Centre Belge de la Bande dessinée means "center of the Belgian comic strip" in English.
Tribute to the ninth art, of which Belgium is an important representative, the Brussels Centre for Comic Strip is located in a building designed by Victor Horta in 1905, a slightly curved front, a large atrium, a monumental staircase with wrought iron railing motif.
Please remember that Belgium is the country that gave birth to Tintin, Spirou, the Smurfs and many other characters. On the ground floor of the Museum of Comics is the reading room open to the public at a cost of 50 cents. On the mezzanine there are two permanent exhibitions: one on the birth of comics, from pencils to the press, with 600 original artworks by international artists, and the other on the comic book in motion (cartoon).
On the first floor, as well as room for temporary exhibitions, is the Musée de l'Imaginaire, where the authors of the cartoons seen, recreated their world around their characters, first to all Tintin by Hergé. On the second floor of Comic Strip Center is presented the evolution of the modern European comic book, starting with the magazine Pilote in 1959 he introduced for the first time Asterix to the public.
Admission: 6, 20 €