Lambiek

Lambiek Stripwinkel, webshop en online stripencyclopedie Lambiek Lambiek is the first and oldest comics shop in Europe.

Founded by Kees Kousemaker (1942-2010) and continued by his son Boris, Lambiek is a hallmark in the world of comics. Located in Amsterdam, Lambiek has a great selection of comics in many languages. Lambiek's art gallery has featured many expositions of European and North American artists who explore the boundaries between comics and 'conventional' art.

Today Gary Larson, creator of 'The Far Side', celebrates his 76th birthday. :) 'The Far Side' (1980-1995) broke new grou...
14/08/2026

Today Gary Larson, creator of 'The Far Side', celebrates his 76th birthday. :) 'The Far Side' (1980-1995) broke new ground in the newspaper industry with its absurd, black, sometimes intellectual comedy. While polarizing readers, it developed a large cult following. The series was translated into several languages, adapted in animated shorts and inspired various merchandising items. While most gags are one-panel cartoons, some use a sequential comic strip format. Since the conclusion of 'The Far Side', Larson has been mostly active as an animator, and he published one illustrated book, 'There's A Hair in My Dirt: A Worm Story' (1998). Read more about Larson and bovinely funny cartoons here in our Comiclopedia bio:

Gary Larson is an American cartoonist, most celebrated for his series 'The Far Side' (1980-1995). The cartoons broke new ground in the newspaper industry with their absurd, black, sometimes intellectual comedy. While polarizing readers, 'The Far Side' developed a large...

Pierre Artigue was an early 20th-century American newspaper comic artist, who drew several short-lived gag comics for th...
12/08/2026

Pierre Artigue was an early 20th-century American newspaper comic artist, who drew several short-lived gag comics for the Sunday papers. His longest running strip was 'He Just Imagined It - That's All' (1906-1908), which ran in The Boston Herald. Through the North American syndicate, he then produced the features 'Pa's Nightmare' (1907), 'When Dad Was a Boy - He! He! Ha! Ha!' (1907) and 'Curious Charley' (1909). In The Rocky Mountain News, he drew 'Mr. Want' (1912) and 'Chris and Christena's Courtship' (1912). Read more about him, here:

Pierre Artigue was an early 20th-century American newspaper comic artist, who drew several short-lived gag comics for the Sunday papers. His longest running strip was 'He Just Imagined It - That's All' (1906-1908), which ran in The Boston Herald. Through the North American...

The Belgian artist couple Fred and Liliane Funcken were steady contributors to Tintin magazine from the 1950s through th...
09/08/2026

The Belgian artist couple Fred and Liliane Funcken were steady contributors to Tintin magazine from the 1950s through the 1980s. Specialized in historical comics, they produced a great many educational short stories on historical characters and events, and additionally several series set in all sorts of time periods. Their chivalry romic 'Le Chevalier Blanc' (1953-1973, 1987-1988) was their longest-running creation, followed by the Viking series 'Harald Le Viking' (1956-1967). They additionally launched the western series 'Jack Diamond' (1959-1960), 'Lieutenant Burton' (1962-1967) and 'Doc Silver' (1967-1969), as well as the swashbuckler comic 'Capitan' (1963-1971). The Funckens are the first known example in Belgian history of a husband and wife creating comics as equals. They were a genuine team, collaborating on both stories and artwork to the point that their individual contributions were indistinguishable. Throughout their long career, they built up a strong reputation as a reliable unit whenever realistically-drawn and well-researched historical or military artwork was required. Outside of the field of comics, Fred and Liliane Funcken were notable for illustrating the best-selling and widely translated non-fiction book series, 'L'Encyclopédie des Uniformes et de Armes de Tous les Temps' (1965-1982), documenting military weapons and uniforms throughout history. Read more about their lives and career, here:

The Belgian artist couple Fred and Liliane Funcken were steady contributors to Tintin magazine from the 1950s through the 1980s. Specialized in historical comics, they produced a great many educational short stories on historical characters and events, and additionally several series...

With Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey' being a box office hit at the moment, we spotlight one of the many comic artists ...
06/08/2026

With Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey' being a box office hit at the moment, we spotlight one of the many comic artists who once adapted Homer's epic poem, namely Tamás Szecskó. :) Szecskó was a prolific and productive Hungarian children's book illustrator, whose sole contribution to comic history is his 1959-1960 adaptation of 'The Odyssey'. A very obscure comic, it's a fitting irony that arguably "Nobody" (get it? ;) ) remembers this otherwise fine 'Odyssey' comic version nowadays... Read more about Szeckó's life and career in our updated biography, here:

Tamás Szecskó was a Hungarian book illustrator, known for livening up the pages of over 500 books, mostly aimed at a young audience. Between 1959 and 1960, he also drew a serialized comic based on Homer's 'Odyssey'.  Life and career Tamás...

Last weekend we were informed that an obscure seemingly Flemish comic artist from the 1950s named 'Wik' was in fact the ...
03/08/2026

Last weekend we were informed that an obscure seemingly Flemish comic artist from the 1950s named 'Wik' was in fact the Polish painter and poster artist Ludwig Cieslik! Read more about Wik, A.K.A. Ludwig Cieslik, and his remarkable life and career as a Jewish refugee during World War II, a post-war film poster designer and the artist behind several drawings about the Warsaw Uprising, here:. And many thanks to our helpful informant! :)

Ludwik Cieślik was a Polish commercial illustrator and film poster designer, who came to Belgium as a refugee after World War II. There, he continued his poster work, using the abbreviated signature of "Wik". Between 1949 and 1951, he also tried his hand at comics, adapting...

Roberta Gregory is an American cartoonist, best-known for her humorous cult comic 'Bitchy Bitch' (1990- ), about a highl...
30/07/2026

Roberta Gregory is an American cartoonist, best-known for her humorous cult comic 'Bitchy Bitch' (1990- ), about a highly irritable, malicious female office employee and her colorful colleagues and relatives. Gregory started out in the feminist and LGBTQ comics press, writing history as one of the very first female artists to publish her own independent comic book, 'Dynamite Damsels' (1976). Her signature series 'Bitchy Bitch' became the flagship of her own long-running comic book series 'Naughty Bits' (1991-2004). The stories about the crabby Bitchy and her ongoing misery regarding work, her mother, health and her s*x life, struck a chord with many readers who found it both hilarious and recognizable. Still, Gregory sometimes didn't shy away from challenging her audience with obscene but true-to-life imagery, like s*x scenes and being on one's period, as well as dark and confrontational themes, like homophobia, religious fundamentalism, the anti-abortion movement and hostilities towards other gender types. Throughout her career, Roberta Gregory showcased her versatility by drawing fantasy stories ('Winging It', 1988, 1999), humor comics ('Sheila and the Unicorn', 1988), erotic relationship drama ('Artistic Licentiousness', 1991, 1994, 1997), political satire (her 'Sheep' cartoons since 1988), biopics and autobiographical, diary-style comics ('True Cat Toons', 2006- ). Read more about her work, here :) :

Roberta Gregory is an American cartoonist, best-known for her humorous cult comic 'Bitchy Bitch' (1990- ), about a highly irritable, malicious female office employee and her colorful colleagues and relatives. Gregory started out in the feminist and LGBTQ comics press, writing...

10 years ago, today, the great Jack Davis passed away (27 July), best-known as a long-running contributor to Mad Magazi...
27/07/2026

10 years ago, today, the great Jack Davis passed away (27 July), best-known as a long-running contributor to Mad Magazine. He was one of the pioneers during its first four years (1952-1956), when Mad was still a comic book under the editorship of Harvey Kurtzman. Davis drew various parody comics, articles and was the first artist to illustrate the long-running feature 'Scenes We'd Like To See' (1955). The tireless artist also designed several of Mad's fake advertisements, as well as real-life ads to promote subscriptions. Although Davis left Mad in 1956, he returned in 1965. Under new editorship of Al Feldstein and William M. Gaines, he kept contributing comics and other artwork for Mad until 1997. Davis also contributed to E.C. Comics' groundbreaking "New Trend" line of horror, war and suspense comic books. Together with Mad writer Nick Meglin, he created the sports gag comic 'Super Fan' (1970-1974) in the monthly American football magazine Pro Quarterback. Davis is renowned for his wild, energetic and chaotic style, which influenced numerous creators of humor comics. His drawings explode with movement. He excelled in amusing depictions of sports games, cowboys, grotesque people and monsters. His instantly recognizable art still adorned many advertisements, film posters, trading cards, board games, album and magazine covers. When he passed away, he was the last surviving pioneer artist of both E.C. and Mad's early years. Read more about his versatile career, here:

Jack Davis was an American comic artist, best-known as a long-running contributor to Mad Magazine. He was one of the pioneers during its first four years (1952-1956), when Mad was still a comic book under the editorship of Harvey Kurtzman. Davis drew various parody comics, articles and...

Jonathan Baylis is an American writer and producer of promotional videos, first for television, then for a toy company. ...
25/07/2026

Jonathan Baylis is an American writer and producer of promotional videos, first for television, then for a toy company. Since 2004, he has additionally been writing funny, upbeat and true comic stories, first for the local NYC indie press, then as the creator, writer and editor of the autobiographical comic book series 'So Buttons' (2007- ). In the tradition of Harvey Pekar, his stories have been drawn by a host of artists. Read more about him, here:

Jonathan Baylis is an American writer and producer of promotional videos, first for television, then for a toy company. Since 2004, he has additionally been writing funny, upbeat and true comic stories, first for the local NYC indie press, then as the creator, writer and editor of the...

Janneke van den Biggelaar is a Dutch storyboard artist and 2D animator, who has worked on variety of national and intern...
20/07/2026

Janneke van den Biggelaar is a Dutch storyboard artist and 2D animator, who has worked on variety of national and international film and animation productions, notably the 'LEGO City No Limits' series. As a comic artist, she started out in the 2000s in the Dutch indie manga scene, contributing stories to several small press anthologies. For a more mainstream audience, she has worked on comics for the girls' magazine Tina, since 2026 drawing 'Nora' from scripts by our Comiclopedia co-editor Bas Schuddeboom :) , a contemporary spin-off to Tina's classic 'Noortje' feature. Read more about her, here:

Janneke van den Biggelaar is a Dutch storyboard artist and 2D animator, who has worked on variety of national and international film and animation productions, notably the 'LEGO City No Limits' series. As a comic artist, she started out in the 2000s in the Dutch indie manga scene,...

Today (17 July) would've been Hermanns birthday, but he passed away last March. :( As a tribute we present his completel...
17/07/2026

Today (17 July) would've been Hermanns birthday, but he passed away last March. :( As a tribute we present his completely updated and expanded Lambiek biography. Hermann was a Belgian comic artist, ranking as one of the foremost and most influential creators of adult comics in Europe. He gained his earliest fame in Tintin magazine with the nautical adventure comic 'Bernard Prince' (1965-1980), scripted by Greg, and as the first artist of Jean-Luc Vernal's 'Jugurtha' (1967-1970), a series set in ancient Numidia. With Greg, he also made the groundbreaking western series 'Comanche' (1969-1982), which shocked Tintin's audience with its bloodshed and violence. In this series, Hermann began showcasing his trademark gritty, cynical, hard-boiled style. After leaving Tintin, he found his true form as a solo creator with the post-apocalyptic series 'Jeremiah' (1979-2026), starring the anti-heroes Jeremiah and Kurdy Malloy in a bleak, depraved world. His second solo series was the equally raw medieval saga 'Les Tours de Bois-Maury' (1984-1994) and its spin-off 'Bois-Maury' (1998-2021). On occasion, Hermann surprised audiences with notable breaks in style, such as his dream-influenced children's fantasy comic 'Nic' (script by Philippe Vandooren, 1980-1983) in Spirou magazine, or with stand-alone graphic novels that reflected his social engagement, like 'Sarajevo-Tango' (1995). Later in life, Hermann often collaborated with his son Yves H. as scriptwriter, resulting in a several graphic novels and the western series 'Dust' (2017-2023). Read more about him, here:

Hermann was a Belgian comic artist, ranking as one of the foremost and most influential creators of adult comics in Europe. He gained his earliest fame in Tintin magazine with the nautical adventure comic 'Bernard Prince' (1965-1980), scripted by Greg, and as the first artist of...

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