Jan Steeman (23 May 1933 – 24 January 2018) was a Dutch

comics artist A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comic book illustrators in that they produce both the literary and g ...

, best known for his association football comic ''

Roel Dijkstra ''Roel Dijkstra'' is a Dutch comic book series about a fictional football player. The series was created in 1975 by Jan Steeman (1933-2018; winner of the 2005 Dutch Stripschapprijs) and Andrew Brandt. The first 21 volumes, drawn by Steeman and hi ...

'' and ''

Noortje Noortje (full name ''Noortje Visser'') is a Dutch gag-a-day humor comic strip created in 1975 for the Dutch girls' magazine ''Tina''. The script is by Patty Klein and the drawings are by Jan Steeman. It is currently one of the longest-running D ...

'', a comic strip about a bumbling teenage girl published in ''Tina''. The latter runs for more than 40 years in succession, making it the longest-running Dutch comic strip by the self-same artist. His scriptwriter for ''Noortje'' was Patty Klein while his son

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has taken over the comic. Steeman won the 2005

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 ...

. He died on 24 January 2018 from kidney failure.

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1933 births 2018 deaths Dutch comics artists Dutch illustrators People from Schagen Deaths from kidney failure Winners of the Stripschapsprijs {{cartoonist-stub