Belgian Comic Strip Center, Brussels

Belgian Comics Strip Center
Rue des Sables 20
1000 Brussels
Tel.: + 32 (0)2 219 19 80
Fax: + 32 (0)2 219 23 76
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The Marc Sleen Museum

Come and see the Marc Sleen Museum just across the street! In the unique setting of what used to be a newspaper office, the Marc Sleen Foundation proposes a standing exhibit, a reading room and series of temporary exhibits in order to discover the many facets of an exceptional work by a superb storyteller, a master comic strip artist and a brilliant cartoonist: Marc Sleen.

The work of Marc Sleen, a living legend of Belgian comic strip art in Flemish, was officially transferred to rue des Sables in Brussels, just across from the Belgian Comic Strip Center, in the new museum named after him. The choice of a building in Rue des Sables was no accident. In this same street, just a few yards away from the new Marc Sleen Foundation, Nero first saw the light in 1947. At the time, the artist was an illustrator and cartoonist for “De Nieuwe Gids”, a daily paper. By setting up in rue des Sables, the Marc Sleen Foundation has doubled back in time – the hero of more than 200 comic books has come back home. The address is also a new homage to a great Belgian artist.

The Museum has been set up by the Marc Sleen Foundation, which aims to protect the work and memory of Marc Sleen, and endeavours to make his work known to as vast an audience as possible. You can buy entrance tickets at the Belgian Comic Strip Center.