• Price

  Normal: 5,00 €

A new, permanent, Sunday appointment at the Comic Museum. Every third Sunday of the month, from 2pm to 3.30pm, you can join us for a speed sketching course. Young, old, drawing talent or just curious to try something new? Everyone is welcome. Sketching is done in the company and under the guidance of a comic book author (m/f/x), in the author's language.

• Opening times

  05/10/2024 - 05/10/2025: * monday: closed * tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday and sunday: from 10:00 to 18:00

• Price

  Jeunes: 10,00 € - Enfants: 6,00 € - Normal: 13,00 €

In the mid-20th century, thanks to the inventiveness of its creators and the dynamism of its publishers, Belgium became the European leader in comic book publishing. To reach a wide readership, characters that were born in periodicals quickly crossed borders and expanded beyond frames. Merchandising, advertising, animated films, cinema, radio, television, video games and more, helped the heroes "made in Belgium" take root in the collective imagination, span generations, and even make their way to Hollywood. The exhibition A Century of Belgian Comics reveals the secrets of this epic journey in an immersive, poetic, and all-ages exhibition.

• Opening times

  19/10/2024 - 09/03/2025: * monday: closed * tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday and sunday: from 10:00 to 18:00

• Price

  Jeunes: 10,00 € - Normal: 13,00 € - Enfants: 6,00 €

Thanks to his powers, Mister Invincible never forgets to fetch bread for his grandma at noon. Oh, and he saves the world too, sometimes. How does he pull it off? By being invincible, of course! Mister Invincible is aware that he is in a comic book. As such, he can manipulate the medium’s rules. As a versatile medium, comic books allow artists to play with storytelling, visuals, and established conventions. Among the many artistic experiments, "metacomics" stand out as a captivating form, pushing the boundaries of traditional comics. An immersive and playful exhibition for young and old that invites you to play around with the codes of comic art.

• Opening times

  10/12/2024 - 09/03/2025: * monday: closed * tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday and sunday: from 10:00 to 18:00

• Price

  Jeunes: 10,00 € - Normal: 13,00 € - Enfants: 6,00 €

Asterix celebrates his 65th birthday, which calls for a proper celebration! Therefore, for this occasion, the little dog Dogmatix gets his own exhibition for the first time. Retrospective and playful, those are the two key words to describe this exhibition. Visitors can discover how the character Dogmatix developed over the course of the albums, from his first appearance in Asterix and the Banquet to his own animated series Dogmatix and the Indomitables. From a little dog with no name passing in an album to Obelix's indispensable, loyal companion, Dogmatix emerged as an endearing hero and conquered so many hearts. Delve into the story of Dogmatix with archive documents, original records and so much more. A chance to discover this delightful universe as a family, ideal also for the little ones with custom-designed games. With Dogmatix and his friends, the Comic Art Museum celebrates the humour, friendship and universal values of a cult series, to be enjoyed to the full! In collaboration with publisher Albert René and the Institut René Goscinny.

• Opening times

  20/12/2024 - 06/04/2025: * monday: closed * tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday and sunday: from 10:00 to 18:00

• Price

  Normal: 13,00 € - Enfants: 6,00 € - Jeunes: 10,00 €

At a time when journalism is constantly running faster behind the facts, the documentary comic feels more at home in slow journalism. Far away from the cameras, committed comics creators document the everyday lives of ordinary people, take their time to record complex stories, and leave room for humanity in the eye of ecological, social or political storms.

• Price

  VIP: 5,00 € - Normal: 10,00 €

On Wednesday 12 March, Philippe Dupuy will give you an insight into his extraordinary creative making process. Philippe is currently in residence with us at the Marc Sleen House, working on his next comic Sarcophage. Which this time will be more than just an album, as it is accompanied by an installation in the form of an exhibition. He will tell you all about this project, WIPOS: work in progress open studio, during his master class at the Comic Museum. In the following weeks, you can also visit his residency spot on certain days (you can find those days and hours on our website).

• Opening times

  19/03/2025 - 08/06/2025: * monday: closed * tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday and sunday: from 10:00 to 18:00

The Comic Museum is pleased to invite you to discover the ‘33/35’ exhibition. It is the culmination of an artist residency that brought together six talented comic book authors for 10 months: Marion Chancerel, Philippe Dupuy, Abdel de Bruxelles, Adeline Cazier, Tony Poulin and Noélia Diaz Iglesias. The exhibition also features the work of three foreign artists who each stayed in the residency for a month: Youssef Rali and Oumaima El Gamraoui from Morocco and Ana Margarida Matos from Portugal. With several excerpts from their work, the exhibition highlights the artists' individual trajectory and, at the same time, their collective project “33/35”. This poetic album describes the road they travel every day to the studio. It is an immersive experience that celebrates the diversity of their artistic approaches. Travel with us to the heart of the contemporary world of comics.

• Opening times

  28/03/2025 - 14/09/2025: * monday: closed * tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday and sunday: from 10:00 to 18:00

It all started exactly 25 years ago with a fanzine for students in Brussels, ‘Le Spon’. Meanwhile, the independent, alternative and collective publisher L'employé du moi came a long way. Today, their catalogue counts more than 130 original creations. On the occasion of this festive anniversary, the publishing team decided to scrutinise its own evolution in an exhibition. How can the cultural and artistic specificity of L'employé du moi be captured while making such varied and diverse productions? The exhibition tries to answer that question in four major themes in the catalogue. The reinterpretation of genre comics, the role of intimacy, political choices and the coming-of-age story will all be explored, with selections of original plates illustrating the themes. The exhibition allows different works to dialogue with each other, as the collective is used to doing, in the style of an exciting ping-pong match.

• Price

  Normal: 10,00 € - VIP: 5,00 €

This Wednesday 23 April, discover what goes on behind the scenes in comics publishing at a panel discussion with publishers from a wide range of comics publishers. What challenges do publishers face in an ever-changing market? How do authors work with their publishers to bring their work to life? These are just some of the questions our guests will be answering, as they share their experiences, visions and perspectives on the future of comics.

• Opening times

  26/04/2025 - 02/11/2025: * monday: closed * tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday and sunday: from 10:00 to 18:00

Claude Renard has left an indelible mark on Belgian comic book history. Yet he is not so well known to the general public. He was an illustrator, sculptor, graphic designer, designer, scenographer and set and costume designer for theatre, but above all he was the extraordinary inspirer of the Atelier R in St-Luc Brussels. There, in the 1970s, he trained an exceptional generation of comic book creators, whom he introduced to the world in the legendary magazine Le 9è Rêve. Six years after his death, his son Romain, together with Thierry Bellefroid, is reviving the worlds of this aesthete, whose whole life was a work of art. From his bustling studio that he transformed into a cabinet of curiosities to the furniture of his home, from the graphic design of his covers to the posters for his shows, from futuristic comics to history books, from his mineral sculptures to his fascination with Galileo, from his multifarious collections to his countless tools, Claude Renard is elusive. Like the exhibition showcasing his work, he is both whole and fragmented. With contributions from former students of Atelier R, published in Le 9è Rêve, including François Schuiten, Andréas, Sokal, Berthet, Chantal De Spiegeleer, Séraphine, Foerster, Alain Goffin, Anne Baltus and many others. Curator: Thierry Bellefroid and Romain Renard

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  Normal: 10,00 € - VIP: 5,00 €

Médor is not a dog. It's a 128-page magazine of investigations and stories, focused on Belgium, a laboratory of collective practices and experiments, a cooperative of over 1,800 citizens. In short, created in 2015, Médor is an independent Belgian investigative and narrative magazine. Comics are one of the mediation tools that Médor likes to use to illustrate certain reports. On Wednesday 21 May, following the exhibition ‘Du réel en BD, La bande dessinée témoigne et s'engage’, the Médor teams will be at the Musée de la BD to talk about the strong link between journalism and the Ninth Art.

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  Normal: 10,00 € - VIP: 5,00 €

Noah Van Sciver (born 1984) is a comic book artist from New Jersey. Thanks to the now cult Fante Bukowski series, he quickly grew from the new darling of the alternative scene to a leading figure in contemporary creation. A major producer, Noah Van Sciver has won several Ignatz Awards and was shortlisted for the Eisner Awards. In both fiction and autobiography, each new book shows his remarkable skill in creating spontaneous, earthy stories. Most of his books have been translated worldwide and published in French by L'employé du moi. To mark the anniversary of the publisher L'employé du moi, we have the honour of hosting Noah Van Sciver at our Comic Book Museum for a master class.