Martinus Spyridon Johannes Lodewijk (born 30 April 1939) is a Dutch comics writer and cartoonist, and advertising adviser. Martin Lodewijk was born in

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. He dropped out of high school in 1957, and started drawing cartoons, notably of spacecraft and pirates. In 1959, his first cartoon was published in the newspaper ''

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'', after which he specialized in drawing for commercial advertising. For the weekly comics magazine ''

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'', he co-created with

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the ''

Agent 327 ''Agent 327'' is a Dutch action/comedy comic series by cartoonist Martin Lodewijk. It was a regular feature from 1966 until 1983, and again from 2000 to the present. The eponymous Agent 327 is a James Bond/Maxwell Smart-like Dutch secret agent who ...

'' comic in 1966, a feature he ended up writing and drawing for close to fifty years. He provided scripts for other strips, such as

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's ''

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''. After ''Pep'' and ''

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'' merged into '' Eppo'', Lodewijk became ''Eppo'''s chief editor. In 1999, Lodewijk published the world's smallest comic book; ''Minimum Bug'' (26 mm by 37 mm). It belongs to the ''Agent 327'' series. From 2004 onward, Lodewijk succeeded

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and Karel Biddeloo as writer for ''

De Rode Ridder ''De Rode Ridder'' (''The Red Knight'') is a Belgian Flanders, Flemish comic book series set in medieval Europe. It stars the title character Johan, the Red Knight, easily recognizable by his red tunic. It appeared six days a week in the newspaper ' ...

'', with drawings by Claus Scholz. Lodewijk worked on the third open source movie by the Blender Foundation, ''

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'', released in 2010.

Personal life

In 1973, Martin Lodewijk and his brother Tim participated in the knowledge quiz show '' Twee voor Twaalf''. The brothers won, and returned for the special jubilee quiz in 2005, where they reached the finals.

Awards

For his whole work in comics, Lodewijk was presented the

Stripschapprijs The Stripschapprijs is a Dutch prize awarded to comic creators for their entire body of work. It is awarded annually by the ''Stripschap'', the Dutch Society of comics fans, since 1974. The prize is non-pecuniary, but is considered the most import ...

in 1978, the highest award in the Dutch comics world. On 29 April 2011 Martin Lodewijk was invested as a Knight of the

Order of Orange-Nassau The Order of Orange-Nassau ( nl, Orde van Oranje-Nassau, links=no) is a civil and military Dutch order of chivalry founded on 4 April 1892 by the queen regent, Emma of the Netherlands. The order is a chivalric order open to "everyone who has ...

. He received this royal medal because of his comic work.

Comics

* ''

'' — all volumes (artist and writer) * ''

'' — (writer) * ''

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'' * '' Johnny Goodbye'' * '' Bernard Voorzichtig'' * ''

'' (writer) * ''

Lucky Luke ''Lucky Luke'' is a Western '' bande dessinée'' series created by Belgian cartoonist Morris in 1946. Morris wrote and drew the series single-handedly until 1955, after which he started collaborating with French writer René Goscinny. Their ...

'', Volume: La Corde du pendu 1982 (Eng: "The Rope of the Hanged") (writer)

References

External links

Martin Lodewijk at Comiclopedia
Dutch cartoonists Dutch comics artists Dutch comics writers Dutch humorists Dutch satirists 1939 births Living people Artists from Rotterdam Winners of the Stripschapsprijs {{comics-creator-stub