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The comic doesn’t have a good reputation. For over a century is has been existing as a highly underestimated medium. As if comic books would be just innocent entertainment for children or at its best a collector’s hobby that got out of hand. Beeld Beeld wants to get rid of these prejudices. A lot of comic art has its proper worth. The medium has had highlights all over the world and the offer is still increasing. Don’t expect any boring sermons or weighty analyses which must prove that we’re always right. We simply want to show what the most innovative and interesting authors have to offer. Perhaps the comic book is lucky to have that second-class status, because that means that artists can work in all freedom. Nothing has been definitively restricted, which opens great possibilities. Beeld Beeld focuses on artists that have seized these possibilities with both their hands. |
About Beeld Beeld vzw.
Beeld Beeld was founded in 1999 with the key objective to convince the general public of the artistic possibilities of the comic book. 
The first realization of Beeld Beeld, the double-exposition "Pioneers in the American comic But that was just the start. Still in 1999 Beeld Beeld presented the dossier "Subsidy and the comic book in Flanders" and participated in talks with Flemish minister of culture Anciaux. Beeld Beeld also publishes the SAC collection. This "Sequential Art Collection" consists of one-paged, wordless comic stories. It are silk-screen prints in a limited edition. Until now four parts of this collection have been published.  In 2001 we welcomed Lorenzo Mattotti, a passionate comic artist and world renowned illustrator, whose work is a permanent source of inspiration for other comic book writers and graphic artists. In 2002 we held the retrospective Dupuy-Berberian : "Common life in French comics", with more than 300 original works (comic illustrations, posters, covers, free work) from the oeuvre of Dupuy and Berberian. 
The very recognizable universe of Dave Mckean has also attracted great interest outside of the comic art world. He did the artwork of countless CD covers (including for Tori Amos, Alice Cooper and Counting Crows) and he also made his name with publicity campaigns for Nike, Kodak, Smirnoff and Eurostar. |
With innovative books as ‘Fires’ and ‘The man at the window’ Mattotti has proven again that comic books are much more than just ‘adventures in pictures’. The symbolic value and poetic strength of his work is striking.