''t Kapoentje'' (literally: "The Little Rascal") was a youth supplement published by the Flemish newspaper '' Het Volk'' from April 3, 1947 until 1989. It was notable for its

comics a Media (communication), medium used to express ideas with images, often combined with text or other visual information. It typically the form of a sequence of Panel (comics), panels of images. Textual devices such as speech balloons, Glo ...

and, together with ''

Ons Volkske ''Ons Volkske'' (literally: "Our little people") was the youth supplement of the Flemish newspaper ''Ons Volk Ontwaakt''. It was published without interruption from 1932 until 1988, except for the years during World War II. The magazine was notabl ...

'', the most important comic book magazine in

Flanders Flanders ( or ; ) is the Dutch language, Dutch-speaking northern portion of Belgium and one of the communities, regions and language areas of Belgium. However, there are several overlapping definitions, including ones related to culture, la ...

.KOUSEMAKER, Kees en Evelien, "Wordt Vervolgd- Stripleksikon der Lage Landen", Uitgeverij Het Spectrum, Utrecht, Antwerpen, 1979, p. 158.

History

''t Kapoentje'' was created when the newspapers ''De Gids'' and ''

De Standaard (, ) is a Flemish daily newspaper published in Belgium by Mediahuis (formerly Corelio and VUM). It was traditionally a Christian-Democratic paper, associated with the Christian-Democratic and Flemish Party, and in opposition to the Sociali ...

'' contested one another over copyright issues. The titles of the magazines ''Ons Volk Ontwaakt'' and ''

'' which were published by the newspaper ''De Nieuwe Standaard'' (n.v. De Gids) were claimed back by De Standaard in 1947. As a result, ''Ons Volk Ontwaakt'' was discontinued and changed to a new name, ''Overal'', while the series which appeared in ''

'' were republished in ''t Kapoentje''. From October 11, 1951 on ''t Kapoentje'' became a free supplement of '' Het Volk''. ''t Kapoentje'' published many comics by

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, Eugeen Hermans (aka "Pink"), Rik Clément, Buth, Jef Nys, Karel Boumans, Marcel Steurbaut and the Dutch series ''Dokie Durf'' by Piet van Elk. In later years Hurey, Karel Boumans, Marcel Steurbaut, Arle (pseudonym of

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and Leo Loedts), Frank Sels, Gilbert Declercq, Jeff Broeckx, Albert van Beek, Henk Kabos, Henk Sprenger, Piet Wijn, Ton Beek, Gerrit Stapel, Dick Vlottes, Raymond Bär van Hemmersweil, Jan van Reek,

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also had their comics published. During its heyday Sleen's ''

Piet Fluwijn en Bolleke ''Piet Fluwijn en Bolleke'' was a Belgian gag-a-day comic strip series drawn by Marc Sleen from 1944 until 1965. It was continued by artists Hurey and Jean-Pol until 1974. On 1 January 2030, all comics series by Marc Sleen, including ''Piet Flu ...

'' and Vandersteen's ''De Vrolijke Bengels'' were the most popular comics. In 1947 Vandersteen left to join ''De Standaard''.

continued ''De Vrolijke Bengels'' until 1950, when Sleen took over the series and renamed it '' De Lustige Kapoentjes'', who quickly became the magazine's

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s. Sleen, Rik Clément and Michel Casteels were the magazine's editors for many years. In 1965 Sleen quit and joined ''De Standaard''. Like many comic book magazines the sales of ''t Kapoentje'' went downhill during the 1970s and by 1989 the magazine was disestablished.

References

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