Belgium, Homeland of the 9th Art

Belgium is the homeland of the comic strip, both for its large number of authors and their immense resourcefulness.
They have decorated Brussels metro stations, given their names to certain streets, they have their own centre (the famous CBBD), their schools and even statues of their characters in public places.

Tintin, Spirou, Lucky Luke, Gaston Lagaffe, the Smurfs, Boule and Bill, Blake