What can Brussels readers expect from the 20th-anniversary Seuls exhibition?
Brussels is putting a major Franco-Belgian youth-comics success at the centre of its summer museum calendar. The Comic Art Museum, on Rue des Sables in the City of Brussels, opened “Alone: Not even scared (to be scared! The broader point is cultural.
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- The exhibition “Alone: Not even scared (to be scared!)” runs in Brussels from 13 June to 15 November 2026.
- It marks 20 years of Seuls, created by Fabien Vehlmann and Belgian artist Bruno Gazzotti.
- The Comic Art Museum names Thierry Bellefroid as curator and Elodie Descoubes as exhibition designer.
- The show is staged in collaboration with Rue de Sevres and Dupuis, two key publishers in the series’ history.
Seuls, published in English as Alone, is a Franco-Belgian youth adventure and fantasy comic series created by writer Fabien Vehlmann and Belgian artist Bruno Gazzotti, with colours credited by the museum to Usagi for the exhibition framing. Its central characters, including Dodji, Leila, Yvan, Camille and Terry, must survive after adults vanish from their world. The Brussels exhibition marks the series’ 20th anniversary and is hosted by the Comic Art Museum, the institution also known as the Belgian Comic Strip Center, housed in Victor Horta’s former Waucquez department store.
Background
Belgium’s comics culture is unusually institutionalised: comics are treated as the Ninth Art, with dedicated museums, public murals, publishers and specialist bookshops. The Comic Art Museum opened in 1989 inside a Victor Horta Art Nouveau building and presents itself as both a museum and a cultural ambassador. Seuls belongs to a later generation of Franco-Belgian serial storytelling: darker, more psychologically charged and closer to contemporary youth fantasy than the classic gag or adventure album.
What to do
Plan for a city-centre museum visit of roughly 90 minutes if combining the temporary exhibition with permanent displays. The museum lists opening hours as Tuesday to Sunday, 10:00 to 18:00, with last admission at 17:00; booking is available online but the museum says reservations are not mandatory.
The Belgian angle
The direct impact is in Brussels-Capital Region: families, schools, tourists, comics readers and cultural operators gain a temporary exhibition in the city centre, near Central Station, the Grand-Place and the Royal district. The show also reinforces the Rue des Sables comics cluster around the Comic Art Museum and the Marc Sleen House.
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