Comic Art Museum - Brussels

The Comic Strip Observatory is an annual overview of the richness and diversity of the Belgian comic book world. The Comic Art Museum launched this project several years ago. This year, we are trying to bring together as many comic strips as possible that were published in 2025 and whose author is Belgian or lives in Belgium, regardless of genre, format or audience.

The Comic Strip Observatory is intended as a reference work and offers a clear, documented and up-to-date overview of national production. It shows the dynamism of Belgian creators, whether they work for large publishing houses or independent structures, whether they explore the codes of traditional comic strips or push the boundaries of the medium.

This catalogue is distributed to festivals, cultural institutions, professional organisations, residency centres, international partners and the media, and is an essential tool for promoting Belgian comics both abroad and on our territory. For example, it serves as a documentation base for the selection of prizes, invitation programmes, grants, professional meetings and other initiatives to support artists.

Through the Comic Strip Observatory, the Comic Strip Museum reaffirms its commitment to promoting contemporary creations, supporting authors in the distribution of their work and strengthening the visibility of Belgian comic strips on the international stage.

Are you Belgian and/or do you live in Belgium?
And have you published a comic book between January and December 2025?

Then we would like to invite you to fill in this form. This will help us to make our observatory as complete and comprehensive as possible!