Introduction
Marten Toonder is one of the most important creator of comic strips in Europe during years 50' and 60'. Very well installed in some french regions (because it was published int the local newspaper), loved by french collectors of the Artima Panda magazine, and by curious fans, he his for our Pressibus assocation the symbol of comics strips both diverting and realistic, both for sophisticated adults and for a large public.
Created for the daily newspaper, the 4 main serials of Marten Toonder are horizontal strips, with usually 3 pictures and text under the images. Each story has between 40 and 110 strips.
Marten Toonder is dutch, but his characters quickly had a large impact. He is sometimes called "The dutch Walt Disney", but he is, at first, to be seen as one of the greatest european creators of comics strips.
The illustrations of Tom Poes & Mr Bommel, in this site, come from the books of Panda Editions, gathering the whole strips (11,768 bandes in 40 books), in Dutchland (address on our sites page). Thanks to Marten Toonder for his authorisation. © Toonder studio's
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First french version in january 1997
First english version in september 1997
Last update of september 1997, the 22th
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