Noortje (full name ''Noortje Visser'') is a Dutch

gag-a-day A gag-a-day comic strip is the style of writing comic cartoons such that every installment of a strip delivers a complete joke or some other kind of artistic statement. It is opposed to story or continuity strips, which rely on the development of ...

humor comic strip created in 1975 for the Dutch girls' magazine ''

Tina Tina may refer to: People *Tina (given name), people and fictional characters with the given name ''Tina'' Places *Tina, Iran, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran *Tina, Tunisia, a town in Sfax Governorate, Tunisia * Tina, Guadalcanal, Solomon ...

''. The script is by Patty Klein and the drawings are by

Jan Steeman Jan Steeman (23 May 1933 – 24 January 2018) was a Dutch comics artist, best known for his association football comic ''Roel Dijkstra'' and ''Noortje'', a comic strip about a bumbling teenage girl published in ''Tina''. The latter runs for more t ...

. It is currently one of the longest-running Dutch comics series and with 41 years the longest-running Dutch comics series made by the same writer/artist team. In 2016 Steeman resigned and was succeeded by his son Lucas Steeman; he died on January 24, 2018 of kidney-failure. Patty Klein died on 15 March 2019.

Concept

Noortje stars a young, red-haired teenage girl with freckles. Each episode is a self-contained story in which she usually makes a huge blunder or ends up in an embarrassing situation.

Characters

* Noortje Visser: A young girl who is very clumsy and a bit naïve. She has a love for animals, but suffers from arachnaphobia and dislikes cleaning up her room. She is often late for school. Originally the character was about 12 or 13 years old, but she is nowadays around 16. * Sander: Her brother, whom she feels annoyed with. * Marlies: Noortje's best friend.

Albums

The first nine albums were published by De Geïllustreerde Pers, the following five by VNU Tijdschriften. Since 2002 all albums are published by

Sanoma Sanoma Corporation (, formerly SanomaWSOY) is Finland's largest media group. The company has media business in Finland and a learning business in Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Norway and Spain, among others. The company is headquarte ...

.Noortje
Stripinfo.be
, Comicweb.nl # Kan die muziek zachter? (1994) # Streng verboden te lezen! (1995) # Hij houdt van me… Hij houdt niet van me… (1995) # Béregezellig! (1996) # Duizend keer lachen (1996) # Noortje kookt over (1996) # Altijd uitgelaten (1997) # Een pláátje (1997) # Versiert het weer (1997) # Blundert voor tien (1998) # Gaat mobiel (1999) # ...En niemand anders! (2000) # In beeld (2000) # Altijd opgeruimd (2001) # Zet ‘m op! (2002) # Spettert (2003) # Steelt de show (2004) # Ziet ze vliegen (2005) # Mooi is dat! (2006) # Laat van zich horen (2007) # Om te zoenen (2008) # In volle vaart (2009) # Stapelgek! (2010) # Het beste van (2011) # Bakt ze bruin! (2012) # Maakt het mooier (2013) # Om te aaien (2014) # Lang zal ze leven! (2015)

Sources

{{Reflist Dutch comic strips 1975 comics debuts Dutch comics characters Gag-a-day comics Teen comedy comics Female characters in comics Teenage characters in comics Comics characters introduced in 1975 Comics set in the Netherlands Fictional Dutch people