Jaap Lamberton (1941 or 1946 - 1991) was a Dutch illustrator of

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and

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. Lamberton collaborated with

Harrie Geelen Harrie Geelen (born 10 January 1939) is a Dutch illustrator, film director, animator, translator, writer and poet. In 2014, he was made a knight in the Order of the Dutch Lion ("Ridder in de orde van de Nederlandse Leeuw"). He studied Dutch i ...

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s and

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s. He was one of the last remaining artists to work at the comics department of Toonder Studios by

Marten Toonder Marten Toonder (2 May 1912 – 27 July 2005) was a Dutch comic strip creator. He was probably the most successful comic artist in the Netherlands and had a great influence on the Dutch language by introducing new words and expressions. He is most ...

, together with Richard Klokkers and Frits Godhelp. He also illustrated the ''

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'' comic strip series with stories written by Harrie Geelen and Ruud Straatman. He was production coordinator for the animated feature film ''

The Dragon That Wasn't (Or Was He?) '' The Dragon That Wasn't (Or Was He?) '' (, literally: ''If you know what I mean'') is a 1983 Dutch film written and directed by Harrie Geelen, Bjørn Frank Jensen and Bert Kroon. Based on the comic strip Tom Poes, created by Marten Toonder ...

''. In 1993, he was posthumously awarded the

Woutertje Pieterse Prijs The Woutertje Pieterse Prijs (; Dutch language, Dutch for Woutertje Pieterse Prize) is an annual Dutch literary award for the best Children's literature, children's book of the preceding year. History The award was first given in 1988. The ...

for illustrating ''Een heel lief konijn'', written by Imme Dros.

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Jaap Lamberton
(in Dutch), Digital Library for Dutch Literature Year of birth uncertain 1991 deaths Dutch children's book illustrators Woutertje Pieterse Prize winners Dutch comics artists Dutch comic strip cartoonists {{Illustrator-stub