest would one take in a Belgian Comic Strip Center without comic albums? Before the Centre’s opening already, numerous publishers at home and abroad started actively supporting the assembly of a collection. Thanks to this precious aid, the library has become nowadays the largest public comic strip library in the world.
List of the partners of the Library
Publishers :
Adonis, Age d'Or, A.Li.En, Arcadia, Audie, Fluide Glacial, Azeko, Bamboo, Balloon Books, Brabant Strip, Caravelle, Casterman, Champaka, Dargaud, Delcourt, Dupuis, Glénat, Graton, Humanoïdes Associés, Joker, Jungle, Kana Le Gang, Lombard, Loup, Hibou, Milan, Paquet, Point Image, Saga Uitgaven, Schetter, Several Pictures, Soleil Production, Standaard Uitgeverij, Studio 100, Topgame, Treize Etrange, Triomphe, Vents d'Ouest, Zenda
Periodicals :
Les Amis de Hergé, Les Amis de Jacobs, L’Avis des Bulles, Belzébulle, Blam !, BoDoï, Brabant Strip, Le Collectionneur de BD, Fluide Glacial, Gabriel, Hop !, L’Inédit, Juve Bêdê, LDC Bédégramme, Lettre de Dargaud (La), Lucha Libre, Myx Stripmagazine, P@per, Plots, Poison, Psikopat, Revue Reflets, Shogun, Spawn, Spirou, Star Wars, Le Strip, Stripburger, Strip Gids, Strip Nieuws, Stripschrift, Tchô !, Top Comics, Trama, Viz, Zone 5300, Zozolala
News Flash
WIFI Connection
Out of concern for our visitors’ comfort, and to meet demand from a growing number of clients, the BCSC has decided to put a WIFI connection with free access in all areas, including the library and café.
Last News
Great exhibition
The New Children's Comic Strips
18/11/2008 > 08/03/2009
Their names are Sfar, Trondheim, Robin, de Bonneval or Guibert. With the creation of new graphic forms, in the '90s these storytellers assumed a role of ever-increasing importance.
Exhibition at the Gallery
Willy Linthout, Het Jaar van de Olifant (Year of the Elephant)
07/10/2008 > 30/11/2008
When his own son, Sam, committed suicide at 21, comic strip artist Willy Linthout made the courageous decision to approach the tragic event in a graphic novel published by Bries, a new high quality publisher. No doubt, he went about it as a kind of therapy - even so, Linthout has created an innovative comic strip that keeps the reader on the edge of his seat. .