Jojo
Brussels.
Pieremansstraat 41, Rue Pieremans
In which year is this perfect example of domestic bliss situated? The tile stove, grandma's love for clothes with flowers and bulbs and the fact that there is a thick sandwich on the kitchen table where you might expect cornflakes suggest the scene is half a century old. Anyone who recognises the cartoon character knows better. The cheerful lad is called Jojo and has a game-boy. This disarming children's comic strip is set in the present day. The seven year-old boy, who is as honest as the day is long, savours life with an infectious appetite and is usually accompanied by his best friend fat Louis, the Tarzan who is testing the strength of the lamp on the mural. As he doesn't have a Mum, Jojo lives with his grandma or Mamy, in a place where the city meets the countryside. The place where Jojo's overworked dad lives is a more built-up and modern environment. The vague date is no coincidence. The artist André Geerts who died young (1955-2010) was not ashamed of a touch of nostalgia or romance. With recognisable scenes of everyday life, he tried to reconstruct a lost paradise. He combined his talent for spotting these small but priceless moments with a drawing style that was both dynamic and fragile, with lots of curves and pastel colours. Jojo was born in 1983 but inexplicably failed to achieve the level of sales it deserved. Hopefully time will put that right.
visit.brussels/en/article/the-walls-of-the-comic-strip-wa...
Jojo
Brussels.
Pieremansstraat 41, Rue Pieremans
In which year is this perfect example of domestic bliss situated? The tile stove, grandma's love for clothes with flowers and bulbs and the fact that there is a thick sandwich on the kitchen table where you might expect cornflakes suggest the scene is half a century old. Anyone who recognises the cartoon character knows better. The cheerful lad is called Jojo and has a game-boy. This disarming children's comic strip is set in the present day. The seven year-old boy, who is as honest as the day is long, savours life with an infectious appetite and is usually accompanied by his best friend fat Louis, the Tarzan who is testing the strength of the lamp on the mural. As he doesn't have a Mum, Jojo lives with his grandma or Mamy, in a place where the city meets the countryside. The place where Jojo's overworked dad lives is a more built-up and modern environment. The vague date is no coincidence. The artist André Geerts who died young (1955-2010) was not ashamed of a touch of nostalgia or romance. With recognisable scenes of everyday life, he tried to reconstruct a lost paradise. He combined his talent for spotting these small but priceless moments with a drawing style that was both dynamic and fragile, with lots of curves and pastel colours. Jojo was born in 1983 but inexplicably failed to achieve the level of sales it deserved. Hopefully time will put that right.
visit.brussels/en/article/the-walls-of-the-comic-strip-wa...