The project began in 1991 as an initiative of the local authorities of the City of Brussels in collaboration with the
Belgian Comic Strip Center. Initially, the project only intended to embellish empty walls and gables of buildings in the city. It then became an opportunity to celebrate the rich comic book heritage of Brussels, which claims to be the capital of the
comic strip. Nowadays, the Brussels' Comic Book Route offers more than 50 mural paintings, most of them located inside the
Pentagon (as the city centre is often called due to its geometrical shape). Following its trail, the Comic Book Route is a good way to discover the capital and even penetrate some neighbourhoods less crowded by tourists. The Brussels tourist association ''
organises a two-hour bike tour starting at the Bicycle Riders House'' ().
Broussaille was the first comic book wall to be painted, based on an original project of the comic book artist
Frank Pé. With its surface of about , the mural painting was inaugurated in July 1991 at the intersection between the / and the /. As with most of the mural paintings, the association
Art Mural was in charge of the execution of the work.
Art Mural is an association created by five artists in 1984, mainly aimed to realise mural painting in public areas. Since 1993, it has been devoted to the creation and realisation of new murals for Brussels' Comic Book Route, with a rhythm of two to three new works per year. Georgios Oreopoulos and David Vandegeerde are the only two remaining founder members of the association, having been involved in all the projects and murals, helped with a large number of other artists who have collaborated and worked with them. ==List of comic strip mural paintings==