Comic strips

There are no fewer than four comic strip museums in Brussels:

• The bhg.common.blank_link_warningBelgian Comic Strip Center: 4,200 m² of exhibition space and a documentation centre in an imposing art nouveau building (Rue des Sables 20, 1000 Brussels)
• The bhg.common.blank_link_warningMaison de la bande dessinée (FR) close to Brussels-Central Station (Boulevard de l'Impératrice 1, 1000 Brussels)
• The bhg.common.blank_link_warningMarc Sleen Foundation and Museum: one of the biggest names in Flemish comic strip art (Rue des Sables 33-35, 1000 Brussels, opposite the Belgian Comic Strip Center)
• bhg.common.blank_link_warningMuseum of Original Figurines (FR/NL) (MooF) , (Boulevard Auguste Reyers 32, 1030 Brussels)

Comic strip characters are immortalized on Brussels murals.

Enjoy the bhg.common.blank_link_warninghuge murals depicting comic strip characters that grace a large number of walls in the various Brussels communes.

For bhg.common.blank_link_warningmore information and a map visit the visit.brussels website.
The Tintin company has also put together a bhg.common.blank_link_warningTintin Walk, which takes you deep into the world of the famous Brussels reporter and his creator Hergé.

The City of Brussels (one of the 19 communes of the Brussels-Capital Region) has bhg.common.blank_link_warningrenamed a host of streets after comics characters (FR).

Brussels makes good on its boast to be the comic strip capital of the world by hosting a number of comics festivals.

• bhg.common.blank_link_warningThe Ganshoren-Brussels Comic Strip Festival (FR/NL) (May-June)
• bhg.common.blank_link_warningFestival Cultures Maison (September)
• bhg.common.blank_link_warningBrussels-Belgium Comic Strip Festival (FR/NL) (October)
• Comic strips are also represented at the bhg.common.blank_link_warningFoire du Livre (FR) (March)
• For an up-to-date list of bhg.common.blank_link_warningfestivals, signings and activities (FR) see the Brussels BD Tour website

If you are a comic strip fan looking to bolster your collection, the four museums mentioned above each have their own comic-book shop. You could also visit one of the bhg.common.blank_link_warningmany specialised comic-book shops in Brussels (FR/NL). Most of them are on Boulevard Anspach and Boulevard Lemonnier or on Rue du Midi.

A bhg.common.blank_link_warningcomic book market (FR/NL) is also held on the first Sunday afternoon of every month inside and outside Halles Saint-Géry (depending on the weather). You can pick up new and second hand comic books there. Simply curious or avid collector, you’ll not want to miss the bhg.common.blank_link_warningonline auction site (FR) entirely devoted to the world of comics.

• The Brussels BD Tour website is the place to go for news about bhg.common.blank_link_warningcomics, sales and exchanges (FR).