Peter de Smet (4 July 1944,

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– 6 January 2003, Amsterdam) was a Dutch comic-strip artist. He was the author of '' De Generaal'' ("The General"). From the 1960s onwards de Smet worked as an artist in advertising and started drawing comics in the same time. An early version of ''De Generaal'' was sold to

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but was never published. In 1968 de Smet started his series ''Fulco'' set in

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'' but had to give up due to illness.Lambiek.net
/ref> In the following period, de Smet returned to advertising with strips like ''Pieter Pienter'' for a Bank, which was published in magazines like Tina and

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. In 1971 '' Pep'' magazine picked up ''De Generaal'', and published it through several incarnations of the magazine, notably '' Eppo''.

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Peter de Smet
at the RKD 1944 births 2003 deaths Dutch comics artists Dutch humorists Artists from Amsterdam {{Europe-comics-creator-stub