The Dutch magazine Stripgids has published my overview of early comic strips in the first Flemish illustrated weeklies (1868-1900).
Since some illustrations were quite small printed, here a sample of them:
Anon. (1878, September 14). De grootte Hitte Van St-Louis [Heat wave in St. Louis], De Belgische Illustratie 10(51), 405. Previously published in Frank Leslie's Illustrations Newspaper, 1,192 (1878, August 3).
Anon. (1874-75). Gezichten van België [Views of Belgium]. De Belgische Illustratie 2(43), 341. Typical decorative page composition for such a series of city views.
Anon. (1891, October 11). De tramway in de lucht of het nieuw Lieken van den Tramlala [The tramway in the air or the new Song of the ‘Tramlala’].in De Vlaamsche Patriot 4(15), 176. Satirical comic about Brussels politics. The mayor (Buls) is even impaled.
George Herbert Jalland (1892) “Mr. Joskins…” in De Vlaamsche Patriot 4(38), p. 452. Republication and translation from an English illustrated journal. The contrast between the text and the images makes it ironical. Thanks to Thierry Smolderen for the identification of the artist, the Flemish publication didn't offer a name.
