BRUSSELS 2009 BD COMICS STRIP - 2009, COMIC STRIPS YEAR IN BRUSSELS

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In 2009 Brussels will be more than ever THE capital of comic strips! Discover the many exhibitions and other events that are organised to honour the Ninth Art.

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EVENTS:
Opening event: Balloon Day, a big parade from the Nord train station to the Midi train station, via the Boulevard Adolphe Max and Boulevard Anspach (28/002/09)
The Grand Prix Michel Vaillant
The opening of the Sleen Foundation/Nero House
The independent Brussels comic strip centre
The strip drawers trail (September 2009)
The largest comic strip plate
The comic strip walls
Comic strips in the city and the parks.

EXHIBITIONS
3 special exhibitions:
- 'Les regards croisés de la BD belge' (27/03-30/06/09, Royal Museums for Fine Arts)
- 'Les Sexties : Crepax / Cuvelier / Forrest' / Peellaert (25/09/09-03/01/10 at the BOZAR)
- 'Willy Vandersteen : l'épopée bruxelloise' (24/06-27/09/09 at city hall)

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Other exhibitions:
- At the Belgian Comic Strip Centre: 'Du peril jaune à la world-bd' (from the yellow peril to world comics) (24/02-07/06/09), 'Les mondes de Lanfeust' (the worlds of Lanfeust) (09/06-27/09/09) and 'La BD… vingt ans après' (comic strips…20 years later) (29/09-06/12/09).
- At the Jewish museum of Belgium: 'De Superman au Chat du Rabbin' (From Superman to the Rabbi's Cat (06/05-16/08/09).

Exhibition in collaboration with the Autrique house, on town level, the Foundation Raymond Leblanc and the Comic strips house.

Discover the full programme of this theme year on the website below.

2009 will be also the year of the comic strip in Wallonia.-

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